In this election, Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting his first Lok Sabha election with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and hopes to reclaim his family's lost bastion of Guna after more than four years since he made the switch from the Congress.
While Saini is contesting the bypoll from Karnal, the assembly seat that Khattar vacated for him, Khattar will be contesting from the Karnal Lok Sabha constituency this time.
Kanhaiya, who is contesting his second Lok Sabha election, will fight the poll battle against BJP's two time MP from the same constituency, Manoj Tiwari.
As voters are waiting to cast their ballots in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, several prominent leaders including Amit Shah who s contesting from Gandhinagar and Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri and the battle for 'Pawar' legacy in high-stake contests.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the Samajwadi Party and the Congress saying they are contesting elections to benefit their families and their vote banks but "Modi and Yogi are tirelessly working for the future of your children".
"He has contested from South (referring to Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad in Kerala). Now he is contesting from North (Rahul Gandhi is also in the race from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh). He undertook a Bharat Yatra and therefore have the right to contest from any part of the Country,"
Contesting Nepal's decision to introduce a new Rs 100 currency note featuring disputed Indian territories External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that New Delhi's position is very clear adding that Kathmandu unilaterally took some measures on their side.
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi said on Friday that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who himself went from Ghaziabad to Lucknow to contest polls is now questioning Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Raebareli.
Rahul Gandhi, who is MP from Wayanad in Kerala and is re-contesting from the seat, lost from Amethi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls to Union Minister Smriti Irani. Rahul Gandhi had won the seat, also a Gandhi family stronghold, three times in a row till 2019.
"Rahul Gandhi fled from Amethi, Rae Bareli and stuck in Kerala (Wayanad). Now, he is coming back here from Kerala out of fear. But the parties which became friends (alliance) during this, none of those two parties (Congress and Samajwadi Party) have the courage to visit Lord Krishna in Mathu
After Rahul Gandhi was named by the Congress as its candidate from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, Union Minister and BJP's candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani on Friday said that Gandhi family has conceded defeat from here even before casting one vote, adding that the Congress would not have f