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MCD Elections 2022: Can’t buy booze in Delhi for 3 days, check dates here
Notably, dry days are days when the government prohibits the sale of alcohol in shops, bars, clubs, etc.
The Delhi Excise Department on Thursday banned the sale of alcohol in the national capital for 3 days starting from December 2 ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections 2022.
The three-day ban will begin from the time the campaigning for the civic polls ends until the completion of voting. The sale of alcohol will also be prohibited on December 7 which is the date of counting.
The Excise Department released a notification and said in view of the civic polls in Delhi, the State Election Commission has declared dry days from 5:30 pm on December 2, 2022, to December 4, 2022, up to 5:30 pm and again on December 7, 2022, on the day of the counting of the vote in the whole of NCT of Delhi.
Notably, dry days are days when the government prohibits the sale of alcohol in shops, bars, clubs, etc. Reports also said the Excise Department and Delhi Police will patrol the national capital to prevent any unauthorised storage of liquor or transportation of unauthorised liquor in the city.
This year, MCD Elections will see a triangular contest between the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, and Congress.
Full list of AAP, BJP, and Congress candidates here
Wards | Congress candidates | AAP candidates | BJP candidates |
Abul Fazalenclave | Ariba Khan | Wajid Khan | Charan Singh |
Adarsh Nagar | Virender Kumar Goel | Mukesh Goel | Anubhav Dhir |
Alipur | Rai Singh Mann | Deep Khatri | Yogesh Rana |
Aman Vihar | Suresh Chand Gupta | Ravinder Bhardwaj | Narendra Manral |
Amar Colony | Devendra Basoya | Jitender Kumar | Sharad Kapoor |
Anand Vihar | Rajiv Chaudhary | Rahul Jain | Dr Monika Pant |
Anarkali | Madhu Rani | Rekha Dikshit | Meenakshi Sharma |
Andrews Ganj | Pooja Yadav | Anita Baisoya | Priti Bhati |
Ashok Nagar | Niti Garg | Sushma Sisodia | Reena Maheshwari |
Ashok Vihar | Manisha | Rita Khari | Poonam Bhardwaj |
Aya Nagar | Sheetal | Himani Ambavata | Manisha Chaudhary |
Azad Nagar | Varyam Kaur | Minni Rathore | Neelam Jitu Chaudhary |
Azadpur | Ritu Singh | Mannu Gupta | Suman Sharma |
Badarpur | Rainoo Kumari | Manju Devi | Veena Pawan Rahi |
Bakhtawarpur | Jyoti Upadhyay | Babita Chauhan | Janta Devi |
Baljeet Nagar | Uma | Dr Ronakshi Sharma | Ayushi Tiwari |
Ballimaran | Salik Khan | Mohd. Sadik | Ramdev Sharma |
Bankner | Anand Kumar Khatri | Dinesh Bhardwaj | Vinod Bharadwaj |
Baprola | Jatin Sehrawat | Ravinder Solanki | Mahesh Tripathi |
Bawana | Kuldeep Sehrawat | Pawan Sehrawat | Brahmprakash |
Bazar Sita Ram | Seema Tahira | Rafia Mahir | Sonia Shrivastav |
Begumpur | Sonu Tomar | Dharmender Kumar | Jai Bhagwan Yadav |
Bhajanpura | Ajeet SIngh | Rekha Rani | Ramraj Tiwari |
Bhalswa | Ashok Yadav | Ajit Yadav | Lallu Singh Thakur |
Bhati | Joginder Tanwar | Sunder Tanwar | Ramvir Tanwar |
Bijwasan | Satyendar Rana | Narender Jatt Rana | Jaiveer Rana |
