The stage is set for interesting battles across eight states and union territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls with some seats turning into prestige contests for political dynasties and senior leaders seeking to retain their influence.
Medak Lok Sabha BJP candidate Raghunandan Rao has called for the immediate arrest of Medak BRS MP candidate Venkatarami Reddy, citing serious allegations of misconduct and bribery during the recent Telangana Assembly elections.
Uttar Pradesh BJP Minister Daya Shankar Mishra said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event on May 21 would be dedicated to 'Matri Shakti'. He added that PM Modi would win from Varanasi by a record margin.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that election-time seizures have reached Rs 8,889 crore, with drugs comprising 45 per cent of the total.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday said that a total of 889 candidates from eight States and Union Territories (UTs) will contest elections in phase six of the Lok Sabha elections that will be held on May 25.
BJP president JP Nadda has hit out over "south mein saaf and north mein haaf'" jibe at the party by some opposition parties and asserted that the BJP will retain its Lok Sabha seats in north India while having a lead over Congress in the southern states.
Five constituencies of Bihar will go to polls during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on May 20: Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Saran and Hajipur.
In the general elections of 2024, Ram Vilas Paswan's son, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan, and Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Shiv Chandra Ram will face each other stiff competition.
Congress leader Kishori Lal Sharma who is contesting against BJP's sitting MP Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi on INDIA alliance expressed confidence in winning the polls.
Authorities in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, which lies close to the Line of Control (LoC), have prepared a contingency plan to shift polling officials and voters in the event cross-border firing on the polling day.
The Centre's much-debated Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), by which members of religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who settled in the country as refugees after fleeing alleged persecution in their homelands, are to be given permanent Indian residency; could well