Bathinda, January 28 (DNS)- During the assembly elections in five states, including Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttrakhand, Anna Hazare factor will not work in any way, as Anna is now playing politics in place of waging a war against corruption. “This is the reason he is not getting much support these days from the people,” said Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan, while campaigning in favour of his party candidates at Balluana, Kotkapura, Kotshameer and Faridkot. LJP state president Kiranjit Singh Gehri, who is the LJP candidate from Bathinda (Rural) assembly constituency, also accompanied him. Paswan further said that his party had some basic differences with Anna Hazare as Anna and his associates did not accept democratic process for getting the Lokpal Bill passed. He said there was a Parliament to discuss and pass the Bill, but they were adamant to get their version of the Jan Lokpal Bill passed. He also termed Anna as a “puppet” of the RSS and the ...
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New delhi, Jan 17 (DNS) The India TV-C Voter-Amar Ujala poll survey (second phase) telecast on Monday night projects the Akali-BJP combine forging ahead in Punjab, after trailing Congress in the first phase of the survey. In Punjab, SAD-BJP combine may get 56-62 seats, Congress 49-55, PPP 1-3 and Others 3-5, says the C Voters projection. The survey shows the following vote percentage projection in Punjab : SAD-BJP 41 per cent, Cong 40 per cent, PPP - 6 pc, BSP - 8 pc. Regionwise, for the 27 seats in Majha, SAD+ is projected to win 14 and Cong 13. In Malwa (64 seats), SAD+ is projected to win 35 and Cong 29 and in Doaba (26) SAD+ is going to win 10, Cong 10 and Others 6 seats. Asked whether Raja Malvinder Singh joining SAD will harm the Congress, 48 pc respondents said yes, while 39 pc said No. Asked whether the tussle between Capt Amarinder Singh and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal will harm Congress, 61 pf of respondents said Yes, and 28 pc said No. UTTAR PRADESH: One thing is definite in the Uttar Pradesh elections. It's going to be a hung assembly, with BSP projected to win 145 seats, SP 138 seats, Congress coming up on 3rd position at 61 seats and BJP a poor fourth at 41 seats. Regionwise, the India-C Voter-Amar Ujala poll survey says, out of 114 seats in Purvanchal, BSP may get 46, SP 45, Congress 6, BJP 12 and Others 5. Out of 52 seats in Rohelkhand, BSP may get 18, SP 21, Congress 4, BJP 8 and Others 1 seat. Out of 25 seats in Bundelkhand, BSP is projected to win 11, SP 6, Congress 6, BJP 1 ...
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New Delhi, January 8 (DNS)- The Election Commission feels that Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Goa may pose problems on use of money power in the upcoming Assembly elections. "We feel that Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will give us problems on the money front. And so will Goa, because money plays a big role," Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi told in an interview, when asked if EC foresees problems in any of the poll-bound states. Already, the Commission's fears are turning true with huge cache of money bags being recovered in states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. So far, as much as Rs 7.5 crore has been seized from Uttar Pradesh and a similar amount of cash has been recovered from Punjab. The CEC said the Commission will also keep a tab on paid news during polls, besides also on the television channels and newspapers owned by various political parties and account for the expenses incurred on election campaigns for candidates of their respective political party. "We are aware that political parties have their own channels and newspapers. This is also disturbing the model code and level playing field," said Quraishi. "After Tamil Nadu, we have now prepared our guidelines for channels owned by political parties themselves. We will count the number of hours on TV and space given in newspapers and see their rate cards and then divide it among the total number of candidates for which the campaigns are done," he said. The CEC said unfortunately there is no cap on expenditure of political parties during polls, but ...
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