Former Union Minister and the Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh Kantilal Bhuria on Thursday stirred controversy by saying those with two wives will get Rs 2 lakh if his party comes to power.
Haryana BJP spokesperson and Karni Sena president Suraj Pal Amu resigned from the party on Tuesday, alleging that the BJP gave a Lok Sabha candidate ticket to a person who insulted the Kshatriya community.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy travelled in the state-owned Road Transport Corporation bus in Telangana on Thursday.
A Static Surveillance Team (SST) is a group of police personnel and a magistrate that monitors activity at check posts in an Assembly Constituency during elections. SSTs are responsible for watching for the movement of: illicit liquor, bribes, large amounts of cash, arms and ammunition.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi reacting to former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam's statement over Sam Pitroda's remark said Krishnam is speaking language Union Minister and BJP candidate Smriti Irani to defend her fearing her defeat on Amethi Lok sabha seat.
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.
Speaking about the nine-point manifesto, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, "This manifesto will record history in Odisha. In the last 24 years, the BJD government has transformed Odisha from a poor, hunger-prone, backward state gripped by natural calamities to an identity
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.
Kanpur, one of the largest cities in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the Ganges and one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, is all set for an electoral battle between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress as both parties have filed their candidates for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha