Exuding confidence in the outcome of the Odisha Assembly elections, Biju Janata Dal leader VK Pandian said that his party will get more than a three-fourth majority in the polls, adding that people in the state have already fixed the June 9 date for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's swearin
"Everyone expects me to visit them during elections...I will definitely go everywhere. I will visit Sandeshkhali too...As soon as our candidate Haji Nurul wins Basirhat, I will visit Sandeshkhali within a few days," Mamata Banerjee said.
Addressing a public rally in Sambalpur, Shah said, "The BJD government is destroying the state of Odisha. Naveen Babu is forcing 'Babu Shahi' on Odisha and hurting the Odia people's dignity. Naveen Babu is 'strangulating' the culture and pride of Odisha."
"You are not taking any interest in organisational work and election campaigning ever since the party declared Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat. You did not even feel the need to exercise your vote. The party's image has been maligned because of your conduct
The fifth phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) on Monday saw a voter turnout of 60.09 per cent till 11:30 pm, the Election Commission (ECI) said.
To boost its preparations for Lok Sabha polls in Punjab where it is fighting all 13 seats on its own, Congress on Monday named special observers for some of the constituencies in the state for better coordination and management of elections
The Commission will also, after the scrutiny and depending on the number and schedule of repolls, publish the updated voter turnout along with a gender-wise breakdown by May 24.
Several Bollywood celebrities exercised their franchise on Monday in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls that covered Mumbai and flaunted their inked fingers as a proud moment of exercising their choice in the world's largest democratic exercise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will interact with more than 25,000 women at a conference to be organized at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in Kashi aiming to appreciate the efforts of all women who played a vital role in PM Modi's roadshow.
BJP's Hooghly Lok Sabha candidate Locket Chatterjee expressed confidence in her party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections saying that they are getting a good response.
Samajwadi Party chief and candidate from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, Akhilesh Yadav on Monday asserted that the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections are to protect the Constitution adding that the BJP will yearn for even 140 seats in this polls.