Staring at the prospect of a total rout across the Garo Hills in one of the biggest electoral setbacks, the ruling NPP is facing a colossal defeat at the hands of the Congress with Saleng A Sangma on the verge of winning the prestigious Tura parliamentary seat ending the legacy of P A Sangma whose family has held on to the seat for well over 40 years.
Guwahati, June 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the opposition INDIA bloc were ahead in more than 200 seats on Tuesday...
What Kejriwal is to Delhi, Ardent appears to be for Shillong. The two may never have crossed political paths, but their style of campaign and mobilization of support is staggeringly similar.
BJP candidates are leading in 31 seats, including Along (East), Along (West), Anini, Basar, Changlang (North), Changlang (South), Dambuk, Kalaktang, Koloriang, Lekang, Likabali (ST), Lumla, Nacho, Namsai, Nari Koyu (ST), Palin, and Pongchau-Wakka.
Namgey Tsering of the National People's Party (NPP) has won the Tawang (ST) assembly constituency, and Pesi Jilen won the Liromoba (ST) seat in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal visited the BJP party office to interact with the Karyakartas ahead of the last phase of elections in the country.
According to the circular, the fasting programme, will take place from 6 am to 9 am, which will involve a series of prayer activities at polling booths across the constituency.