Binda Pur | Preeti Kumari | Krishna Raghav | Sudha Sharma |
Braham Puri | Priyanka Rawat | Chaaya Sharma | Kavita Sharma |
Brij Puri | Nazia Khatoon | Aafreen Naaz | Nirmal Sharma |
Budh Vihar | Vinod Dabas | Amrit Lal Jain | Rajpal Garg |
Burari | Nitin Tyagi | Aashish Tyagi | Anil Tyagi |
Chandani Mahal | Mohd. Hamid | Aale Iqbal | Irfan Malik |
Chandni Chowk | Rahul Sharma | Punardeep Singh Swahney (Sabby) | Ravinder Kumar Kaptan |
Chauhan Banger | Shagufta Chaudhary | Aasma Rehman | Saba Gaji |
Chaukhandi Nagar | Ramesh Yadav | Sunil Chaddha | Suman Kherwal |
Chhatarpur | Manisha Khatana | Pinky Tyagi | Shikha Tyagi |
Chhawala | Sukhbir Singh | Jeeta Nambardar | Shashi Yadav |
Chhitranjan Park | Bhawna Gupta | Krishan Jakhar | Rakesh Guliya |
Chirag Delhi | Vandana Saini | Asha Thakur | Kanchan Bhadana Chaudhary |
Civil Lines | Charan Dass | Vikas Tank | Sardar Avtar Singh |
Dabri | Sameer Tiwari | Tillotma Chaudhary | Vinay Chauhan |
Dakshin Puri | Anil Khairwal | Prem Chauhan | Raj Kumar Chautala |
Daryaganj | Farhad Suri | Sarika Chaudhary | Lalit Bhamri |
Dayalpur | Tara Singh | Kamal Gaur | Puneet Sharma |
Delhi Gate | Dipti | Kiran | Deepti Vidyarthi |
Deoli | Manju Singhal | Sneh Lata | Anita Singhal |
Dev Nagar | — | Mahesh Khichi | Ghanshyam Chetiwal |
Dhirpur | Chanchal Chabra | Neha Aggarwal | Neelam Budhiraja |
Dichaon Kalan | Komal Prakash Dev | Anita Pandey | Neelam Krishan Pahalwan |
Dilshad Colony | Santosh Sunil Mittal | Behn Preeti | Sanrika Sharma Jha |
Dilshad Garden | Vinod Kumar | Praveen Kasana | Veer Singh Pawar |
Dwarka-A | Manoj Kumar Gupta | Capt. Shalini | Ram Niwas Gehlot |
Dwarka-B | Sunita Mallik | Sudha Sinha | Kamaljeet Sehrawat |
Dwarka-C | Neha Lamba | Sunita | Sushma Godara |
East Patel Nagar | — | Dr Shelly Oberoi | Deepali Kapoor |
Fateh Nagar | Anuheet Kaur | Raminder Kaur | Mukul Agarwal |
Gandhi Nagar | Anjana Sharma | Rakhi Sharma | Priya Kamboj |
Gautam Puri | Mohd Riyasat | Anil Jain | Satya Sharma |
Geeta Colony | Kanika Kwatra | Kawaljeet Kaur | Nima Bhagat |
Gharoli | Vidhya Devi | Priyanka Gautam | Sunita Gautam |
Ghonda | Reetu Chaudhary | Vidyawati Chaudhary | Preeti Gupta |
Gokal Puri | Savita | Somwati Chaudhary | Nirmala Jatav |
Gorakh Park | Arti | Priyanka Saxena | Kusum Tomar |
Govind Puri | Manpreet Singh | Vijay Sheriyar | Shri Chandraprakash |
Greater Kailash | Shakuntala Dahima | Ajit Kaur Pasricha | Shika Rai |
Green Park | Hawa Singh Tokas | Sarita Phogat | Manoj Garg |
Guru Harkishan Nagar | Anu Gulati | Shweta Khera | Monika Goyal |
Hari Nagar | Dinesh Jain | Rajesh Ladi | Shyam Sharma |
Hari Nagar Extension | Rajender Sindwani | Nikhil Chaprana | Mithilesh Singh |
Harkesh Nagar | Vineeta | Mamta Pratap | Mamta Tundelkar |
Harsh Vihar | Tarawati | Rakhi Yadav | Laxmi Mahor |
Hastsal | Sunita Yadav | Kamal Bhardwaj | Suman Pawan Singhal |
Hauz Khas | Pawan Vashishth | Neha Mishra | Sumitra Dahiya |
Holambi Kalan | Monika choudhary | Rachna Sethi | Archana |
Inder Puri | Sunil Bagri | Jyoti Gautam | Mohan Lal Dayma |
IP Extension | Arti Mehrol | Pinki Kharab | Amrita Pachauri |
