The Congress party in Madhya Pradesh has selected its candidates for the upcoming assembly elections and informed them about their nominations, according to state party president Kamal Nath. The opposition party has not yet officially announced its candidates for the polls, scheduled for November this year.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to lay the foundation for various development projects. He will will dedicate it to the nation and lay the foundation stone for various development projects worth about Rs 7,000 crore in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
Speaking to reporters after a 'prabuddhjan sammelan' (intellectuals' conference), Piyush Goyal said MP had achieved new heights due to efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as well as all the Bharatiya Janata Party ministers. Madhya Pradesh has achieved 18 per cent growth in GSDP in the last 20 years due to these efforts, he said.
Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the Indian National Congress party, stated that if his party comes to power, they would conduct a caste-based census to determine the exact number of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India. He also criticized the current government, alleging that the country is being run by a small group of officers and that elected BJP members have no influence over policy-making. Gandhi further highlighted corruption issues in Madhya Pradesh, including the Vyapam scam and farmer suicides.
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, announced that one lakh people have been recruited for government jobs, and an additional one lakh posts will be filled next year. Chouhan also stated that the government is working hard to provide various amenities to the people and that medium and cottage industries are generating employment opportunities. He added that 552 industrial units would be established, creating 28,300 jobs, and that a unity mall selling indigenous items will be built in Ujjain.
How do I check where to go and vote?
It is important to reach the correct polling booth of your constituency in order to cast your vote. Voters can search for their polling booth on electoralsearch.in or use the Voter Helpline App, developed by the Election Commission. You can also call the voter helpline on 1950, which is the voter helpline. It is important to add the STD code of your city before the number. For help regarding the Polling station location, one needs to send an SMS space to 1950.
All you need to know about Exit polls
Agencies conducting an exit poll follow a range of different procedures or methods. One of the most common methods is sampling. These agencies might opt for random or systematic sampling.
EVM's run on normal battery and they do not require electricity. An EVM can be used to record a maximum of 2,000 votes.
Can I ask for a copy of VVPAT?
The VVPAT machine gives instant feedback to the voter, through a printed slip. Essentially, after a voter presses the button confirming their vote for their chosen candidate or NOTA, the VVPAT machine prints a slip containing the name of the candidate and the corresponding election symbol and automatically drops it in a sealed box.
Where can I get voting help online?
Portal called Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program, http://ecisveep.nic.in/, also known as SVEEP, is a program by the Election Commission of India for voter education, voter awareness and voter literacy.
The ECI introduced a particular symbol for ‘None of the Above’ option to allow the voters to exercise NOTA. This symbol appears in the last panel on all Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
How to download digital voter ID card online?
A voter ID card is issued by the Election Commission, and is also known as Electoral Photo ID Card or EPIC.
How to check your name on the voter list? Download voter slip online?
It is required that your name should appear on the Election Commission's electoral rolls. Once you have found your name on the electoral roll and you also possess an identification document prescribed above by the ECI (the voter ID card or any other acceptable document), you will be allowed to vote.
Those citizens who have been declared by the law that they are unstable to vote or barred due to corrupt practices or any illegal act relating to elections are not entitled to be a voter.
The ECI while introducing NOTA indicated that although votes cast as NOTA are counted, they are invalid votes so they will not impact the result of the election process. Therefore, whether NOTA gets more or less votes, it is not taken into account for calculating the total valid votes.
