Urging the Parliament to intervene in the process of jailed candidates becoming Members of Parliament, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh said that the number of legislators with criminal charges is on the rise adding that it is an irony that "people in jails cannot vote, but can contest and win
TMC national general secretary and winning candidate from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat Abhishek Banerjee met former Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree, in Mumbai on Thursday.
"The state government has been informed that in the recruitments made in various departments over the past five years, some candidates have obtained government jobs by presenting fake educational qualification documents and using dummy candidates to sit for the exams," the order reads.
Samajwadi Party candidate from Aligarh Lok Sabha seat, Chaudhary Bijendra Singh on Thursday alleged that "BJP practised dishonesty" in the recently concluded elections and decided to move to court.
BJP candidate from Begusarai Giriraj Singh on Wednesday stated that many countries are running coalition governments and that the BJP has been doing it even despite attaining a majority previously.
After losing from Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, BJP leader Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti extended her wishes to the winning candidate Naresh Chandra Uttam Patel from the Samajwadi Party. She said that she would identify those who put hurdles in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's camp
Rajiv Pratap Rudy, BJP's winning candidate from the Saran Lok Sabha constituency expressed his gratitude to the people of Chhapra for electing him for the third consecutive time from the seat.
Congress' winning candidate from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat in Haryana, Deepender Singh Hooda said that the result of Lok Sabha polls has made it clear that the next Assembly election result will also be in favour of Congress which is scheduled to be held after three months.
He took a dig at former Odisha CM and said, "Naveen Patnaik has to take responsibility for the defeat of BJD because VK Pandian does not come out of the blue. It was his government, that ran under him, and therefore he should be held accountable."
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and winning candidate from Vidisha seat, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday met CM Mohan Yadav and state cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
A total of 20.38 lakh students registered for the exam, out of which 11.45 lakh candidates qualified. The result was announced on Tuesday and 67 students have achieved an All India Rank (AIR) 1.