Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged voter fraud in Bihar on Thursday and accused the Election Commission of acting in favour of the BJP. He shared a video claiming that government officials were filling out voter forms and signing them without the knowledge of the voters.
Transport services were hit and shops remained shut in Bhubaneswar on Thursday as several opposition parties observed a state-wide bandh over the death of a Balasore college student who died after setting herself ablaze.
Odisha Congress in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu on Thursday said the party is out on the streets demanding justice for the student who died by self-immolation in Balasore.
Odisha Congress President Bhakta Charan Das on Thursday said that the Odisha bandh called by opposition parties has received strong support from the public, with thousands of party workers holding protests across districts.
Following the death of a woman student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore who had attempted self-immolation, All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba said the student took the extreme step because she was denied justice despite repeatedly writing to authorities.
BJP leader and Union Minister Pabitra Margherita, reacting to Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge's Assam visit during a press conference, said that people of Assam and India are known for their hospitality.
He stated that a significant amount of work has been accomplished under the present government in the last four years in the state, which was never done in the past since India's independence.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday hit back over Rahul Gandhi's "corruption" allegations and said Congress leader criticizing him is clear sign that he must be doing something right for the people of Assam.
"We want a survey to be done, so that their economic condition can be known, so that whatever government will be formed in future, whatever plans they make for the people, those plans should be made on the basis of the economic survey...After some time, the Bangalore Declaration will come in
"We never take Rahul Gandhi seriously. Therefore, that era of Congress is over, that family nepotism is over and the Indian political background is of no use to Rahul Gandhi in Indian politics," said the BJP Kamrup District Secretary during the protest.