Ratcheting up the political war of words with the ruling BJP ahead of the Assembly polls this year, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday took a swipe at senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, calling him a 'frustrated politician'.
Nagaland Police has conducted raids and searches across the state since the announcement of Assembly elections and seized an amount of over Rs 18 crores this week including arms and ammunition, police said.
Stepping up the election campaign in poll-bound Tripura, Chief Minister Manik Saha who is looking to get another term in the office, held a door-to-door campaign in Agartala ahead of the Assembly polls.
Police and Central Armed Police Forces on Saturday conducted a flag march in Agartala ahead of State Assembly elections slated to be held on February 16.
As poll battles in Tripura, one of the major states in the northeast where Assembly elections are slated next month, is nearing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is increasing its efforts to spread their influence beyond West Bengal, with party supremo Mamata Banerjee to hold two public campaign
"There is nothing left in Congress, they (Congressmen) should come (join BJP) now. Bulldozer action will be taken against those Congressmen who are doing illegal work," Sisodia said
Baraiya said, "According to my calculations, if the BJP will win even 50 seats in the assembly elections this year, then I will blacken my face with my hands in front of Raj Bhawan. It is my pledge and I am fully prepared for this."
As the Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced the dates for assembly polls in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, All India Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee held a public rally in Meghalaya's Mendipathar, considered to be the party's first campaign for next month's polls
Congress president in Nagaland, K Therie on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party of betraying the people and said that their party would ensure a wipeout of BJP and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDDP).