Politics

The stakes are high for the ruling BJP and its allies as it had swept 56 of these seats in 2014, leaving just two for the Congress and the rest for other opposition parties such as the Trinamool Congress and Biju Janata Dal.

While Babul Supriyo, the incumbent MP from Asansol, is seeking a re-election, SS Ahluwalia has switched constituencies from Darjeeling to contest from Burdwan-Durgapur.

Addressing an election rally at Majha in Gopalganj, in favour of NDA-JD(U) candidate Dr Alok Kumar Suman, Kumar claimed that the return of Narendra Modi government at the Centre is needed for Bihar's development.

Gandhi took to Twitter to say that he had backed the proposal of his party colleagues that slum dwellers and tenants be given houses with a minimum area of 500 square feet.

Although the BJP is yet to register a win in the region, barring a handful of panchayat seats, that the saffron party is breathing down the ruling party’s neck in Bolpur and its surroundings is not hard to note.

Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi had said that the decision to field her from Varanasi lay with Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

In his complaint letter, the APP spokesperson Sanjay Singh claimed that the Prime Minister flouted Representation of the Peoples Act 1951, which allows candidates to only spend a maximum of Rs 70 lakh.

The Congress in its complaint said that the BJP candidate from Bhopal, during a rally in Bairagarh, had urged voters to cast their votes in the party's favour so that the martyred army jawans are not disrespected.

The world champion, who had so far stayed away from openly expressing support to any political party, said he was in the city only for the sake of friendship.

The people will vote for a country where the mind is without fear, the senior Congress leader said in a tweet.

The former Union minister, considered close to the Telugu Desam Party chief, has been asked to appear on Friday at the agency's Bengaluru office, officials said.

Satti's latest remark comes after he was barred by the Election Commission from campaigning for 48 hours last week for his remark on Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress on April 8 announced 'Ab Hoga Nyay' as its battle cry for the Lok Sabha polls and launched a campaign centered around the theme of 'justice'.

Prominent Hair Stylist Jawed Habib after joining BJP said that before, he was chowkidar of hair but now, he is the chowkidar of the country.

The Sabarimala temple issue is a major poll plank of BJP as it sought to attack the LDF government. Kerala witnessed massive protests after the state decided to allow women of all age groups to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

The Trinamool Congress supremo also hit out at Special Poll Observer Ajay Nayak for his comment comparing the political situation in Bengal with that of Bihar 10 years ago, alleging that 'retired officers' like him are abusing and insulting the people of...