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No party willing to take gamble of mid-term polls in the State Camil Parkhe Wednesday, 21 June 2017    goo.gl/kyedu9 The moot question is that can any of the warring factions of the ruling alliance or the opposition parties afford the gamble of mid-term polls or at any stage in the near future The BJP-led State government has just completed half of its five-year term and there is talk of the possibility of mid-term polls. Unlike in the past, the debate is not about the creation of any of the opposition parties but the major partners in the alliance government – the BJP and the Shiv Sena.  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said his party was confident of returning to power if mid-term polls were held in the state anytime. This led to Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan jumping into the fray to claim that their parties too were...

Politicians start gearing up for 2017 assembly polls Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Thursday, 9 June 2016 AT 09:38 PM IST       http://goo.gl/u4FekH CAMIL PARKHE ,  gearing up ,  2017 assembly polls ,  Politicians ,  News-plus Even before the newly elected governments were recently formed in five states in the country, political parties have launched their campaigns for another round of polls in five other states where elections will be held early in 2017. The term of the present state assemblies in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur will expire in March 2017. Having experienced the most high-tech and well planned election campaigns of various parties in the recent years, people in the country can now brace themselves for yet another high-pitched electoral battle. Of these, election in Uttar Pradesh will be the most crucial for the BJP, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and also, the Congress. This is becau...