Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday hit out at Rajasthan Chief Minister over his remarks about an "undercurrent" in favour of Congress and said Ashok Gehlot held similarly underestimated support for BJP in the 2013 assembly polls when the party won 163 seats.
Reacting to the Election Commission of India's show cause notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Prime Minister Modi in an election rally, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that the whole remarks issue was hyped up in view of the upcoming elections.
In 2013, 27 people, including Congress leaders, were killed in the Naxalite attack in the Jheeram Ghaati in Bastar district. Then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former leader of the opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union minister Vidyacharan Shukla were among those killed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on the Congress government in Rajasthan and the party high command in the national capital over its guarantees to farmers in the poll-bound state.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday said that the grand old party will provide Maratha reservations in the state on the basis of the caste census if the party is voted to power.
"The Congress party's social justice schemes and seven guarantees of economic empowerment are eradicating inequality in Rajasthan and will make Rajasthan more prosperous," Kharge added.
Calling Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for Telangana elections a 'waste paper', Telangana Congress President Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that the poll promises made by the BJP have no relevance as they do not have any stake in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his wishes to the people on the occasion of Chhatt Puja, a four-day-long festival celebrated after Diwali to worship the sun and water.
Congress people are upset with me, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday as he took a swipe at Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge during a public meeting at Nagaur ahead of Rajasthan assembly polls.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda hit out at the Congress government in Rajasthan while addressing a public meeting at Osian in Jodhpur on Saturday.