Assembly election 2022 results LIVE Updates: BJP owes poll victory to EVMs, Akhilesh Yadav says
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 17, 2022, 15:43:52 IST
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Assembly election 2022 results LIVE Updates: BJP owes poll victory to EVMs, Akhilesh Yadav says

Claiming a moral victory in the recently concluded assembly elections, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) owes its victory to the EVMs. Stay with TOI for live updates:
21:02 (IST) Mar 16
Bharatiya Janata Party has started analysing the results of the recently concluded assembly elections that will have an impact on the presidential polls later this year and are significant in terms of party's preparations for the next Lok Sabha elections.
Even as discussions are being held among senior party leaders over government formation in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started analysing the results of the recently concluded assembly elections that will have an impact on the presidential polls later this year and are significant in terms of party's preparations for the next Lok Sabha elections. Read more
21:01 (IST) Mar 16
Congress has appointed Rajani Patil, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken, Jitendra Singh and Avinash Pandey, to assess the post-poll situation and suggest organizational changes in the recently concluded poll states.
20:33 (IST) Mar 16
The G-23 grouping has been critical of the party leadership and has been demanding organisational overhaul, after they wrote a joint letter to Sonia Gandhi in 2020.
20:28 (IST) Mar 16
The sources said the meeting was convened to apprise all the members of the G-23 about the decisions taken at the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday.
20:27 (IST) Mar 16
The ambit of the G-23 grouping increased this time as some more leaders - Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, former Gujarat chief minister Shankar Singh Vaghela, former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and former Haryana speaker Kuldeep Sharma joined them.
20:06 (IST) Mar 16
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar will be sent to Goa as Central Observer to facilitate government formation in the state.
20:06 (IST) Mar 16
Bharatiya Janata Party leadership on Wednesday brainstormed on the formation of the government in Goa when party president JP Nadda met CM Pramod Sawant, Goa-in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and BJP Goa president Sadanand Tanavade in New Delhi.
"The announcement of next CM will be made in the BJP's Legislative Party meeting," said a source.
19:50 (IST) Mar 16
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday alleged that the G-23 leaders were attempting to break the party by continuing to hold meetings even after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) had discussed 'all' issues during its recent meeting.
19:36 (IST) Mar 16
Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Mani Shankar Aiyar, PJ Kurien, Parneet Kaur, Sandeep Dikshit & Raj Babbar also arrive at the residence of party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
18:30 (IST) Mar 16
Arvind Kejriwal congratulates Bhagwant Mann for becoming Punjab CM, hopes for prosperity of state
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party's National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday, congratulated Bhagwant Mann on becoming the Chief Minister of Punjab.
18:30 (IST) Mar 16
Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari and other leaders arrive at the residence of Ghulam Nabi Azad in Delhi

Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Mani Shankar Aiyar, PJ Kurien, Parneet Kaur, Sandeep Dikshit and Raj Babbar attended a meeting at the residence of party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday.

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17:55 (IST) Mar 16
Punjab: Former SAD MLA from Bathinda, Sarup Chand Singla, resigned from the party earlier today.
17:50 (IST) Mar 16
Yogi Adityanath to meet Amit Shah, discussion on new UP Cabinet likely
17:35 (IST) Mar 16
Despite victory in assembly elections, winning presidential polls won't be easy for BJP: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that despite the BJP's recent victory in assembly elections in four states, winning the upcoming presidential polls may not be easy for the saffron party as it doesn't have even half the total number of legislators across the country.
17:31 (IST) Mar 16
SP leaders, supporters booked for obstructing govt vehicles outside counting centre in Ballia
A case has been registered against 11 Samajwadi Party members and 60 other "unnamed" people for allegedly forcibly stopping government vehicles near the gate of a counting centre in Ballia on March 9, police said on Wednesday. According to the in-charge of Ballia city Kotwali, Bal Mukund Mishra, the SP leaders and their supporters have been booked for offences of spreading hatred, obstructing government work, rioting and threatening.
17:04 (IST) Mar 16
Bhagwant Mann assumes office as chief minister of Punjab at Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh
Bhagwant Mann assumes office as chief minister of Punjab at Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh
16:59 (IST) Mar 16
Goa, Manipur chief ministers meet PM

Goa and Manipur chief ministers Pramod Sawant and N Biren Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday amid indications that the BJP leadership is likely to put its faith again in them for leading the new government in their states following the party's thumping win in the recent assembly polls.

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16:58 (IST) Mar 16
NPP to “examine” situation if not invited to join BJP govt in Manipur
While Manipur's BJP leadership has flown to Delhi to lay rival claims to the position of chief minister of the Northeastern states, NPP leader Conrad K Sangma, who had earlier flown to Imphal to seek a place for his party in the government, seems miffed by hints that BJP will go ahead and form a single-party government.
16:35 (IST) Mar 16
Defence minister Rajnath Singh meets Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh today
Defence minister Rajnath Singh meets Chief Minister of Manipur N Biren Singh today
16:01 (IST) Mar 16
Uttar Pradesh's acting CM Yogi Adityanath arrives at BJP headquarters in Delhi, to discuss govt formation and upcoming biennial polls for the legislative council with party leadership. Party leaders Dr. Dinesh Sharma and Swatantra Dev Singh also present.
Uttar Pradesh's acting CM Yogi Adityanath arrives at BJP headquarters in Delhi, to discuss govt formation and upcoming biennial polls for the legislative council with party leadership. Party leaders Dr. Dinesh Sharma and Swatantra Dev Singh also present.