Indian Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for rainfall in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kollam while red alert in the districts of Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alapuzha and Idukki for today. The districts, including Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhiko
The IMD has issued an orange alert today for Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Malappuram and a yellow alert has been issued for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Wayanad.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday expressed confidence that BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh will defeat Rahul Gandhi in the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat and took a dig at the Congress leader, stating that he should have told people of Wayanad in Kerala that he will contest from two
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and candidate from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj, cast his vote and exuded confidence that the BJP will win over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh on Friday asserted that contesting elections on multiple seats is common in politics and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contest elections from one of the seats of South.
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of "abandoning" people of Wayanad and Amethi as the latter seeks people's mandate from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli Lok Sabha seat which is going to polls on May 7.
"He (Rahul Gandhi) did not go for another seat before the voting in Wayanad took place. As soon as the voting took place and input came that the winning probability was low, you went for another seat," Vallabh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the Wayanad MP had mocked the Prime Minister's visit to Dwarka on February 25 where he dived into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Gujarat to perform a puja and asked the Samajwadi Party (who claims themselves Y
"He has contested from South (referring to Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad in Kerala). Now he is contesting from North (Rahul Gandhi is also in the race from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh). He undertook a Bharat Yatra and therefore have the right to contest from any part of the Country,"
After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli, his opponent in Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Annie Raja, a CPI candidate, called it an "injustice to voters."
Union Minister Anurag Thakur mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for running from Wayanad to Rae Bareli and said that the latter will face defeat in both the Lok Sabha constituencies.