MC Election Update January 16: Punjab CM Channi’s brother to contest polls as independent candidate

Kejriwal, while discussing tie-ups in Goa, said the AAP would think of forming a post-poll coalition with a non-BJP party if it fails to secure a majority in the upcoming polls.Kejriwal, while discussing tie-ups in Goa, said the AAP would think of forming a post-poll coalition with a non-BJP party if it fails to secure a majority in the upcoming polls.

BJP has given 'farewell' to Adityanath by sending him to Gorakhpur: SP leader Akhilesh       

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the BJP, saying the social gathering’s ‘double engine’ mannequin appears to have failed, with its central management not giving the Uttar Pradesh chief minister the seat of his selection to contest the state meeting polls.

While there was hypothesis that Yogi Adityanath could also be fielded from Ayodhya, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday mentioned the social gathering has determined to put him within the fray from Gorakhpur, his conventional political turf that he has represented in Lok Sabha for 5 consecutive phrases.

Assembly Election 2022 | JD(U) to fight UP polls independently after no response from BJP on alliance

The JD(U) will fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on its own after the BJP, its ally in Bihar, did not reciprocate its offer of a tie-up, party spokesperson KC Tyagi said on Sunday, asserting it will contest on the plank of "Bihar model" of empowerment of the deprived sections of society. Tyagi said JD(U) leader and Union minister RCP Singh, who was deputed by the party to hold alliance talks with the BJP, reached out to senior BJP leaders Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan besides its president JP Nadda but in vain.

Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | BJP, SAD seek postponement of polls in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti    

The BJP and its ally SAD (Sanyukt) have appealed to the Election Commission to postpone the February 14 assembly election in Punjab in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti, after the BSP and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi made similar requests to the poll panel. The birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas falls on February 16.

In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner on Sunday seeking postponement of the election, Punjab BJP general secretary Subhash Sharma said, "The state has substantial population of followers of Guru Ravidas ji, including the Scheduled Caste (SC) community which is about 32 percent of the population of Punjab."

Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | CM Channi’s brother to contest polls as independent candidate

Doctor Manohar Singh Bassi, the brother of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, announced on January 16 that he will be fighting the upcoming Punjab assembly elections as an independent candidate.

He said: “I was a contender for the Bassi Pathana seat, but the party (Congress) has denied the ticket. I will contest the election as an independent candidate, I did the same in 2007 and won the election.”

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 | SP worker tries to immolate himself after being denied ticket

A Samajwadi Party worker allegedly tried to immolate himself outside the party office in Lucknow claiming he was denied a ticket to contest in UP polls. “I have worked for the party in constituency 74 of Aligarh in the last 5 years. I want justice,” said Thakur Aditya, SP worker.

Goa Assembly Elections 2022 | AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal holds door-to-door campaign

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal held a door-to-door campaign in a poll-bound Goa

"We just did a door-to-door campaign, people are very excited to vote for Aam Aadmi Party, as they require a change & are tired of the other two parties," he says pic.twitter.com/rkljo9woQX

— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2022

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced a 13-point agenda for Goa ahead of the assembly elections. Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal vowed to tackle corruption, unemployment, and restart mining in the coastal if elected to power.

Claiming that AAP was the most “honest” in the country since 1947, Kejriwal said even Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the party a “certificate of honesty".

“PM Modi has given AAP the certificate of India’s most honest party since Independence. Modiji unleashed CBI, police raids on me and Manish Sisodia. 21 party MLAs were arrested, a commission was formed to examine 400 files. Yet nothing was found. Corruption-free governance is in our DNA," Kejriwal said.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 | BJP's hate politics very harmful for country: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the BJP's politics of "hatred" is very harmful for the country and is also responsible for unemployment.

"I also believe that the hate politics of the BJP is very harmful for the country. And this hatred is also responsible for the unemployment," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "Domestic and foreign industries cannot run without peace in the society. Will defeat this growing hatred around you everyday with brotherhood. Are you with me? #NoHate," Gandhi added.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022 | Ex-minister Dara Singh Chauhan, Apna Dal MLA join Samajwadi Party

Former Uttar Pradesh minister and OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan joined the Samajwadi Party on Sunday, days after he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.

On Friday, former ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini, five BJP MLAs and one from the Apna Dal (Sonelal) joined the Samajwadi Party.  Besides Chauhan, Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA from Vishvanathganj Assembly constituency in Pratapgarh district R K Verma too on Sunday joined the Akhilesh Yadav-led party which has emerged as the main challenger to the BJP in the state.