The Congress has approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) implicit the BJP releasing "false advertisements" to dispersed "rumours and misinformation" against the Congress guarantees. (File)
The Congress announced connected Thursday that enactment rebels who person not withdrawn their nominations against the authoritative Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidates successful the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections are suspended from the enactment for six years.
Addressing the media, Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress in-charge, said, “There would beryllium nary affable contests (within the MVA) anywhere. Those who person not withdrawn their candidatures person been suspended from the enactment for six years.”
Among those who person been suspended are Rajendra Mulak (Ramtek), Yadnyavalkya Jichkar (Katol), Jayashri Patil (Sangli), Aba Bagul (Parvati), and Kamal Vyavahare (Kasba).
The Congress is portion of the Opposition MVA alliance, which besides includes Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party (SP), for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, scheduled to beryllium held connected November 20, followed by the counting connected November 23.
Meanwhile, a time aft the announcement of 5 guarantees astatine the MVA’s nationalist rally, the Congress declared that president Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, All India Congress Committee wide caput Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, and different elder Congress leaders volition clasp rallies crossed the authorities to run for Congress and different MVA candidates. It was finalised successful the Congress run committee gathering held astatine Tilak Bhavan successful the beingness of Chennithala.
Chennithala said aft the gathering that Kharge volition circuit Maharashtra for 5 days, with rallies scheduled connected November 13, 14, 16, 17, and 18. Rahul volition clasp run rallies connected November 12, 14, and 16, portion Priyanka volition code rallies connected November 13, 16, and 17.
“The MVA manifesto volition beryllium released connected November 10 astatine the Grand Hyatt edifice successful the beingness of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and elder MVA leaders volition beryllium contiguous there,” said Chennithala.
Meanwhile, the Congress has approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) implicit the BJP releasing “false advertisements” to dispersed “rumours and misinformation” against the Congress guarantees.
“Some advertisements person been published successful assorted newspapers without immoderate attribution. The Congress volition record a ailment with the Election Commission astir this. In Karnataka, Telangana, and Himachal Pradesh, Congress has already started implementing the guarantees it promised, but the BJP is deliberately spreading mendacious information,” said Chennithala.