People of Mathura consider Hema Malini, who is the wife of actor Dharmendra Deol, as Jat's daughter-in-law. Mathura, situated on the banks of Yamuna, is a Jat-dominated area with about 35 per cent Jat voters.
Former Chief Minister of Tripura and BJP candidate from West Tripura Parliamentary constituency Biplab Kumar Deb led a massive roadshow at Bishalgarh subdivision under Sepahijala district on Thursday as a part of his poll campaign.
Indicating his keenness to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that the people of Amethi expect him to represent their constituency if he thinks of becoming a member of Parliament
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS-BJP candidate HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday submitted his nomination papers for the Mandya parliamentary constituency in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took part in a public meeting and roadshow in Silchar town in Cachar district during the nomination filing of Parimal Suklabaidya, the BJP candidate for Silchar parliamentary constituency.
Zahoor Buledi, a leader from Pakistan Peoples Party and the former Finance Minister of Balochistan, in a recent parliamentary intervention in Pakistan, highlighted that the universities in Balochistan are collapsing as they are financially crippled.
The general secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) in Tamil Nadu, Vaiko, targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election event in Chennai on Wednesday.
Actor and Member of Parliament, Sumalatha Ambareesh has announced that she will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and won't contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Rajasthan's Pali parliamentary constituency, PP Chaudhary, filed his nomination papers on Wednesday in the presence of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Union Minister Smriti Irani, state cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel, BJP MLAs Brijendra Pratap Singh and Sanjay Pathak were present on the occasion.
Notably, all six Rajya Sabha candidates from Bihar were elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament comprising two members each from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), along with one each from Janata Dal (United) and Congress.
"Whatever bill was presented in the Parliament, BJD supported which signifies that BJD has always supported BJP. People know that BJP and BJD are one...This time Odisha voters are in the line of Congress," said Jeypore MLA and Senior Congress Leader Taraprasad Bahinipati.