Isapur | Pooja Kaushik | Shivdutt Kaushik | Suman Dagar |
Jagat Puri | Mustkeem Khan | Timsy Sharma | Raju Sai Sachdeva |
Jahangir Puri | Sunita Devi | Hema Vohra | Divya Jha |
Jaitpur | Sana Fatima | Sultana Aabad | Rachna Mishra |
Jama Masjid | Shahin Parveen | Geetu Sabarwal | Asha Verma |
Janakpuri South | Geeta | Dimple Ahuja | Veena Rani Garg |
Janakpuri West | Anushree Khutel | Santosh Chilwal | Urmila Chawla |
Jawalapuri | Veena Chauhan | Gagan Chaudhary | Brijesh Rai |
Jharoda | — | Avdhesh Choubey | Pankaj Luthra |
Jhilmil | Puneet Manchanda | Roshan Lal Sagar | Rajkumar |
Joharipur | Munesh Kumar | Sajid Khan | Vimla Tridev Bhadoriya |
Kabir Nagar | Mohd. Shahnawaz | Munesh Sharma | Vinod Gupta |
Kadipur | Ruma Rana | Sudesh Gahlot | Urmila Rana |
Kakrola | Indrawati Singh | Shivani Chauhan | Pawan Kumar Tomar |
Kalkaji | Narindra Kaur Captain | Bunty Gautam | Yogita Singh |
Kalyanpuri | Bhola Singh | Kiran Gupta Sethi | Rajkumar Dhillon |
Kamla Nagar | Ashima Gandhi | Sandeep Dabas | Renu Agarwal |
Kanjhawala | Joginder | Aarti Yadav | Varun Saini |
Kapashera | Laxmi Devi | Rakesh Joshi | Sunita Yadav |
Karam Pura | Satdev Goyal | Asha Bansal | Rajiv Girotra |
Karawal Nagar – East | Saroj Baghel | Jitender Bansal | Satpal Singh |
Karawal Nagar-West | Dharmender Bhaiya | Mukesh Yadav | Shimla Devi |
Kardam Puri | Sanjay Gour | Urmila Gautam | Mukesh Bansal |
Karol Bagh | Pooja | Poonam Nirmal | Usha Lavadiya |
Keshav Puram | Pankaj Sharma | Vikas Goel | Yogesh Verma |
Keshopur | Mahinder Khera | Sachin Tyagi | Harish Oberoi |
Khanpur | Deepika | Suman Gupta | Mamta Yadav |
Khyala | Rajwati Chandela | Shilpa Kaur | Paramjeet Kaur |
Kirari | Rahul Mathur | Ramesh Pradhan | Urmila Choudhary |
Kishan Ganj | Prerna Singh | Pooja Maan Singh | Geeta Nagar |
Kohat Enclave | Dushyant Kumar | N Raja | Ravi Hans |
Kondli | Jyoti | Vinita Dedha | Munesh Dedha |
Kotla Mubarakpur | Renu | Rinu Mittal | Kusumlata Chaudhary |
Krishna Nagar | Pradeep Kumar | Jugal Arora | Sandeep Kapoor |
Kunwar Singh Nagar | Krishna Devi | Rajbala Lakra | Shashi Prabha Solanki |
Lado Sarai | Anita | Rajeev Chaudhary | Pravesh Sejwal |
Lajpat Nagar | — | Subhash Malhotra | Sardar Arjun Pal Singh Marwah |
Lalita Park | Chandani Siddiqui | Shweta Nigam | Himanshi Pandey |
Laxmi Nagar | Sunita Dhawan | Meenakshi Sharma | Alka Raghav |
Madangir | Doli | Santosh Rani | Manisha Chandrapal |
Madanpur Khadar East | Jeewan Singh | Sonu Chauhan | Dr Lekhraj |
Madanpur Khadar West | Vijay Pal | Karamvir Bidhuri | Braham Singh |
Madhu Vihar | Esha Bishnoi | Neha Chauhan | Shailendri Pradhan |
Madipur | Sant Prakash Gangwal | Sahil Gangwal | Sunita Kangda |
Mahaveer Enclave | Amar Tiwari | Praveen Rajpoot | Ajeet Singh |
Mahavir Enclave | Jai kiran | Ajay Rai | Raj Kumar |
Mahipalpur | Kunal Sehrawat | Joginder Sehrawat | Indrajeet Sehrawat |
Malka Ganj | Mamta | Guddi Devi | Rekha Amarnath Jatav |
Malviya Nagar | Vandana Saini | Leena Kumari | Dr. Nandini Sharma |
Mandawali | Usha Chaudhary | Reena Tomer | Shashi Chandna |
Manglapuri | Joginder Kishor (Singhal) | Narender Girsa | Vijay Veer Solanki |
