Stock Market Holiday: Voting for municipal elections in Maharashtra will be held today on January 15. On this occasion, National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE will remain closed today. Both the exchanges had issued circulars giving this information a few days ago.

According to the circular, there will be no trading in equity segment, equity derivatives, commodity derivatives and electronic gold receipts on the election day. In view of the holiday of 15th January, the F&O Sensex expiry of BSE was on Wednesday, 14th January. Apart from Mumbai, voting is also to be held today in cities like Thane and Navi Mumbai.

What is F&O Expiry??

F&O i.e. Futures and Options – This is a type of derivatives trading in the stock market, under which you make a contract to buy or sell the shares at a fixed date in the future without buying them immediately. At the same time, Expiry means that when you buy a future or option contract (F&O contract), there is a fixed time limit for selling it, the last day of which is called ‘Expiry Day’. You have to sell the contract by this day. Otherwise, it gets automatically closed.

List of holidays in stock market in 2026

• 26 January (Monday) – Republic Day
• March 3 (Tuesday)- Holi
• 26 March (Thursday)-Ram Navami
• 31 March (Tuesday) – Mahavir Jayanti
• April 3 (Friday)- Good Friday
• 14 April (Tuesday)-Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti
• 1 May (Friday)-Maharashtra Day
• 28 May (Thursday)-Bakrid
• 26 June (Friday)-Muharram
• 14 September (Monday)- Ganesh Chaturthi
• 2 October (Friday) – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
• 20 October (Tuesday) – Dussehra
• 10 November (Tuesday)- Diwali-Balipratipada
• 24 November (Tuesday) – Prakash Guruparva Shri Guru Nanak Dev
• 25 November (Friday) – Christmas

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Voting is taking place in Mumbai today for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Voting is to be held today for the elections of 29 municipal bodies. In this, an interesting contest is being expected between the BJP led Mahayuti and the Thackeray brothers’ front for governance over the economically prosperous BMC.

The voting process has started at 7:30 am for 2,869 seats of 29 municipal bodies, which will continue till 5:30 pm. Today, a total of 3.48 crore voters will decide the fate of 15,931 candidates, including 1,700 from Mumbai and 1,166 from Pune. Counting of votes will take place on January 16. BMC is considered to be the most prosperous municipal corporation in the country. Its annual budget is more than Rs 74 thousand crores.

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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) working president Supriya Sule on Wednesday (December 24) has put conditions before Ajit Pawar’s party for the Pune Municipal Corporation elections. He said that until all the doubts and apprehensions of the party workers are removed, his party will not form an alliance with Ajit Pawar’s party in the Pune Municipal Corporation elections. Speaking to journalists in Pune, Sule said that he is in touch with NCP. If both the groups decide to join hands, the possible consequences will also be considered.

Pune Municipal Corporation elections will be held on this day

When asked about the party’s city unit president Prashant Jagtap’s dissatisfaction over a possible alliance with Ajit Pawar’s NCP in the Pune Municipal Corporation elections to be held on January 15, Sule said that he (Sule) spoke to Jagtap in detail and understood his apprehensions.

Sule said that he assured Jagtap that no ideology or party policy will be compromised if there is an alliance with NCP. Sule said, “Jagtap’s concerns were justified. His questions are absolutely legitimate.

Supriya Sule mentioned about being out of Congress

Referring to past political incidents, Sule reminded that NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar was thrown out of Congress after raising the issue of Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin, after which NCP was formed.

He said, “Later, Sonia Gandhi met Pawar and offered him to join the UPA government.” Sule said, “There are ups and downs in politics. No ideology or policy of the party will be compromised by forming an alliance with NCP. I have given all these assurances. There is no ambiguity in the matter.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election results. Earlier, on 25 June, the Bombay High Court rejected it as a petition to waste time. Now the Supreme Court has refused to interfere in the order of the High Court.

What was said in the petition?
Vikhroli Mumbai assembly seat voter Chetan Chandrakant Ahire said in a petition filed in the High Court that even after 6 pm in the assembly elections in the state, about 76 lakh people cast their votes. The Election Commission is not giving their details. Ahire had demanded polling for 288 seats on 20 November 2024 and the results on 24 November 2024 as illegal.

Prakash Ambedkar, a lawyer and deprived Bahujan Aghadi leader, debated on behalf of the petitioner in the High Court. Senior advocate Ashutosh Kumbhakoni on behalf of the Election Commission and advocate Uday Varunjikar on behalf of the central government presented the side. He said that the petition is not legally valid. In an election, people who are in line before 6 o’clock, are always given a chance to vote. There is no system to keep a record of such people and make it available to anyone.

