The Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, Sibin C reported that 95 nominations were filed by 82 candidates for 13 Lok Sabha seats on the fourth day of filing of nominations in Punjab for the Lok Sabha elections.
Parasnath Rai on Friday filed his nomination as BJP candidate from Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency at the district election office in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
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.
Sharma, who has mostly been in the Rajya Sabha during his political career, contested from Kangra in Assembly elections in 1982 when he was defeated by BJP's Daulat Ram.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) supremo and three-time Member of Parliament from Assam's Dhubri Lok Sabha seat, has expressed confidence in winning his fourth consecutive term.
The BJP's state chief VD Sharma on Thursday came down heavily on former Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda over his racist rant against Indians saying the latter's statement was an assault on the unity and integrity of the country.
West Bengal Congress chief and candidate from Berhampore Lok Sabha seat, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, alleged on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started misleading the people after realising that the result of the Lok Sabha election will not turn as per his expectations.
The District Magistrate of Sambhal District Manish Bansal on Tuesday confirmed that the voting for the Lok Sabha Elections has been completed peacefully in Sambhal constituency as well as the Ganaur assembly constituency of Badaun.
More than one lakh personnel have been deployed across the national capital and other arrangements are being as over 1.5 voters will be exercising their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections on May 25.
Former Shiv Sena MP Rajendra Gavit rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Mumbai on Tuesday and termed his rejoining as "Ghar Wapsi".