Congress candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat, Varsha Gaikwad casts her vote for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai on Monday.
Voting across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements began on Monday morning.
In a bid to retain the sitting seat, the BJP has fielded 26/11 special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, replacing two-time MP Poonam Mahajan against Congress' Varsha Gaikwad from Maharashtra's Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat.
In a hard-hitting counter to Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar's claim that former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed by a police officer with RSS links and not by Lashkar terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the BJP's Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai on Wednesday said people were 'smart' enoug
"These people are united so that they can promote the ideology of nepotism and appeasement. The people of the country are well aware of their truth and will give a befitting reply to it in these elections," he said.
The Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra is set to witness a face-off between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in the fifth phase on May 20 of the Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shaina NC on Monday said that Congress has no other issues left for the Lok Sabha elections and this is the reason why it has resorted to targeting Ujjwal Nikam who is widely respected in Mumbai.
Further, attacking the then prosecutor and BJP candidate Ujjwal Nikam, Shashi Tharoor said that he had already propagated an unjustified myth that the terrorist was served Biryani in jail.
Ujjwal Nikam, 26/11 prosecutor and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency hit out at Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday for his alleged remarks in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
Shiv Sena alleged that in the video, Wadettiwar was making disrespectful remarks about the valiant policemen who sacrificed their lives during the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai.
Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat, Ujjwal Nikam on Friday said that he is not in politics for any personal gains, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased the prestige of the country around the globe and he wants to contribute to his
Republican Party of India chief and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that Congress is trying to create a divide in the society by alleging that the Constitution would be changed.