Cong election committee meets to finalise candidates for assembly polls.Byline: ANI New 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. , Sept 20 (ANI): The Central Election Committee of the Congress party met here today to finalise candidates for Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (är'ənächəl prədĕsh`), state (2001 provisional pop. 1,091,117), 31,438 sq mi (81,424 sq km), NE India, bordered on the north by the Tibet region of China and on the east by Myanmar. The capital is Itanagar. assembly polls. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (Hindi: सोनिया गांधी, IPA: [soːnɪjaː gaːndʰiː]), born Sonia Antonia Maino attended the meeting. The assembly elections in three states will be held in a single phase on October 13. Counting of votes will take place on October 22. Maharashtra has a 288-member assembly with 29 seats being reserved for Scheduled Castes sched·uled caste n. Any of the historically disadvantaged Indian castes of low rank, now under government protection. [From such castes having been entered on a list or "schedule" during British rule.] (SCs) and another 25 for Scheduled Tribes (STs). While Haryana has a 90-member House (SC-17), Arunachal Pradesh has 60 seats with 59 of them being reserved for STs The term of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly ends on October 24, while in Maharashtra, the tenure was to last till November 3. Though Haryana had nearly six months time, it decided to go for early polls by dissolving the assembly on August 21. There are 2,061 polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh, 12,894 in Haryana and 82,028 in Maharashtra. (ANI) Copyright E 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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