Anantkumar Hegde on Saturday stirred a controversy by calling for voters to give a two-thirds majority to his party in the Lok Sabha to enable amendments to the Constitution and undo the "unnecessary laws introduced to subjugate the Hindu community".
Despite securing 29.5 per cent of the votes, the coalition fell short of an outright majority, setting the stage for intricate negotiations and potentially leading to further elections.
As the Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye campaign is gaining momentum countrywide, renowned Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture on Puri Beach, Odisha on Sunday.
People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti earlier expressed disappointment at the discontent prevailing in the PAGD and said that without any consultations with PDP, National Conference went on to declare that it will fight from three Lok Sabha seats.
Ahead of the upcoming polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the voters in Kurukshetra not to get trapped and vote just to elect the Prime Minister, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi but to elect an MP who works for the people during tough times.
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday urged people to vote cautiously in polls as voting for Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu would jeopardise all welfare schemes in the state.
Calling the Bharatiya Janata Party "anti-Bengal and anti-Bengali," Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose on Sunday claimed the BJP is the party of "outsiders and zamindars" adding that TMC will not allow the party to come into Bengal and loot people's votes.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created sand art to raise awareness among 'First Time Voters' on Puri's beach. The sand art depicts a message, "Mera Pehla Vote Desh ke Liye," which translates into 'My first vote for the nation'.
According to the report, fourteen countries on the 15-member council on Friday backed the resolution proposed by the United Kingdom, with only Russia abstained on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue."
"North Bengal is PM Modi's bastion. Here, people respect him, love him and consider him to be their own. North Bengal has been in PM Modi's favour since 2014. In 2019, his vote percentage increased and in 2021, his support base in North Bengal was intact," Adhikari said speaking to reporters
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared that PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari secured victory with 411 votes in the presidential election, while his opponent PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai got only 181 votes, Dawn reported.
As per the chief whip of Dahal's Maoist Centre party, the Prime Minister was informed about the floor test in the parliamentary party meeting that was held today.