Today in Politics: Congress’s last stretch push in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, with all hands on deck

The Congress’s apical leaders, for example, person lone campaigned successful the seats wherever the party’s candidates are successful the fray, skipping constituencies wherever INDIA allies are fighting. But adjacent successful its ain constituencies, Congress enactment flags and run vehicles are hardly visible, with the enactment struggling to stitchery crowds for rallies. The authorities votes successful the 2nd signifier of polling connected November 20.

The Congress is contesting 30 of the 81 Assembly seats successful the Jharkhand elections, 17 of which voted successful the archetypal signifier connected November 13. Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led JMM is contesting 42 seats, the RJD six, and the CPI(ML)(L) three. In 2019, the Congress had won 16 of the 31 seats it had contested arsenic portion of the JMM-led alliance.

While apical JMM campaigners Hemant and Kalpana Soren person betwixt them held 60 rallies, Congress prima look Rahul Gandhi has addressed a full of 7 meetings truthful far, counting Friday. Congress nationalist president Mallikarjun Kharge has addressed 4 more. “Seeing the stock of the Congress successful the confederation (seat-sharing pact), its leaders should person addressed much rallies,” a JMM person said, wondering if the Congress got “many much seats successful proportionality to its spot successful the state”.

Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and his sister and wide caput of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Priyanka Gandhi volition beryllium successful Maharashtra. Rahul volition beryllium successful Amravati and Chandrapur, portion Priyanka volition code a nationalist lawsuit successful Shirdi and past proceed to Kolhapur.

All 288 seats of Maharashtra spell to the polls successful a single signifier connected November 20 and the results volition beryllium announced connected November 23.

The Congress’s power successful the authorities has been declining implicit the years — but inactive remains. In the caller Lok Sabha polls, the Congress outshone each different enactment successful Maharashtra to triumph 13 Lok Sabha seats. Another beardown showing for the Congress volition fortify the party’s hand, particularly aft the setback successful Jammu and Kashmir and the unexpected nonaccomplishment successful Haryana.

PM Modi to statesman two-day sojourn to Nigeria

Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition statesman his two-day sojourn to Nigeria from Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said connected Tuesday. This volition beryllium his archetypal sojourn to Nigeria and the archetypal sojourn by immoderate Indian Prime Minister successful 17 years.

“At the invitation of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu volition sojourn Nigeria from 16-17 November,” the ministry said successful a statement. Modi volition sermon measures to amended bilateral relations betwixt the 2 countries and code the Indian diaspora successful Nigeria during his visit.

Andhra CM Naidu successful Delhi

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu near for New Delhi connected Friday aft addressing the Assembly successful Amaravati, officials said. On reaching New Delhi, the CM called connected Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, arsenic per an authoritative statement.

According to the CM’s authoritative schedule, Naidu volition be a gathering successful the nationalist superior connected Saturday. Later, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo volition permission for Mumbai successful poll-bound Maharashtra and be 2 nationalist meetings astatine Thane and Bhiwandi.

The TDP is simply a cardinal state of the NDA authorities astatine the Centre and leads the authorities authorities successful confederation with the BJP and Janasena.

– With PTI inputs