00:00 Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Mizoram and Rajasthan will go to polls on different
00:03 days from November 7 to 30.
00:06 The Election Commission of India said that the votes will be counted for the five states
00:09 on December 3.
00:12 This will set the stage for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls semi-finals.
00:17 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that nearly 16 crore voters would be eligible
00:22 to cast their votes in these elections.
00:24 Madhya Pradesh
00:25 The Congress has changed its candidates in four constituencies for the November 17 assembly
00:30 polls in Madhya Pradesh, days after its lists sparked protests at various places in the
00:35 state.
00:36 The All India Congress Committee on October 25 changed its earlier announced candidates
00:40 from Somali, Bipinia, Badnagar and Jowar assembly seats.
00:45 The Congress has already announced candidates for all the 230 seats in the state.
00:49 While the ruling BJP has declared the names of its candidates for 228 constituencies.
00:54 The last date for filing the nomination is October 30.
00:57 The polling for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly will be held on November 17 and votes
01:01 will be taken up for counting on December 3.
01:04 Telangana
01:05 Claiming the BJP failed to take action on corruption of the KCR government in Telangana,
01:10 former Munugode MLA Komathi Reddy Rajagopal Reddy announced that he has resigned from
01:15 the party and will be joining the Congress.
01:17 He said that the BJP failed to emerge as an alternative to Bharat Rashtra Samiti in Telangana.
01:22 This comes days after Komathi Reddy's name was not included in the first list of candidates
01:26 announced by the BJP.
01:27 Komathi Reddy quit Congress to join the BJP on August 3, 2022.
01:32 Komathi Reddy contested successfully for Munugode on the Congress ticket in the 2018 assembly
01:37 elections.
01:38 He contested the high-octane Munugode by-election on the BJP ticket but failed to make any impact
01:43 as BRS candidate K. Prabhakar Reddy won the by-polls.
01:47 Mizoram
01:48 Altogether 112 out of 174 candidates in the fray for Mizoram assembly elections are crorepathis,
01:54 with AAP Madhya Pradesh state president Andrew Lalramkeema Pachua being the richest among
01:59 them with declared assets worth nearly Rs. 69 crore.
02:02 According to the affidavits of the candidates accessed by PTI, 64.4% of candidates' declared
02:06 assets worth Rs. 1 crore or more.
02:09 With declared asset value at Rs. 68.93 crore, AAP's Mizoram president Andrew Lalramkeema
02:15 Pachua is the richest.
02:16 He is contesting from Aizawl, North Sri Konstituency.
02:20 Pachua is followed by R. Vanlal Luanga of the Congress with 55.6 crore assets while
02:26 H. Ginzalala of the Mizoram People's Movement is in the third position with a declared asset
02:31 of Rs. 36.9 crore.
02:32 The source of their income is business, according to their affidavits.
02:35 Chhattisgarh
02:36 As the Chhattisgarh assembly election 2023 is slated to be held in two phases on November
02:41 7 and 17, the Lok Sabha poll-free poll survey for Chhattisgarh predicted a clear majority
02:45 for Congress while BJP a distant second.
02:49 According to the latest Lok Sabha poll survey, out of the total 90 seats, BJP is likely to
02:52 secure between 38-34 seats.
02:55 On the other side of the political spectrum, the Congress is expected to win an estimated
02:58 55-59 seats, seeking to strengthen its hold on the state's governance.
03:03 Others are projected to win only 0-2 seats.
03:06 The ruling Congress, according to the Lok Sabha poll survey, is poised to gain over
03:09 44-46% of the total vote share.
03:12 In contrast, the BJP is projected to secure around 38-40% of the vote share.
03:17 Others are projected to secure 14-18% of votes.
03:21 Rajasthan
03:22 Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Wadra on October 25
03:26 accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre of handling over public sector undertakings
03:31 to industrialists it favours and creating unemployment across the country.
03:36 India is witnessing the highest rate of unemployment in 45 years.
03:39 But this has happened because the centre seems to be more interested in pleasing its friends
03:43 who are industrialists, said Gandhi.
03:45 The Congress government had the competence to run PSUs for decades because it was committed
03:50 to the welfare of the people.
03:51 These institutes would create employment across the country and now the Modi government has
03:54 privatised many without creating even one, alleged Priyanka Gandhi.
03:58 She said that in the states where the Congress party is currently ruling, the focus is on
04:01 filling vacancies in various departments and creating employment opportunities as these
04:05 are the basic fundamentals of strengthening the country.
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