Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, took a swipe at both the Congress and the BJP, accusing them of misusing central probe agencies such as the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Opposition leaders when in power.
"No one can even think that someone would use Mahadev's name to loot money. You could use any name 'Zinto', or 'Minto'. But you used Mahadev's name and looted not one or two but Rs 508 crores," the Assam Chief Minister said.
The 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will go for elections in two phases -- November 7 and November 17 -- and the counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
"We pledge to conduct a caste census in the state if voted back. The census exercise would cover the Scheduled Caste, tribal castes, backward classes, general category and minorities," Baghel announced after unveiling the party's manifesto in Raipur on Sunday.
"Before 2014, people perceived the northeastern states, such as Mizoram, as distant from Delhi both physically and psychologically. The BJP recognized this sense of distance and, after coming into power as part of the NDA government in 2014, made it a priority to bridge this gap by addres
According to BJP's fifth list of candidates, Anshumaan Singh Bhati has been fielded from Kolayat, Gopal Sharma has been fielded from Civil Lines, and Prahlad Gunjal will be fighting from Kota North.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, while addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni, reiterated his declaration on the government's decision to extend the free ration scheme for the poor for five years.
Owaisi today started a campaign in Karwan and Nampally assembly segments, both in the greater Hyderabad region, with the candidates Kausar Moinuddin and Majid Hussain.