Union Minister and BJP candidate for the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat Giriraj Singh criticized Rahul Gandhi's "PM is panicked" remark, stating that Congress leader lacks understanding of his own statements.
According to party sources, leaders of the UP Congress and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of UP, Avinash Pandey, have also been called for a meeting today.
Former Maharashtra Home Minister and senior National Congress Party leader Dilip Walse Patil on Saturday said that his party fellow Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil will comprehensively register victory from the Shirur Lok Sabha seat in the ongoing General elections.
Exuding confidence in the outcome of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that the second phase has been spectacular for BJP in Assam.
Assam recorded 77.35 per cent voter turnout in the second phase of polls, which was held in five parliamentary constituencies in the state on April 26.
The Aam Aadmi Party workers in the national capital staged a protest campaign named 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' on Saturday morning against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Nabarangpur Lok Sabha candidate Pradeep Majhi on Friday praised Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) VK Pandian for the developmental works in Odisha, adding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will once again form a government in Odisha.
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.
Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that the entire country wants him to get into active politics adding that Smriti Irani who is a sitting MP from Amethi has not fulfilled her promises.
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.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has expressed confidence in his party's victory in the second phase of the polls, stating that the BJP will win with a large majority.
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.