Incidentally, Asansol was one of the only two constituencies won by the BJP in West Bengal in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The other constituency, Darjeeling, was won by Ahluwalia who is now up in arms against Sinha in Asansol.
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday expressed confidence in the BJP's victory in Odisha's Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, stating that the BJP will form the government in Odisha and win most Lok Sabha seats.
"Babasaheb Ambedkar stood in the elections from Bhandara. The Congress fielded their candidate and defeated Babasaheb. Later Babasaheb stood for elections at Dadar. The Congress fielded their candidate and defeated Babasaheb," Danve said speaking to ANI on Thursday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday said that the Samajwadi Party would not even be able to open its account in the Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha elections 2024 and all the five members of the party's leader were set to lose.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on
Thursday appealed to the people of the state to extend their full support to BJD candidates in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls
"10 years ago, it was ingrained in the mind of the common man of India that nothing is going to change now. This is how politics is done, everyone here is dishonest, gundaraj will go on. These thoughts about politics were formed in the mind of the common man. But after the arrival of PM Modi
Sharma, who has mostly been in the Rajya Sabha during his political career, contested from Kangra in Assembly elections in 1982 when he was defeated by BJP's Daulat Ram.
Exuding confidence in the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that INDIA bloc will form government at the Centre on June 4, adding that recruitment for 30 lakh vacant government jobs will be started by August 15 after coming into power.
Analysts asserted that a strong US dollar, uncertainty in Lok Sabha elections outcome after a decreasing voter turnout trend seen so far in the three phases that went to vote, and a profit booking after the recent rally hurt the markets.