Supaul Lok Sabha constituency, which has been considered a stronghold of the socialists for a long time, is set for a keen contest as RJD has fielded its candidate after 25 years since the 1998 Lok Sabha polls against sitting MP and BJP leader Dileshwar Kamait.
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi said on Friday that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who himself went from Ghaziabad to Lucknow to contest polls is now questioning Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Raebareli.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal was also present at the event. Addressing the event, he urged people to support Manoj Tiwari and said it is important to make him win so that the "forces who want to break the country" don't come to power.
Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Daro Mat Bhago Mat' remarks on Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that "PM Modi himself ran away to Varanasi".
Raebareli, a stronghold of the Gandhi family, was represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi since 2004 in the outgoing Lok Sabha. There was speculation earlier that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would contest from either Amethi or Raebareli, two seats in Uttar Pradesh, which are prestige battles for th
Rahul Gandhi, who is MP from Wayanad in Kerala and is re-contesting from the seat, lost from Amethi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls to Union Minister Smriti Irani. Rahul Gandhi had won the seat, also a Gandhi family stronghold, three times in a row till 2019.
On election preparations, Goa Chief Electoral Officer Ramesh Verma on Friday said that there is a hike in liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies and the total seizure amount till now is Rs 17.12 crores.
Speaking at a campaign rally at Mundagod, Shivakumar said, "BJP government is dead. It doesn't stand with the poor. Lakhs of people died during Covid due to mismanagement and now people who are vaccinated are dying, thanks to BJP's corruption in vaccination."
Speaking with ANI, the Congress veteran said, "I have faced several challenges in life and successfully faced them. I have accepted this with humility...The entire organisation stands with Anand Sharma. I have been a Congress worker for 52 years now and I have shouldered all the responsibili
Voting on the Baramati Lok Sabha seat will take place in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls on May 7. Baramati comprises 6 Assembly seats: Indapur, Baramati, Purandar, Bhor, Khadakwasla, and Daund.
Former Chief Minister and Himachal Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur praised the work done during the decade-long tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said PM Modi's third term will be "historic" for which the road map is ready.
Former West Bengal Education Minister, Partha Chatterjee on Friday launched a scathing attack on TMC leader Kunal Ghosh saying that the latter has caused more damage than the opposition and should have been expelled from the party much earlier.