Politics

A police official said that supporters of former MP Nana Patole, who is contesting from Sakoli seat from Congress, alleged that they found Parinay Fuke's supporters distributing money among voters on Friday night.

According to the survey, the BJP-led NDA is expected to get 182-206 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, leaving the Congress-led UPA much behind with 72-98 seats.

Siddaramaiah said Savarkar was one of the accused in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, but the charges could not be proved due to lack of evidence and he was freed.

While speaking at a campaign rally at Ambejogai in Beed district, Pawar said that there is this organisation called Maharashtra State Wrestling Association, and its president's name is Sharad Pawar.

Addressing his second rally on Friday, PM Modi referred to a purported video in which three Congress leaders at the parliament complex were seen discussing prospects of the party in the polls.

Pappu Yadav, a controversial former MP who has floated the Jan Adhikar Party (JAP), said he did this in protest against the state government's "failure" to check the outbreak of dengue in the state capital.

Former state president of PDP's Scheduled Caste wing Vijay Anand accompanied by Sanjay Kumar, Himanshu, Ravi Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Ajay Kumar and John Sotra joined the BJP's Scheduled Caste wing.

When asked if the government in power was using central agencies like the CBI and ED to silence the opposition, Shah pointed out that a lot of FIRs against leaders were in fact, filed under the UPA government.

The detention process will be managed by Foreigners Tribunals, but the government has its own preparations to make and that process has started, Shah told News18.

When asked about the reported tiffs between the coalition partners BJP and JDU, Amit Shah said such arguments should be considered a parameter of a healthy alliance.

Babanrao Lonikar, who holds the water supply portfolio and is the BJP candidate from Partur in Jalna district of central Maharashtra, has been accused of violating the Model Code of Conduct in force for the October 21 Assembly polls.

Indian National Lok Dal's vote-share nosedived to less than 2% from 24% in both the general and assembly elections in 2014. Even in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it finished in the fifth spot.

Addressing a public meeting, Modi repeated dared the Congress again to openly declare that it will reverse his government's decision to nullify Article 370 if it is voted to power.

There have been rumours that Shah had met Ganguly on Saturday and offered the BCCI president’s post in return for him contesting the West Bengal assembly election in 2021.

A large section of poll-bound Haryana’s population is known for its contribution to the armed forces that stands roughly at nine per cent.

The defence minister said India was ready to assist Pakistan in the fight against terrorism if it cannot do so on its own, but added that Islamabad's intentions were deceitful.