Senior state Congress leader Muhammed Arif 'Naseem' Khan stepped down from the party's campaign committee, amid the Lok Sabha elections, citing the decision by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc not to field any minority candidate in the polls.
Amritpal knows the issues of Punjab very well and these elections will be fought on those issues, said his mother Balwinder Kaur, adding his son will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Khadoor Sahib.
Chairman Campaign Committee Odisha Congress and MLA candidate from Narla assembly constituency under Kalahandi Lok Sabha, Bhakta Charan Das said that his priority will be to raise the issues of people in the state assembly.
Voting lasted till 10 pm in some booths of Vadakara constituency. Voting was delayed in some booths of Vadakara, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani and Alathur constituencies.
Manipur Chief Electoral Officer, Pradeep Kumar Jha on Friday highlighted higher turnout and minimal incidents of violence in Outer Manipur in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls.
"In Maharashtra, there is a lot of anger in people and organisations of minority communities, because there is not a single candidate from minority communities in 48 Lok Sabha seats. I am also angry because it has been Congress's ideology from the old days to take everyone along, irrespec
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed confidence that the result will be in BJP's favour in all the 12 seats where the elections have been conducted till now in the first and second phase in the state.
The BJP leaders in Agartala highlighted the 'significant' voter turnout, which nearly reached 80 pc, marking robust participation despite the intense summer heat.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday started his election campaign for the Shimla parliamentary constituency from the remote area of Dodra-Kwar in Shimla district and launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the people of t
Misa Bharati, the RJD candidate in the Lok Sabha polls and also the daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, while speaking to ANI said that the people will bid farewell to the BJP-led NDA in this election.