Violence erupted at two polling booths -- 147 and 148 -- of the Dimani Assembly constituency at Mirghan in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, with two groups resorting to stone pelting, police said.
Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls for all its 230 assembly seats on Friday with BJP seeking to retain power in the state it has ruled for almost 18 of the past 20 years and Congress keen to oust the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government
Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls on Friday in a significant election that will see if the BJP can overcome the perceived "fatigue factor" after being in power for 18 years and if the Congress can get its act together to come to power after having lost its nearly 15-month old government
"Today a fake video related to my son has gone viral on social media. This is part of a well-planned conspiracy being carried out by the opposition at the time of elections with the aim of misleading the public," the Union Minister who is also in the fray in the Madhya Pradesh polls, said on
Three election observers were removed from their duties by the Election Commission for misconduct and violations in the poll-bound states of Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Madhya Pradesh, sources told ANI on Friday.
In a run-up to the state assembly elections, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wrapped up his first day of campaigning in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday with a public meeting in Sonkatch where he sought votes for BJP candidate Rajesh Sonkar.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday took a jibe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah and advised him to focus on his own party activities. He also added a caveat that the BJP would lose in the upcoming elections in the five states.
The former BJP MLA from Ambah assembly seat in Morena district, Kamlesh Suman and BJP Yuva Morcha's former district president Naresh Singh Tomar took the membership of the Congress party in the presence of state Congress chief Kamal Nath in Bhopal on Saturday.
"Saying such things is an insult to the public. People tell me that the Congress candidate is using money (for votes). The public wants development. Winning elections is one thing, winning people's hearts is another. I have won people's hearts in Indore," Vijayvargiya told media on Friday
"26 lakh fake certificates were distributed in the name of loan waivers to farmers. Even I distributed some of those certificates. There is an old saying- Jhoot Bole Kauva Kate, Kale Kauve Se Darriyo. I am the black crow for the Congress," Scindia said.