Having moved on from the dark days when it used to be a hotbed of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), the Swabhiman Anchal in the Chitrakonda block of Odisha's Malkangiri district will script a new chapter in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, as the locals will get their fingers inked for the first
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, during a press meet, questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi about whether, as he had decided the age of retirement for an elected representative to be 75 years in the BJP, would that be applicable to him too.
The constituency known for frequently altering its political allegiance has sent CPI(M), TMC and BJP representatives once each in the last three Parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a veiled attack on Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and the Congress saying that they had promised to set up industries, but have opened fake video manufacturing units.
The Prime Minister was seen wearing a saffron cap and holding a lotus symbol and was accompanied in the vehicle by BJP Odisha unit chief Manmohan Samal and Bhubaneswar MP candidate Aparajita Sarangi.
Amid the political crisis in Haryana after three Independent MLAs sided with the Congress, State Electricity Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala downplayed the situation, saying that political leaders usually change parties during elections.
"Chirag Paswan used to say that the 'rich' Dalits should give up reservations. What PM Modi has done with Chirag Paswan, he has thrown the statue of Chirag's father, vacated his house, broken his party, taken away their bungalow, created a scuffle between uncle and nephew, still Chirag Paswa
"The response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to the issues raised by the Congress President in his letter to the INDIA parties is simply beyond description," Ramesh said in a post on 'X'.
Continuing his attack on Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the opposition party "hates Hindus and Hindu festivals so much that it is now being exposed daily" and "wants to make Hindus second-class citizens in their own country"
Urging people to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that it is imperative for his party to have 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls to prevent the Congress party from rebuilding the Babri Masjid.
Ahead of the fourth phase of polling of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to hold election rallies in Maharashtra and Telangana on Friday.