Also known as the cradle of democracy in the country. the Vaishali district in Bihar is poised for a keen contest between the Lok Janshakti (Ram Vilas) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), with both parties vying for Bhumihar votes.
Clarifying his call for snap elections in the country, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he set July 4 as the date for polls so that people can decide whether they want to build on the progress that the country has made or go back to square one with "no plan and no certainty."
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and said that the JMM have looted and destroyed the state and people will now teach them a lesson.
After Maharashtra reported a sluggish voter turnout in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission failed to conduct elections in a proper manner in Maharashtra, a
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday launched an attack on the opposition Congress and said the party adopted the politics of appeasement in the greed of the vote bank.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that the BJP-led central government has "weakened" institutions like Parliament and judiciary in the last 10 years.
Haryana's Gurgaon, which is set to go to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 25, will witness the battle between Congress' Raj Babbar, who has been a three-time Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh, and BJP's sitting MP and former Minister, Rao Inderjit Singh.
AAP leader Atishi earlier today alleged that the BJP stopped the Yamuna water supply to Delhi in its bid to target the ruling party by creating a water crisis in the national capital.
Drawing a comparison between the arrests of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that a "tribal CM" continues to be behind bars.
As the Lok Sabha elections are being held in India across seven phases, the US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti has said that it is "extraordinary" to witness the world's largest democracy execute the biggest election in the world.
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.