JDU will support Congress: Sharad Yadav faction
Assembly Election
Bengaluru, May 2: JDU state president Dr Nada Gowda said that the party executive meeting has decided to support the Congress in this Assembly election in Karnataka in order to defeat communal forces.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said that the decision was taken at the party Executive Committee meeting held here on April 28. The NDA government at the centre has failed to fulfill the promises made to the people. The JDU has taken this decision to ensure that the Opposition party should also be as stronger as ruling party in a democratic system, he said.
It is possible to build a strong nation on the basis of scientific approach and development. But the BJP has been trying to mislead the people emotionally and is trying to build the society on this ground which is not possible. In view of this, the party workers would campaign in favour of Congress candidates, he said.
As there are several cases of the party pending before the court and Election Commission, it was decided to flout Loktantrik Janatadal Party on May 18 in order to contest the next Parliamentary elections, he said.
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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