Supreme Court also refused after High Court
The petitioner also made demands like reviewing EVM-VVPAT of all seats, looking CCTV footage. Along with this, the order of voting with ballot paper was also sought in future. On 25 June, the bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Arif Doctor of Bombay High Court found the petition disqualified after a long hearing. Now the bench of Supreme Court Justice MM Sundresh and N. Kotishwar Singh has also refused to hear it.

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi retaliated after the Election Commission’s press conference on Sunday (August 17, 2025). Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of theft and rigging the voter list in Maharashtra elections. During this, he has also targeted PM Modi and Amit Shah. He also said that the Election Commission asks for an affidavit from me, but when Anurag Thakur says the same thing I am saying, the Commission does not ask for an affidavit from him.

Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Election Commission press conference

Addressing a public meeting in Sasaram, Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said, “The Election Commission has held a press conference on Sunday (August 17). I ask that if you enacted CCTV law, why change it. Why do you know that no case can be filed on the Election Commission. No court can file a case?

He said, “This law was enacted by Modi-Amit Shah so that votes can be stolen. But we will not allow the vote to be stolen. Modi and the Election Commission should understand that I and Tejashwi are not afraid of you. The truth of the vote theft will put in front of every citizen of India. The police here put the barricad so that we could not come forward. But we have come to the barricade. You also come.

People have been suspected of vote theft for a long time- Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said, “We have started this Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. Because for a long time people suspect that our votes are being stolen. Take the example of Maharashtra. Take the example of Maharashtra. The Lok Sabha elections were held in Maharashtra and the India alliance won. After four months, the assembly elections were held and the BJP’s alliance in the same Maharashtra won a huge victory and our coalition did not disappear anywhere.”

He said, “When we investigated, it was found that the Election Commission magically made one crore new voters after four months of the Lok Sabha elections. Wherever new voters came, the BJP won. Our votes were not reduced. India alliance got the same votes in the assembly, as many votes were received in the Lok Sabha. But the BJP got all the new voters. So we got suspicious.”

If we question the Election Commission, we will not tell- Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader said, “We told the Election Commission to explain to us about it. Where are these one crore voters from? They say that they will not give electronic voter list.

Election Commission stolen in Bengaluru Central- Rahul Gandhi

Accusing the Election Commission of theft on the Election Commission, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Election Commission and the BJP together have stolen in Bengaluru Central. I am telling you this with a sentence. The Election Commission asks for an affidavit to me. But when Anurag Thakur says what I am saying, the Commission does not ask for an affidavit.”

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, while talking to the media outside Parliament on Tuesday, reiterated the Election Commission in collusion with the BJP and reiterated the allegations of disturbing voter lists. He said that this conspiracy took place in Karnataka and Maharashtra last year and is now preparing to repeat in Bihar through ‘Special Intensive Revision’.

He said, “This is not just a matter of one or two seats… it has happened in many seats. It is being done at the national level and with the plan. Along with this, Rahul Gandhi smiled and said, “The picture is still left.”

Demonstration and custody outside Parliament
The statement came out of Parliament 24 hours after the dramatic developments on Monday, when the MPs of the Congress and India Block demonstrated strongly demanding the release of a machine-readable voter list. Currently, the Election Commission releases the scanned pictures of the voter list, which makes it almost impossible to check the mistakes. During the protest, Delhi Police detained 29 opposition MPs including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav, Sanjay Raut.

VIDEO | “We are protecting the constitution. Devi on the Bihar’s Voters ‘List’

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– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) August 12, 2025

Old allegations and warnings
Last week, Rahul Gandhi warned the Election Commission, “Think twice before attacking the Constitution. We will catch you one by one… and if you do not give us data (voter list and the last 10 years pole booth video), you will not be able to hide.”

He claimed that 1.02 lakh illegal votes were cast in Karnataka during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in which only 80 voters were found registered at a room address in Mahadevpura area of Bangalore. He says that the Congress lost the Bangalore Central seat with this disturbance, where BJP’s PC Mohan defeated Mansoor Khan of Congress by 33,000 votes.

Allegations of disturbances in Maharashtra also
Rahul Gandhi and the opposition have made similar allegations about the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections. He claims that more than one crore new names were added to the voter list, which is suspicious in the voter list, just four months after the BJP -led Mahayuti alliance defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. The opposition has also described the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ of the voter list in Bihar as suspicious before the election. This case has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Election Commission and BJP reply
The Election Commission has dismissed all these allegations, saying that its procedures are transparent and have been created to ensure independent and fair elections. The Commission challenged Rahul Gandhi to register his claims in the affidavit and present evidence. On Friday, the Commission also raised a case of 2018 when it alleged that the Congress tried to mislead the Supreme Court in the petition of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath.

