Politics

On Tuesday, a 7-year-old child died during celebratory gunfire by SP leaders after the historic UP polls verdict.

Akhilesh Yadav has won national acclaim by helping return his father to power as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

BJP has 18 crorepati MLAs while Congress has 9, MGP has three and Goa Vikas Party has 2.

The Congress would face the first electoral face-off with Jagan, who quit the party in 2010.

The Congress faced a clear defeat and Manpreet Badal's Punjab People's Party even failed to open their account.

Senior TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee said the party had done well in the elections although it did not put in an all out effort.

Mayawati had famously said five years ago, 'why kill a dead man' after the SP supremo was ousted by her in a crushing defeat.

The BJP has so far managed to get ten seats while it is leading in six.

The fate of 1,078 candidates including 93 women and 417 independents will be decided in the 117-seat Assembly.

Initial trends indicated Congress in a neck-and-neck fight with BJP with the Congress leading at 2 seats while the BJP at 1. Others are ahead at 2 seats.

Modi pointed out that the textile industry is being favoured at the expense of the cotton farmers in Gujarat.

Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said this while responding to questions on Anna and his team's demands for the party's poll expense.

The CNN-IBN-The Week survey by CSDS predicts a clear majority for SP. Counting of votes begins at 8 am on Tuesday.

The Congress, as part of his Praja Rajyam Party's merger deal in 2011, promised to induct Chiranjeevi into the Union Cabinet.

The Election Commission had banned exit polls till March 3, till the completion of Assembly elections in the five states.

They were draped on the January 7 after the opposition alleged BSP will have an unfair advantage in the polls.