Today in Politics: Amit Shah to address three rallies in Haryana; Rahul to campaign in J&K

The third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls will be held on October 1.

Amit Shah in Haryana

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in Haryana for the upcoming October 5 Assembly polls on Friday. At noon, he will address a rally in the Rewari Assembly constituency and proceed to the Mulana Assembly segment, where he will address a rally. He will end the day’s campaign with a public meeting in the Ladwa Assembly seat.

All 90 seats of the state will go to the polls in a single phase, the results of which will be announced on October 8.

EC team in Maharashtra

After its visit to Jharkhand, a team of Election Commission officials will be on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to take stock of poll preparedness.

The commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will be in Jharkhand on September 23-24 and in Maharashtra on September 27-28, the sources said.

Last time, Maharashtra and Haryana went to the polls together. This time, however, the poll panel decided to decouple the elections in the two states.

Assembly polls in Jharkhand were held separately last time. This time, however, the sources indicated that they could be announced alongside Maharashtra.

The Maharashtra Assembly’s term ends on November 26 while that of Jharkhand concludes on January 5.

Birla to attend parliamentary conference

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend the 21st annual conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), India Region Zone-3, officials said.

The two-day CPA meeting will be held at Assembly hall here on September 27 and 28, officials said.

Apart from Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Nayaran Singh and Nagaland Assembly Speaker Sharingain Longkumer, who is also chairman of CPA India Zone-3, will also attend the event, they said.

Sabhavana March in Himachal Pradesh

Members of civil society have called for a ‘Sadbhavna March’ on September 27 to spread the message of peace and harmony amid the recent unauthorised mosque controversy that has sparked communal tensions in the town and across the state.

“We appeal to the people to reach near DC Office, Shimla at 11 am on September 27 and join the Sadbhavna March led by common citizens in protest against the efforts being made to create animosity between different communities,” former Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation Sanjay Chauhan said at a press conference here.

He alleged that an atmosphere of communal tension and fear is being created in Shimla by turning the quarrel between two persons into a dispute between two communities.

– With PTI inputs