By-poll News
Voting Dubbak (in Siddipet district), around 100 km from here, began at 7 AM and expected to conclude at 6 PM at 315 polling stations.
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has been re-energised despite not winning a single seat in the by-polls in 11 constituencies as it has managed to substantially increase its vote share.
Besides Adityanath, his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, two more state ministers had filed their nomination papers yesterday.
Sharif's wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is under treatment for throat cancer in London, will contest the September 17 election for the National Assembly seat despite her ailment.
To remain the Chief Minister, the 56-year-old PDP leader needs to become an MLA or MLC within the mandatory period of six months of her swearing-in.
The Election Commission on Thursday postponed by-poll to the Anantnag assembly seatafter the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir Government raised concerns over the law and order situation.
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