The elections are over, the results are out, but one battle is still raging in Manipur. Who will be the chief minister? Before going into the elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had not officially nominated incumbent chief minister N Biren Singh as its choice.
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Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann meets Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, invites him to oath ceremony
The meeting also attended by Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP in-charge of political affairs in Punjab Raghav Chadha.
Bhagwant Mann will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of iconic freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, party sources said on Friday after he met the party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.
On March 13, the party will take out a roadshow in Amritsar. Both the events will be attended by Kejriwal, the sources said.
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party’s stupendous victory, Punjab CM-designate Mann met Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal at his residence on Friday and extended an invitation to him to attend both the events, the sources said.
Uncertainty over next CM after Dhami’s loss in Uttarakhand
If Pushkar Singh Dhami is to be made Chief Minister, he will have to be elected to the house within six months which will precipitate a bye election with a sitting legislator vacating a seat.
A question over leadership has arisen in Uttarakhand despite a thumping victory by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) due to chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s defeat in his own constituency of Khatima, people familiar with the matter said.
A day after the party stormed back to power winning 47 of 70 seats in the state assembly, the people indicated that one section of BJP leaders started discussing the names of other leaders who could take over as CM, even as another group argued that he should continue in the top post for stabilising the government and leading the party to victory after the removal of two chief ministers in the last 12 months.
Four years into his tenure, Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned on March 9 2021, paving the way for Tirath Singh Rawat as the new chief minister, who too had to resign after 115 days in power on July 3. It was then that the 45 year old Pushkar Singh Dhami took over.
Among the names being discussed as possible replacements are former chief minister and Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”, Ajay Bhatt, Satpal Maharaj, Anil Baluni, and Dhan Singh Rawat, the people cited above indicated.
One senior leader, however, said there would be no change in leadership. “The victory came under him (Dhami) as chief minister, and was in part because of his work ethic and hectic campaigning across the state. He lost because this meant he was not able to effectively campaign in his constituency.”
Little-known faces knock bigwigs out in Punjab assembly poll
Commoner who breached SAD patriarch’s fortress
AAP leader Gurmeet Singh Khudian, 59, son of former Faridkot MP late Jagdev Singh Khudian, emerged as a ‘giant killer’, defeating grand old man of Punjab politics and five-time former Chief Minister-cum-SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal from his home turf Lambi.
Gurmeet’s father was elected to Parliament in 1989 as an SAD (Amritsar) candidate. But within a few days, he disappeared mysteriously and his body was found from a canal six days later. Later, the family joined the Congress.
Till last year, Gurmeet was the lone Congress leader to take on the Badals in Lambi. However, after staying in the Congress for 30 years, Gurmeet joined the AAP last July on the assurance of a party ticket from Lambi.
Gurmeet, a matriculate and an agriculturist, was keen on contesting the elections in 2017 too, but ended up being a covering candidate of former CM Capt Amarinder Singh in Lambi. After the polls, he was removed as the district Congress chief.
Gurmeet said: “Badal’s younger brother Gurdas used to tell people only a commoner can defeat Badal in Lambi. Now, the public has proven it right.” — Archit Watts
Steadfast Labh Singh Ugoke countered ‘poor CM’ narrative
Up against outgoing CM Charanjit Singh Channi, AAP’s Bhadaur MLA Labh Singh Ugoke remained confident of victory right from the start, targeting him regularly with his “real versus fake poor” narrative.
Ugoke’s humble background helped him counter Channi’s claim of being a “poor CM”. His father works as a driver, while his mother is a contractual sweeper at a school. He had studied up to class XII and had been earning his livelihood repairing mobiles at his village. Ugoke joined the AAP in 2013 and became its block and circle president before being made the halqa incharge. His name was considered for a ticket during the 2017 polls, but the party gave it to Pirmal Singh Dhaula. Ugoke continued to plug away for the party in the area.
After Dhaula joined the Congress, many had predicted end of the AAP in the constituency. Ugoke not only revived the party’s prospects with his efforts, but ended up defeating the Congress stalwart. As per his affidavit to the Election Commission, Ugoke had assets worth Rs 1,29,634. With meagre assets, Ugoke managed his campaign with the help of area residents. — Parvesh Sharma
Uttarakhand Result 2022: After Dhami’s Loss In Khatima, Who Will Be Frontrunner For CM’s Post?
Uttarakhand Election Results 2022: According to the data released in Uttarakhand till 7 pm, the BJP has won 34 seats and is leading in 13 seats.
New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party has registered a win in the Uttarakhand assembly elections on Thursday, Bhuvan Kapri of Congress surprised the political pundits by defeating Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in the Khatima assembly seat in Uttarakhand. In the last election, Bhuvan lost to Dhami by a margin of only 2700 votes. This time he won by 6951 votes.
