Politics

The first phase of voting in the seven-phased crucial Lok Sabha elections is underway in 91 constituencies.

The young leader faces a tough rival in Rashtriya Lok Samata Party’s Bhudeo Chaudhary, who had won the first general election that the constituency saw after it came into existence in 2008.

Former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje’s backing Hudla's candidature and the long tussle over the seat, looks like yet another instance of friction between BJP's central command and state unit.

He said petitioner-advocate Vishwanath Chaturvedi was his political adversary and had filed the new application only because Mulayam and his sons were contesting the upcoming general election.

178 farmers are contesting from Nizamabad, apart from seven candidates from political parties.

When asked about Shah's statement on an age bar, Mahajan said she was not aware of any age bar policy because she could not attend the meetings held by BJP's central organisation in the last five years.

'Modi is a dictator — a man worse than Hitler. He is the worst prime minister who brought a bill to confiscate the personal properties of individuals,' Kumaraswamy told his supporters.

The case deals with manipulation of the government's e-procurement platform though which e-tenders were allegedly tampered with and a chosen few private players benefitted with tenders in their favour.

TRS feels that Lok Sabha constituencies of Chevella, Secundrabad, Malkajgiri, Mahabubabad, Secundrabad, Khammam, Nalgonda and Bhongir will see a close contest.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said PM Modi, who has taken himself to be the guardian against corruption, must open his mouth on the 28 economic offenders during his tenure.

PM Modi said one's first vote is something which one always remembers for the rest of lives and hence should dedicate their votes to slain CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack.

The Congress chief Gandhi said his party would not burden the middle class with taxes in order to fulfill the electoral promise of providing minimum income to the country’s poorest families under the NYAY scheme.

Accusing the PM of 'overlooking' the scams that happened during Shivraj government, the CMO said, 'Modi is scared and has forgotten the Vyapam Scam, e-tendering scam and several others'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the situation under which Rahul Gandhi had to run away from Amethi is the real issue.

Political analysts, however, feel that for the voter it all boils down to a Narendra Modi versus Mamata Banerjee battle in West Bengal, with individual candidature bearing little significance.

For his April 11 rally, BJP chief Amit Shah had earlier picked Darjeeling where even Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to rally on the same day.