Over 900 candidates are in the fray in the final phase, which will cover all the constituencies of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh along with key seats in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
Non-performance and failure in image maintenance prove costly as 12 ministers face axe in Modi s Cabinet expansion
Cutting a sorry figure in handling of Covid and tough time in courts lead to axing of ministers.
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Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar were among ministers who faced the axe in Modi s Cabinet expansion.
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NEW DELHI: A dozen Union Ministers on Wednesday seemingly paid the price for the perceived erosion of “Brand Modi” within the BJP, in the wake of the ferocious second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar led the pack of ministers axed from the council of ministers, with BJP leaders attributing these ousters to their failure during the second wave, which ravaged all parts of the country, with heavy toll of the people.
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New Delhi: The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the BJP will deliberate on Friday to finalise party candidates for the first two phases of the Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam.
The members of the CEC, which included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Sinh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, senior leader BL Santosh, also met on Thursday evening to discuss the names of probable candidates.
Among others who attended the meeting held at the party headquarters were Thawar Chand Gehlot, Jual Oram, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bihar minister Shahnawaz Hussain.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finalised the first list of 60 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. Sources told India TV that the party could release the list on Friday evening. Earlier on Thursday, the BJP s Central Election Committee (CEC) met to finalise party candidates for the first two phases of the Assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari,