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Congress Release List of 6 Candidates for Karnataka Assembly By-Elections
Congress releases list of six candidates for the upcoming by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.
Sharad Yadav to Campaign for Opposition Alliance
Former MP Sharad Yadav said he will campaign for the opposition alliance in the coming Jharkhand Assembly elections.
Yadav who met jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences here, said, “I will come on November 22 or 23 to campaign for the opposition alliance candidates.”
The opposition alliance consists of the JMM, Congress and the RJD.
Yadav, former Janata Dal (United) leader, did not disclose what talks he had with Prasad saying they had talked on several issues.
(PTI)
Maha Guv Announces Financial Aid for Rain-Hit Farmers; Oppn Say Inadequate
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday announced financial relief to farmers whose crop was damaged in unseasonal rains, and ordered its immediate disbursal.
The relief entails Rs 8,000 per hectare up to two hectares for agricultural Kharif crops and Rs 18,000 per hectare up to two hectares for horticulture/perennial crops, an official statement said.
The governor also exempted wards of the affected agriculturists from paying the educational fees, it said.
(PTI)
189 Candidates in the Fray in First Phase of Jharkhand Polls
A total of 189 candidates are in the fray for 13 of the 81 Assembly seats in Jharkhand that are going to the polls in the first phase on November 30, election office sources told PTI.
The last date for withdrawing nomination papers for polls in the phase ended on Saturday.
A total of 228 candidates had filed their nomination papers for polls in the first phase.
Twenty two nomination papers were rejected after scrutiny on Friday, while 17 candidates withdrew their nomination on Saturday, an Election Commission release said here.
(PTI)