Mangol Puri | Deepak Kumar | Rajesh Kumar | Shashi Sood |
Mangolpuri-A | Om Prakash | Rakesh Jatav | Ashok Bidlan |
Mangolpuri-B | Pooja | Suman Savaria | Rajeshwari Jaswant |
Matiala | Neelam Vats | Rajnish Matiala | Anuradha Sharma |
Maujpur | Vinod Kumar | Anil Jain | Anil Gaur |
Mayur Vihar Phase-1 | Ranjna Kumar Bhati | Beena Balguher | Prema Devi |
Mayur Vihar Phase-2 | Heera Singh Rawat | Devender Chaudhary | Bipin Bihari Singh |
Meethapur | Amiri Devi | Rita Awana | Guddi Chaudhary |
Mehrauli | Pushpa Singh | Rekha Chaudhary | Arti Singh Yadav |
Model Town | JK Dabar | Nathuram Nagar | Vikesh Sethi |
Mohan Garden | Pardeep Kumar Karhana | Surender Kaushik | Shyam Mishra |
Molarband | Rajvir Sharma | Hem Chand Goyal | Gagan Kasana |
Moti Nagar | Neelam Nijhawan | Alka Dhingra | Ritu Madan |
Mubarikpur | Diwakar Mittal | Rajesh Lala | Ramdayal Mahto |
Mukherjee Nagar | Rajeev Khurana | Antul Kohli | Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh |
Mukundpur | Shyam Singh Sisodiya | Ajay Sharma | Gulab Singh Rathore |
Mundka | Surendra Kumar Lakra | Anil Lakra | Gajendr Daraal |
Munirka | Anita Tokas | Rajbala Tokas | Rama Tokas |
Mustafabad | Sabila Beghum | Dr Nasreen | Shabnam Malik |
Najafgarh | Satbir Sharma | Rajbir Dabas | Amit Khadkadi |
Nand Nagri | Mohan | Ramesh Baisiya | Rinku Kumar |
Nangal Thakran | Komal | Manisha Nain | Babita Dabas |
Nangli Sakrawati | Kranti Jha | Geetu Shokeen | Savita Sharma |
Nangloi | Sangeeta Singh | Hemlata Ladla | Babita Kirar |
Nangloi Jat | Kaushilya | Vijaylaxmi Yadav | Poonam Saini |
Naraina | Ram Kumar Tanwar | Vijender Gar | Umang Bajaj |
Narela | Nirmala Devi | Shweta Khatri | Keshrani Khatri |
Nawada | Sarla Chaudhary | Nirmala Sharma | Rinku Gehlot |
Nehru Vihar | Aleem | Pravesh Chaudhary | Arun Singh Bhati |
New Ashok Nagar | Vishal Kumar | Anita Hakam | Sanjeev Singh |
Nihal Vihar | Mandeep Singh | Ashok Bhardwaj | Shivangi Pandey |
Nilothi | Poonam Sharma | Babina Shokeen | Bibi Kuljeet Kaur |
Nithari | Haseena | Mamta Gupta | Sona Ranjeet Choudhary |
Pahar Ganj | Dharmesh Raikwar | Amarnath Rajpoot | Manish Chadha |
Palam | Dilbag Singh Solanki | Vishnu Pandit | Seema Pandit |
Pandav Nagar | Praveen Sharma | Vijay Shishodia (Sonu) | Yashpal Kaintura |
Paschim Vihar | Dushyant Yadav | Shllu Duggal | Vineet Vohra |
Patparganj | Ratna Sharma | Seema Mann Singh | Renu Chaudhary |
Pitampura | Rajiv Kumar Sharma | Sanju Jain | Amit Nagpal |
Pooth Kalan | Raj Bala Dabas | Ritu Solanki | Kavita Solanki |
Pooth Kurd | Nirmala | Umindra Rana | Anju Aman Dabas |
Preet Vihar | Chander Mohan Sharma | Ramesh Pandit | Ramesh Garg |
Prem Nagar | Muskan | Munni Panwar | Nillu Singh |
Pul Pehladpur | Satish Kumar | Rakesh Lohia | Munshi Ram |
Punjabi Bagh | Shivani Mendiratta | Manoj Tayal | Suman Tyagi |
Pushp Vihar | Lakhmi Chand | Arun Nawariya | Naresh Sankhla |
Quraish Nagar | Arfa | Shamim Bano | Shamina Raja |
Raghubir Nagar | Pinki Valmiki | Dharamveer | Urmila Gangwal |
Raj Nagar | Krishna Sharma | Pratima Anand | Aruna Rawat |
Rajinder Nagar | Cheena Malik | Poonam Bhardwaj | Manika Nischal |
