00:00 Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Mizoram and Rajasthan will go to polls on different
00:05 dates from November 7 to 30.
00:08 The Election Commission of India said that the votes will be counted for the five states
00:12 on December 3.
00:14 This will set the stage for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls semi-finals.
00:18 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that nearly 16 crore voters would be eligible
00:24 to cast their votes in these elections.
00:27 Madhya Pradesh Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls,
00:31 State Congress Chief Kamal Nath on Tuesday said if his party is elected to power, it
00:35 will get a caste census done to ensure justice to the backward classes and set up a commission
00:40 to provide them equal opportunities.
00:42 Notably, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during her poll rallies in MP
00:47 has also pitched for a caste census, saying that the exercise is necessary to know the
00:52 exact number of people from OBC, SC and ST communities in the country so that policies
00:58 can be framed accordingly to provide benefits to them.
01:02 In a post on his ex-handle on Tuesday, former MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath said he is committed
01:08 to making the backward class families prosper in the state.
01:11 The Congress government will get a caste census conducted to ensure justice to the backward
01:16 classes.
01:17 Mizoram Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will
01:20 visit Mizoram to campaign for the November 7th Assembly elections on Wednesday, a senior
01:25 BJP leader said.
01:27 State BJP spokesperson F. Lalramsangi told PTI that Singh will address public meetings
01:33 at Mamath in the western part of Mizoram bordering Bangladesh and Tripura and Siaha in the south.
01:39 The BJP, which has a single MLA in the outgoing assembly, has fielded candidates in 23 seats,
01:45 mostly in minority areas.
01:47 The party is eyeing the votes of linguistic minorities such as Chakma, Bru, Mara and Lai
01:52 community people, mostly living in the southern part of the state.
01:56 Telangana Ahead of the November 30th Assembly polls
01:59 in Telangana, the Congress state unit is witnessing dissent over ticket distribution with disgruntled
02:05 party leaders flocking towards the ruling BRS, which is actively wooing them.
02:11 The denial of tickets has prompted some key leaders, including former ministers, to bid
02:15 adieu to the grand old party, only to be quickly welcomed by the K. Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat
02:21 Rashtra Samadhi.
02:22 In the ruling saddle since 2014, BRS is eyeing a hat-trick of electoral triumphs this time.
02:28 Responding, the Congress said, "Winability was a major selection criteria to pick nominees
02:32 for the electoral battle."
02:34 Among the disgruntled Congress leaders who chose to switch sides is former minister Nagam
02:38 Janardhan Reddy.
02:39 Reddy had quit the party and called in BRS President Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday last
02:44 after being invited to join the party.
02:47 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
02:50 filed his nomination papers from his seat, Patan, where he has remained undefeated since
02:54 1993.
02:55 While filing nominations, CM Baghel was accompanied by Assembly Speaker Charan Das Mahant and
03:01 Home Minister Damrath Raj Saho.
03:03 The chief minister posted his pictures before and after filing the nomination at the Durg
03:07 Collector's Office on X and wrote, "Name Bhupesh Baghel, Assembly constituency, Patan.
03:13 With the blessings of Chhattisgarh Mahatari, today I have filed nomination as a candidate
03:17 again from Patan Assembly constituency."
03:20 Rajasthan Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin
03:24 Pilate on October 31 filed his nomination for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections
03:28 polls from Dong constituency.
03:31 Before filing his nomination papers, Mr. Pilate offered prayers at the Bhuteshwar Mahadev
03:35 Temple.
03:36 Later, he took out a procession with his supporters from Baba Kua to Patel Chowk in Dong city.
03:41 Voting for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will be held on November 25 and votes will
03:44 be counted on December 3.
03:46 The BJP is yet to announce a candidate against Mr. Pilate.
03:49 The last date for filing nominations is November 6.
03:52 Pilate had contested from Dong in the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections and won by a
03:57 margin of more than 54,000 votes against the BJP's Yunus Khan.
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