DAINIK NATION BUREAU Women voting percentage has incresed in Uttarakhand Assembly election-2017 and it has given knee jerk to both political parties i.e. BJP and congress. BJP believes that if they come out due to demonetisation then their chances are bleak while congress says that they were anticipating that women, who have lost their deposit due to demonetisation, would vote ...
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Low turn out dampen BJP spirit
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Two percent less polling has proved a damper for the principal Opposition party, Baharatiya Janata Party which was buoyed with the earlier figure as given by the election commission, ascribing the higher turnout to anti-incumbency sweeping the state. While a section of the state BJP leaders is still hoping that they would pull through, riding the crest ...
Read More »BJP confidents to form govt in UK
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Sounding sure that the party would form the next government in the state, post March 11 counting of votes, the state BJP president Ajay Bhatt said that the government they would form would review the parole given to some people lodged in different jails of the state. He alleged that the Congress-helmed state government had released dreaded ...
Read More »Low polling amazed poll pundits
DAINIK NATION BUREAU The low voter turn out in many constituencies located in mountainous areas of the state indicate that despite high pitched voter awareness drive by authorities, the effect of migration on polls is quite apparent. A look on the voting pattern shows that the districts facing the maximum brunt of migration exhibit low voter turnout. In mountainous Pauri ...
Read More »Will Vikasnagar maintain belief like Gangotri?
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true, Vikasnagar assembly constituency, which is playing decisive factor since first assembly election-2002 but people are yet to pay attention on it. Although there is strong belief that the Gangotri constituency’s outcome decides the party forming the government. Vikasnagar is interesting, for it has been witnessing a straight contest between two contenders, Navprabhat of Congress ...
Read More »Cong demands FIR against PM Modi: Kishore
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the notice, in which Haridwar administration slapped a notice on the Haridwar district BJP president, citing the party did not seek permission for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s February 10 rally in the city, a Congress delegation led by the state PCC president Kishore Upadhyay met the chief electoral officer (CEO) Radha Raturi on ...
Read More »One percent polling increased between 2012-17
DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true that despite strong campaigning by the political parties and election commission polling percentage have gone down with the last assembly election. During assembly election-2012 voters were around 70 lakh and polling percentage was 67.22 percent. As per the figures rolled out by the election commission, there is a very marginal increase as compared to ...
Read More »rain/snow may happen by Feb 19: Met dept
DAINIK NATION BUREAU State Meteorological department has forecast light rain/snow at a few places in Uttarakhand from February 19 for a couple of days. Things were dry across the state on Thursday. While the minimum temperatures remained normal in the plains and markedly above normal in the hills of the state. The lowest minimum temperature 4.9°C was recorded at Munsiyari on Thursday. The meteorological ...
Read More »A day after polling candidates were assessing polling
DAINIK NATION BUREAU A day after the polling, the candidates of various political parties, engaged in tough electioneering for nearly a month are now feeling relaxed. Some of them spent time with their family while some were busy in assessing the voters turnout with their party workers. The BJP candidate from Vikasnagar, Munna Singh Chauhan, locked in a fierce fight with ...
Read More »Cong will win 46 seats: CM Rawat
DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Congress is confident of winning about 46 seats out of 70 assembly constituencies in the state. The state PCC president Kishore Upadhyay in the presence of chief minister Harish Rawat claimed while addressing the media here in Dehradun on Thursday. CM Rawat opined that the volume of money-power seen being used in the Assembly election 2017 was ...
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