Jharkhand Elections

The party workers gathered at Congress headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Bihar to distribute sweets.

AJSU Party candidate Sunita Choudhary won the by-poll to Jharkhand's Ramgarh seat on Thursday, defeating UPA-backed Congress' Bajrang Mahto by a margin of 21,970 votes, the Election Commission said.

The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and two assembly seats in Maharashtra began on Thursday.

A 35-year-old Congress leader was shot dead by motorcycle-borne criminals in Jharkhand's Ramgarh on Saturday, two days ahead of a bypoll in the district, police said.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will be fighting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together.

Congress claimed Brahmanand Netam, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Bhanupratappur bypoll in Chhattisgarh on December 5, is an accused in a rape case in Jharkhand and that he had not mentioned its details in his election affidavit.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) for a copy of Governor Ramesh Bais's request letter to the election panel seeking a "second opinion" in the office-of-profit case.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday asserted that his is an unprecedented case in which "a criminal or an accused" is pleading for punishment while the constitutional authorities that should have pronounced judgment are silent.

Former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi's nomination for the Congress presidential poll was rejected on Saturday, setting up a contest between party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor.

Former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the Congress president election.

Amid uncertainty over Hemant Soren's continuation as the Jharkhand Chief Minister, the Election Commission (EC) has reportedly sent its opinion regarding the disqualification of his brother Basant Soren as an MLA, to state Governor Ramesh Bais

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, facing threat of being "disqualified" as an MLA, has called a strategy meeting with his MLAs today - his second meeting in two days - as the Governor studies the recommendations put forth by the Election Commiss

Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India today, Raj Bhavan sources said.

After high drama over a sealed envelope in Jharkhand, sources have said the Election Commission, while holding Chief Minister Hemant Soren guilty in the illegal mining case, has recommended only "disqualification".

The Chief Minister is apprised of several media reports about ECI sending a report to the Governor "apparently recommending his disqualification as an MLA", his office said.

The party workers gathered at Congress headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Bihar to distribute sweets.

AJSU Party candidate Sunita Choudhary won the by-poll to Jharkhand's Ramgarh seat on Thursday, defeating UPA-backed Congress' Bajrang Mahto by a margin of 21,970 votes, the Election Commission said.

The counting of votes for bye-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and two assembly seats in Maharashtra began on Thursday.

A 35-year-old Congress leader was shot dead by motorcycle-borne criminals in Jharkhand's Ramgarh on Saturday, two days ahead of a bypoll in the district, police said.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will be fighting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together.

Congress claimed Brahmanand Netam, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Bhanupratappur bypoll in Chhattisgarh on December 5, is an accused in a rape case in Jharkhand and that he had not mentioned its details in his election affidavit.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) for a copy of Governor Ramesh Bais's request letter to the election panel seeking a "second opinion" in the office-of-profit case.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday asserted that his is an unprecedented case in which "a criminal or an accused" is pleading for punishment while the constitutional authorities that should have pronounced judgment are silent.

Former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi's nomination for the Congress presidential poll was rejected on Saturday, setting up a contest between party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor.

Former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the Congress president election.

Amid uncertainty over Hemant Soren's continuation as the Jharkhand Chief Minister, the Election Commission (EC) has reportedly sent its opinion regarding the disqualification of his brother Basant Soren as an MLA, to state Governor Ramesh Bais

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, facing threat of being "disqualified" as an MLA, has called a strategy meeting with his MLAs today - his second meeting in two days - as the Governor studies the recommendations put forth by the Election Commiss

Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India today, Raj Bhavan sources said.

After high drama over a sealed envelope in Jharkhand, sources have said the Election Commission, while holding Chief Minister Hemant Soren guilty in the illegal mining case, has recommended only "disqualification".

The Chief Minister is apprised of several media reports about ECI sending a report to the Governor "apparently recommending his disqualification as an MLA", his office said.