Tamil Nadu will go to polls for all its 39 parliamentary constituencies on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls with a triangular contest on the cards in the southern state.
Former Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state cabinet minister Vishwas Sarang and state minister (independent charge) Krishna Gaur were also present on the occasion.
Mahagathbandhan, opposition coalition in Bihar, comprising RJD, Congress, and Left parties, announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26 out of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats. The NDA is also in a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar with the Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the LJ
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were present with her at the Divisional Commissioner's office.
Congress's Dhenkanal Lok Sabha candidate Sashmita Behera on Thursday expressed confidence in the party's victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls in Odisha.
Meanwhile, Mahayuti candidate Sunetra Pawar accompanied by her husband and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar offered prayers at the Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple, in Pune earlier today.
Nationalist Congress Party candidate Sunetra Pawar and her sister-in-law and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Supriya Sule will file their nominations from the Baramati seat today.
Fadnavis's statement comes after Rahul Gandhi said there is a strong undercurrent in favour of the opposition INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections and the BJP will be limited to 150 seats.
BJP leader Shaina NC criticised Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi for her recent claim that the BJP won't win more than 180 seats if "EVMs are not tampered." The BJP leader termed Priyanka Gandhi's remarks unfortunate and said that the Congress party has accepted the defeat.