BJP leader Amit Malviya said, “If Rahul Gandhi wants to save his credibility, he will have to mention the names of ineligible voters under the affidavit, whom they are claiming… If they do not do so, it will be clear that there is no case in their case and they are just doing political drama.”

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has given a statement on Monday (August 11, 2025) citing notices received from the Election Commission. Rahul Gandhi said that this is the data of the Election Commission, not mine, on which I should sign the affidavit.

He said, “Put this data on your website, you will find out. All this is an attempt to divert attention from the issue. It has happened not only in Bengaluru but also in many other constituencies.”

What did Congress leader Rahul Gandhi say about Election Commission,

After being released from custody, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi while talking to reporters outside Parliament said, “See what is the condition of India’s democracy. 300 MPs wanted to go to meet the Election Commission to hand over only one document, but they were not allowed to leave. Because they are afraid that if 300 MPs reached and their truth came out?”

He said, “This fight is no longer political, but this battle is now for the Constitution and one Man One Vote. We clearly showed in Karnataka that there was ‘Multiple Man, Multiple Vote’. The whole opposition is fighting against it. So it will be very difficult for the Election Commission to hide it.”

Rahul Gandhi expressed gratitude to the colleagues of India alliance

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi thanked all his fellow MPs of the India alliance shoulder to shoulder and thanked them for their heartfelt thanks to fight the fight against votes.

In this regard, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a post on social media platform X. In the post, Rahul Gandhi said, “As I said that this fight is no longer political. It is a fight to protect democracy and voting rights and we will all together achieve it.”

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Before the civic elections in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has given a big statement. He said that there is a favorable environment for BJP in the state. Fadnavis indicated BJP to contest alone elections in some places.

In the BJP’s idea churning program held in Wardha, Fadnavis said that elections will be held in the state soon. Elections of the Zilla Parishad will be held first, then the municipal and finally the municipal elections can be held. These elections will be fought in association with Mahauti (BJP, Shinde faction, NCP Ajit Pawar faction).

No vaccine should be given on friends- Fadnavis

He said, “The workers where there will be problems at the local level should discuss with us. But in most places, elections are to be fought along with Mahayati. Where elections will not be held under Mahayati, there should not be any vaccine on friends. We are running the government together in the state, so it is not right to speak against each other.

Fadnavis targeted the Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying, “Uddhavji was in power with us in 2017, but we used to abuse us every day. We do not have to do this. Where there will be no Mahauti, there should be coordination and friendly fights. But BJP will have to show undisputed domination in the elections of local Swarajya institutions.”

There are small quarrels in many districts- Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis further said, “I request that there is compatibility for us in the state. The public is ready to vote for us. But there are small quarrels in many districts of BJP, these fights are between leaders and workers.

He warned, “It has been seen that many parties were over only due to mutual discord. One dropped the other and the party went into the trough. It should not happen in our party. If someone tries to take the party into the trough, the party will show it the way out. It should be kept in mind.”

Giving the example, Devendra Fadnavis said, “So far, there was a record of Shiv Sena in terms of blood donation, 25,000 units of blood in a day. But after the order of our state president on July 22, BJP workers collected 78,000 units in a day.

The Supreme Court has asked to hold the local body elections in Maharashtra as soon as possible. Due to the ongoing dispute over OBC reservation, since 2022, elections of many urban bodies including Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were being postponed. Now the Supreme Court has asked the State Election Commission to issue the notification of elections in 4 weeks. Efforts should be made to complete the election process within 4 months.

Reservation from old system
The Supreme Court has also given clarity about OBC reservation in these elections. The court has said that in July 2022, the report of the Bantia Committee on reservation came. Petitions about him are still pending. Elections in many bodies were pending before the arrival of this report, so at present, reservation should be given only under the old system.

‘Need for democracy’
Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh expressed concern over the absence of local bodies in Maharashtra for a long time. Justice Suryakant said, ‘Local elections are very important in constitutional democracy. They should be organized at regular time. Government Babu should work instead of chosen public representatives, it is not appropriate.

‘Identification of backward’
The court also said that it is necessary to identify socially and politically backward classes and strengthen them, but after meeting all the legal needs, reservation can be given. During this time, the court also commented on the inequality in giving reservation.

‘Reservation railway box’
Justice Suryakant said, “Reservation has become a train box in which the passengers already sitting do not want to climb others.” The court said that the government should identify the officers of reservation benefits and make a place for them as well. It would be wrong to limit the benefit of reservation only to some sections.

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