Rajouri Garden | Vandana Singh | Aarti Chawla | Shashi Talwar |
Ram Nagar | Sulakshna | Priya Chandela | Kamal Bagdi |
Ram Nagar East | Parmanand Sharma | Dharmendra Mahawar | Chandraprakash Sharma |
Ramesh Nagar | Gurpreet Singh (Raja) | Anil Gautam | Pradeep Tiwari |
Rani Bagh | Anju Khurana | Punit Rai | Jyoti Agarwal |
Rani Khera | Nirmala Vats | Mithlesh Pathak | Sushila Mathur |
Ranjeet Nagar | Rajesh Kumar Chillar | Manisha Karala | Tej Ram Phore |
Rithala | Ajay Kumar Singh | Ankush Narang | Narendra Solanki |
RK Puram | Shanti Swaroop | Subham Tripathi | Tulsi Joshi |
Rohini-A | Jagdish Jain | Sanjay Parashar | Naveen Garg |
Rohini-B | Shagun Bhadana | Rekha Goyal | Komal Vasisth |
Rohini-C | Jitender Ahuja | Pradeep Mittal | Dharmendra Sharma |
Rohini-D | Poonam Rohilla | Suman Rana | Smita Kaushik |
Rohini-E | Ajay Sherawat | Anil Mittal | Pravesh Wahi |
Rohini-F | Suman Kaushik | Anshu Priya | Ritu Goel |
Rohtash Nagar | Sarita | Kuldeep Mittal | Suman Lata Nagar |
Roshan Pura | Jasbir Dabas | Shivani Panchal | Banke Pehelwan urf Devendra Dabas |
Sabapur | Praveen Kumar | Birender Gupta Fauji | Brijesh Singh |
Saboli | Naresh Pal | Jaswant Singh | Hari Prakash Bahadur |
Sadar Bazar | Manisha Sharma | Usha Sharma | Pinki Jain |
Sadatpur | Varsha | Manoj Tyagi | Neetu Bisht |
Sadh Nagar | Praveen Dogra | Sandhya Gaur | Bibi Inder Kaur |
Sagarpur | Geeta Rajput | Simmi Yadav | Poonam Jindal |
Said-Ul-Ajaib | Surender Balhar | Ummed Phogat | Rampal Yadav |
Sainik Enclave | Arti | Nirmala Kumari | Reeta Vinay Gaur |
Samaypur Badli | Seema Yadav | Savita Yadav | Gayatri Yadav |
Sangam Park | Manoj Kumar Machhla | Ravi Shankar | Sushil Mathur Jonty |
Sangam Vihar-A | Rahisuddin | Neeraj Yadav | Savita Devi |
Sangam Vihar-B | Sandhya Aggarwal | Kajal | Neeraj Gupta |
Sangam Vihar-C | Tarun Raj | Pankaj Gupta | Chandan Chaudhary |
Sant Nagar | Uma Sharma | Ruby Rawat | Rekha Rawat |
Saraswati Vihar | Deepika Deshwal | Urmila Garg | Shikha Bharadwaj Gupta |
Sarita Vihar | Zaberia Mehfooz | Muskan Bidhuri | Neetu Manish Chaudhary |
Sarup Nagar | Jai Prakash | Jogender Rana (Bunty) | Suresh Pandey |
Seelampur | Mumtaz | Naseem Bano | Seema Sharma |
Shahbaad Dairy | Sraddhanand Sangwan | Ram Chander | Santosh Bharti |
Shahdara | Goldy Sood | Dal Chand Dali | Bharat Gautam |
Shakarpur | Sundar Nagar | Sharad Dixit | Ramkishore Sharma |
Shakur Pur | Murari Lal | Ashok Gangwal | Kishan Bimad |
Shalimar Bagh-A | Gopeshwar Yadav | Jalaj Chaudhary | Sujeet Thakur |
Shalimar Bagh-B | Mona Shokeen | Ishupret Gujral | Rekha Gupta |
Shastri Nagar | Pankaj Rana | Babita Sharma | Manoj Jindal |
Shastri Park | Sameer Ahmed | Aditya Chaudhary | Bharat Bahdoria |
Sidhartha Nagar | Darshna | Neetu Khatana | Pramod Jha |
Sonia Vihar | Preeti | Rimjhim Sharma | Sonali Basisth Chaudhary |
Sri Niwas Puri | Kanta Sharma | Indu | Sonia Anupam Pandey |
Sriram Colony | Zulfekar Ali | Aamil Malik | Rajpal Singh |
Subhash Mohalla | Nazara Begum | Rekha Tyagi | Manisha Punia |
Subhash Nagar | Sneh Lata Tripathi | Manju Setia | Rekha Sahni |
