Campaigning for Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh polls to conclude on Sunday.Byline: ANINew Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Oct. 10 (ANI): The election campaigning for Thursday's State Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will conclude on Sunday (Oct. 11). The Assembly elections in three states are likely to be a litmus test litmus test n. A test for chemical acidity or basicity using litmus paper. for all major parties to exhibit their strength since the Lok Sabha elections. During the month long process, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed an election rally at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi had addressed rallies at Karnal and Sirsa in Haryana, while Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in Bhopal. Senior Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata party (bär`ətēə jän`ətə) [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. leaders L. K. Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley also campaigned in these poll-bound states. It is notable that all the three States are ruled by Congress, which shares power in Maharashtra with Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is an Indian political party. Background It was formed on May 25, 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P.A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) after disputing the right of Italian-born (NCP (1) (Network Control Program) See SNA and network control program. (2) (NetWare Core Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in a NetWare network. ) as a coalition partner. Maharashtra has a 288-member State Assembly, Haryana; a 90-member Assembly House and Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly has 60 members. There are 2,061 polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh, 12,894 in Haryana and 82,028 in Maharashtra. The counting is to held on October 22. The election process will complete on October 25. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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