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.
US political scientist and Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer on Wednesday predicted that the BJP and its allies would get 305±10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections this time.
Notably, the Bharatiya Janata Party have racked up the PoK issue in their campaign across the country. Several BJP leaders are highlighting that the territory belongs to India only.
While addressing a public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said that the INDIA bloc "has diseases worse than cancer"
The Delhi Metro train services on all lines will start at 4:00 AM so that the staff deployed for election duty can avail of the facility. The trains will run at a frequency of 30 minutes on all the lines until 6:00 a.m.
BJP leaders like Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath have been stressing on taking back PoJK in their campaigns.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over inflation and 'crimes against women' in the state and said that BJP is going to lose the ongoing Lok Sabha elections "very badly".
The Mandi constituency holds symbolic significance for the Congress, as it is considered a bastion of the Virbhadra family. The seat is currently held by Pratibha Devi Singh, the late leader's widow. She wrested the seat for the Congress in the bye-election that was held following the dem