Bypoll to one LS, 5 assembly seats on Dec 5, counting on Dec 8: EC
New Delhi (PTI): Bypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant following the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, will be held on December 5 along with byelections to five assembly constituencies spread across as many states, the Election Commission said on Saturday.
The Rampur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, which fell vacant following the disqualification of SP leader Mohammad Azam Khan, is one of the five seats going for the bypolls. Khan was disqualified by the Speaker after he was convicted and sentenced to three-year imprisonment in a case of hate speech registered against him in April 2019.
Sardarshahar assembly constituency in Rajasthan's Churu district, another constituency that goes to the bypoll, fell vacant after the death of Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma on October 9. He was 77. The Congress now has 107 out of the 200 MLAs in the Rajasthan assembly. The BJP has 71 MLAs, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party three, CPI (M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party two each, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) one and 13 are Independent MLAs. One seat is vacant.
Padampur in Odisha, Kurhani in Bihar and Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh are the other assembly seats where bypolls will be held.
The counting of votes will be held on December 8 to coincide with the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh ballot count.
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Himachal: Three killed, two injured as speeding car dashes against parked truck
Mandi (HP) (PTI): Three people were killed and two others sustained grievous injuries after a speeding car dashed against a stationary truck at Dadour near Nerchowk in Mandi district on Monday late at night, police said on Tuesday.
There were five people in the car when the tragedy struck. Three were declared dead in the hospital while two have been referred to AIIMS Bilaspur.
The deceased were identified as Anil Kumar (28), Rohit Kumar (26) and Subash Kumar (23), all residents of Mandi district, while the injured are Harish and Pankaj.
A case has been registered under relevant sections and investigations are underway, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Mandi Vinod Kumar.
He added that the bodies have been handed over to the family members of the deceased.
In a statement, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed grief over the loss of three lives in a road accident. He directed the district administration to ensure best possible treatment for the injured and wished them a speedy recovery.