Sultanpuri-A | Varuna Dhaka | Bobby Kinnar | Ekta Jatav |
Sultanpuri-B | Manhar Lal | Daulat Panwar | Hukum Singh Rathore |
Sundar Nagri | Pooja Rani | Mohini Jeenwal | Bhumika Singh |
Tigri | Rajani | Jyoti Jarwal | Meera Pahariya |
Tilak Nagar | Harish Chander Lamba | Ashok Manu | Raj Kumar Grover |
Timarpur | Priya Gulati Jayant | Promila Gupta | Amar Lata Sangwan |
Tri Nagar | Juhi Goel | Nitu Yadav | Surender Chauhan |
Trilokpuri | Amar Deep | Vijay Kumar | Meenu Goyal |
Tughlakabad | Pooja Bhiduri | Sugandha Bidhuri | Pushpa Bidhuri |
Tughlakabad Extension | Chandra Kant Giri | Bhagveer Singh | Poonam Bhati |
Uttam Nagar | Ajay Rajput | Deepak Vohra | Rajesh Agarwal |
Vasant Kunj | Naveen Yadav | Amarjeet Chillar | Jagmohan Singh Mehlawat |
Vasant Vihar | Jyoti Gaur | Hiani Jain | Raj Rani Sharma |
Vijay Vihar | Rekha Rani | Pushpa Solanki | Amrita Jha |
Vikas Nagar | Babita Agnihotri | Ashok Pandey | Pankaj Kumar Singh |
Vikas Puri | Vijay Verma | Saib Asiwal | Sunil Jindal |
Vinod Nagar | Vinay Shankar Dubey | Kuldeep Bhandari | Ravi Negi |
Vishnu Garden | Pradeep Kumar Lohia | Meenakshi Chandela | Sanjay Yadav |
Vishwas Nagar | Sunita Devi | Jyoti Rani | Dr Cherry Sain |
Wazirpur | Mamta Verma | Chitra Vidyarthi | Sonia Devraj Koli |
Welcome Colony | Sanjay Gupta | Sudhesh Chaudhary | Ritesh Suji |
West Patel Nagar | Sandhya Kumari | Kavita Chauhan | Meenu Naresh Kumar |
Yamuna Vihar | Raj Kumar Sharma | Vinita Luthra | Pramod Gupta |
Zakir Nagar | Nazia Danish | Salma Khan | Lata Chauhan |
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Lok Sabha elections: INDIA bloc in Bihar seals seat-sharing deal, Congress get 9 seats, RJD 26
Purnea and Katihar, currently held by the Janata Dal (United), had emerged as the sticking point in seat-sharing talks between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.
The Opposition INDIA bloc sealed the seat-sharing deal in Bihar for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Mahagathbandhan’s largest constituent, RJD will field its candidates from 26 seats, including Purnea and Hajipur, while the Congress will contest on nine seats, including Kishanganj and Patna Sahib. Meanwhile, the Left will fight on five seats.
Purnea and Katihar, currently held by the Janata Dal (United), had emerged as the sticking point in seat-sharing talks between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.
Reportedly, the Congress has been made to give up the Purnea Lok Sabha seat, which recent entrant Pappu Yadav, husband of Rajya Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan, was hoping to contest, mentioning that he had received assurance of Congress ticket from Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
The seat will be contested by RJD, which recently gave the party ticket to JD(U) turncoat Bima Bharti, but stopped short of announcing it formally. The INDIA bloc seat-sharing announcement comes a day after the filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls was over. The RJD has fielded its candidates in all four seats going to elections in the first phase.
