Delhi Confidential: Ally Outreach

Facing flak from its INDIA bloc partners for being “overconfident” successful the Haryana elections, the Congress’s apical enactment held a gathering with its superior state successful poll-bound Jharkhand — the JMM. Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi met JMM main Hemant Soren and his MLA woman Kalpana Soren astatine Kharge’s residence. Sources said the gathering was held to nonstop a connection to each the INDIA bloc parties that the Congress is making efforts to instrumentality its determination allies on — particularly successful states wherever elections are to beryllium held soon. The apical leaders from the Congress and the JMM held preliminary seat-sharing talks for the Assembly polls, said the sources. The JMM has truthful acold chosen to enactment soundless connected the Congress’s  show successful Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.

Special Lunch

A time aft wrapping up the J&K and Haryana Assembly elections, the Election Commission connected Wednesday organised a peculiar luncheon to explicit gratitude towards the information forces, the Railways and the Air Force officers who helped behaviour the 2 polls arsenic good arsenic the Lok Sabha elections. The lunch, held astatine the EC headquarters, was attended by the Election Commissioners, Home Secretary Govind Mohan, heads of paramilitary forces and elder officers of the Railways, Defence Ministry and Air Force. Lauding the professionalism of the organisations involved, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is learnt to person said that helium would similar to walk clip with the unit arsenic they transportation retired predetermination duties.