New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Wednesday asserted that the Congress party will register a victory in the by-polls and the party's alliance will also win in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
"We are confident that our alliance in Maharashtra will form the government and Congress will contest the by-polls to win. It is a matter of great happiness that Priyanka ji is contesting from Wayanad," said Selja.
Speaking on BJP's victory in the Haryana assembly elections, Kumari Selja said, "We would want them to start their work soon to complete all that which was not done in the last ten years. By whatever means, they secured a mandate, now, we just want them to take the people of Haryana forward."
On Tuesday, the Election Commission announced bypolls to 48 assembly constituencies including nine seats in Uttar Pradesh and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.
The announcement was made by the Chief Commissioner Rajiv Kumar at a press conference in which he also announced dates of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
There are 10 vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh but bypolls were announced for nine seats. Kumar said the election was not announced for the Milkipur seat in Ayodhya as an election petition is pending.
While polling will be held on 47 assembly seats and Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on November 13, it will be held on one assembly constituency in Uttarakhand and Nanded constituency in Maharashtra on November 20. Assembly polls in Jharkhand will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20. Maharashtra will go to the polls on November 20. The results will be declared on November 23.
The bypolls are spread over 15 states - Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
The largest number of bypolls will be held in Uttar Pradesh and seats going to the polls are Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, Karhal, Phulpur, Katehari, Majhawan, and Sishamau.
The bypolls in Uttar Pradesh are crucial for BJP as it suffered a setback in Lok Sabha polls. BJP could win only 33 seats compared to the 62 it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP would be keen to regain its winning momentum in Uttar Pradesh. (ANI)
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