Earlier, Tejashwi Yadav attended an INDIA bloc meeting regarding Bihar’s seat-sharing formula at Congress leader Mukul Wasnik’s residence and said that the RJD, the Congress and the Left will fight the Lok Sabha elections together in Bihar. He added that the INDIA bloc partners have agreed verbally on the seat-sharing arrangement and all the constituents are getting a respectable deal. Tejashwi Yadav’s remarks came amid reports of disquiet in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance in Bihar over seat sharing.
In the previous Lok Sabha elections, the National Democratic Alliance, including the BJP, JD(U) and LJP won 39 seats. The first phase of the Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for April 19.
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Tax terrorism has to stop, says Congress after Income Tax Department issues fresh Rs 1,700 crore notice
The Congress has accused the BJP of squeezing it financially and of using tax authorities against it ahead of Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Congress’ financial woes worsened once again with the Income Tax Department issuing a fresh Rs 1,700 crore notice. The tax department issued the notice due to discrepancies in tax returns.
The fresh notice is for assessment years 2017-18 to 2020-21 and includes penalty and interest. This comes a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed the party’s petition challenging the tax notices.
The opposition party is already facing a funds crunch after Income Tax authorities imposed a penalty of Rs 200 crore and froze its funds. Furthermore, the party has not received any relief from the High Court in the case and is likely to approach the Supreme Court. The Congress has accused the BJP of squeezing it financially and of using tax authorities against it ahead of Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19.
Addressing a press conference, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said that the notices are being sent to cripple the party financially. Calling the action as tax terrorism, Jairam Ramesh said that this attack on Congress has to stop.
Earlier in February, the Income Tax department had found fault in the party’s tax returns and demanded Rs 200 crore. Subsequently, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) had asked the party to pay the dues and froze their accounts. The Congress stated the tax tribunal’s order freezing its funds was an attack on democracy as the order came just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
AICC general secretary K C Venugopal stated that this is a deliberate attempt by the Narendra Modi-led to bankrupt the Congress ahead of elections. He mentioned that the timing of the penalty notice, following the Delhi High Court’s dismissal of Congress petitions challenging tax reassessment proceedings, reeks of political vendetta.
He underlined that while political parties are typically exempt from taxes, this penalty is allegedly due to delayed filing of returns. He asserted that it is a blatant move by the Modi government to cripple the Congress financially, especially during the elections. He further asserted that in response to the notice, the Congress plans to stage a nationwide protest, condemning BJP’s exploitation of central agencies to target opposition parties.
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Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Tejashwi Yadav mourns demise of Mukhtar Ansari, demand probe
Akhilesh Yadav mentioned that such doubtful cases should be investigated under the supervision of a Supreme Court judge.
Mukhtar Ansari, gangster turned politician, who has been in jail since 2005, died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. After Ansari’s death, his family alleged that the politician had been poisoned in the jail.
Expressing sorrow, several opposition leaders demanded a probe into the death of Mukhtar Ansari. Notably, the gangster turned politician submitted an application in Barabanki court, alleging he was given some poisonous substance along with his food. He claimed that on March 19, his nerves and limbs started paining after he consumed the food.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav wrote on X that a few days ago Mukhtar Ansari complained that he had been poisoned in jail, yet it was not taken seriously. He added that prima facie the move does not seem justifiable and humane. He stated that constitutional institutions should take suo motu cognizance of such strange cases and incidents.
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Samajwadi Party Chief, Akhilesh Yadav said that the state is going through the worst phase of government anarchy. He added that it is the responsibility and duty of the government to protect someone’s life in every situation and at every place.
The former Chief Minister added that the death of a hostage or prisoner while being confined in the police station, in a fight inside the jail, on falling ill inside the prison, while being taken to court, while being taken to hospital or during treatment in hospital will erode public confidence in the judicial process. He mentioned that such doubtful cases should be investigated under the supervision of a Supreme Court judge. He claimed that the way the government bypasses the judicial process and adopts other methods is completely illegal.
Taking to social media platform X, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said that the persistent apprehensions and serious allegations made by Mukhtar Ansari’s family regarding his death in jail require a high-level investigation so that the facts in his death can be revealed.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said that the people of Ghazipur lost their favourite son and brother. He added that Mukhtar Ansari had made serious allegations against the administration that he was poisoned, but the government did not pay any attention to his treatment.
Congress spokesperson Surendra Rajput stated that custodial deaths and firing in jail has become very common in Uttar Pradesh. He added that high level investigation should be conducted.
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