Now in such a situation, the question arises that who will be the CM face of BJP in the state? Sources said that Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj and Trivendra Singh Rawat are in the race for CM in Uttarakhand. Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi is also in the fray.
Out of the total 70 seats in Uttarakhand, BJP is seen winning 47 seats. Any single party in the state needs 36 seats to form the government. Congress has won 13 seats and is leading in 6 seats. Senior Congress leader and considered in the race for the post of Chief Minister Harish Rawat had to face defeat from BJP candidate Mohan Singh Bisht from the Lalkuan seat.
Next on AAP’s radar: Gujarat and Himachal
In Gujarat, where elections are expected this year-end, the party is already on campaign mode as it seeks to capitalise on its moment in history by filling the space vacated by a diminishing Congress.
Assembly election results 2022: Time to reform Cong’s organisational leadership in manner that inspires people, says Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi: With the Congress suffering a crushing defeat in the latest round of assembly polls, party MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said it is time to reaffirm the idea of India that the Congress has stood for and reform the party’s organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people.
Tharoor, who was among the Group of 23 leaders, who wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, also said “change is unavoidable” for the party to succeed.
The BJP was headed for a second straight win in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh and was set to form governments in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur as well, while the Aam Aadmi Party registered a landslide win in Punjab. The Congress suffered a big defeat in all the five states.
PM Modi Congratulates AAP For Historic Win In Punjab, Assures Centre’s Support
Notably, the Bharatiya Janata Party has retained power in four states- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur.
Charanjit Channi, Navjot Sidhu, Amarinder, Parkash Badal, Sukhbir, Bikram Majithia lose election
These stalwarts fall by the wayside by the AAP tsunami
In a major upset in Punjab elections, most of the stalwarts had to bite the dust.
Those who lost the polls are SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal, Capt Amarinder Singh, Sukhbir Badal and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
Amarinder who contested from Patiala as Punjab Lok Congress candidate in alliance with the BJP lost to Ajitpal Singh Kohli of AAP.
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi lost both from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal lost in Jalalabad.
From Amritsar East, PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior SAD leader Bikram Majithia lost to AAP’s Jeevan Jot Kaur.
Uttarakhand Assembly elections 2022 results: Dhami loses but party beats anti-incumbency
Considered by many as an “accidental chief minister”, 46-year-old Pushkar Singh Dhami last year replaced Tirath Singh Rawat as the CM after the latter quit
UP Assembly Election Results 2022: Modi Hails ‘Festival of Democracy’ After Saffron Surge in 4 States, Says Results Have Set Tone for 2024 Polls
Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2022: Hailing BJP’s emphatic victory in the four states of Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that these results have set the tone for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing BJP workers at the party office in New Delhi, PM Modi also gave a big shout out to the karyakartas, saying that they kept their “early Holi promise”. He further said that the assembly results “strongly vindicate BJP’s pro-poor and pro-active governance”. “BJP understands that good governance and delivery of schemes is very important, and we work to ensure the same,” he said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who seems set to form the second consecutive government in Uttar Pradesh, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decisive BJP mandate not just in UP, but also in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. CM Adityanath further said that the BJP victory is a victory of PM Modi’s policies.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav emerged victorious from Karhal seat, which falls in SP bastion Mainpuri.
Sources told News18 that the CM is likely to leave for Delhi late in the evening or early on Friday morning to meet the BJP top brass, including PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief JP Nadda. Sources further said that Shah is expected to arrive at the BJP office at around 6 pm.
CM Yogi had earlier expressed confidence of winning over 300 seats, even as opposition’s tried hard to latch onto the farmers protest and highlight the Jat anger in the western belt. But BJP has trumped all. Both Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress, once key players in the state, have been reduced to single digits. Tying up with smaller parties seem to have gone wrong for Akhilesh Yadav as the party is struggling to even cross 150 seats. However, the SP has managed to finish second.
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state that sends maximum number of members to Parliament. With over 15 crore voters, Uttar Pradesh accounts for 80 of the Lok Sabha’s 543 seats, and a 403-member Assembly, thus making it India’s most politically significant state amid the election results today. UP, since January 25, 1950 when the United Provinces was renamed as Uttar Pradesh, has given India a legion of stalwarts, chief ministers, and prime ministers through its 17 Assembly elections. Not to forget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was once Gujarat’s chief minister, also chose Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi as his Lok Sabha constituency.
OVER THE years, this line has figured in almost every speech by Arvind Kejriwal: “Mujhe rajneeti karni nahi hai aati, ji (I don’t know how to do politics).” But the line that comes immediately after captures the essence of AAP’s political appeal: “Par mujhe school banana aata hai, aspatal banana aata hai (But I know how to build schools, hospitals).”