Politics

Nemichand Tanwar was allegedly shot dead in Paliya village on Sunday, sometime before the polling for the Indore Lok Sabha seat came to an end. His wife and two sons were also injured in the incident.

After the delimitation in 2008, Congress and BJP won this seat once each. In 2014, the triangular contest was won by BJP’s Maheish Girri who defeated AAP’s Rajmohan Gandhi by over 1.9 lakh votes.

Apart from the Nandigram assembly seat, the Lok Sabha constituency also comprises the assembly segments of Tamluk, Haldia, East Panskura, Mahisadal, Moyna and Nandakumar.

Kumaraswamy also slammed sections of media for raising doubts about the longevity of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government headed by him.

These polls suggest that ‘Brand Modi’, which was under question during the assembly polls, featured quite strongly during the Lok Sabha polls.

The prediction this time, according to News18 IPSOS, is pointing towards a thumping majority for the NDA pegging it at the 336-mark.

Sporadic clashes were reported in Kolkata and its surrounding areas, with TMC workers claiming that voters were being intimidated by the central forces outside booths.

SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar predicted that the BJP will only win 15 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Over the past year, BJP has made repeated attempts to do its ‘Operation Kamala’ in the state -- wooing MLAs from other parties to defect to it by promising to get them re-elected on its symbol and later reward them with a ministerial berth.

Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala cited a media report which claimed Lavasa disagreed with the poll panel's decisions to clear Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of charges of violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

With the venomous political discourse sinking to a new low, the Election Commission was forced to ban four senior leaders last month from campaigning for varying periods of time.

A party delegation led by Bihar BJP vice-president Devesh Kumar met CEO H R Srinivasa and submitted a memorandum objecting painting resembling the symbol of a political party (Congress' hand).

Rahul Gandhi said the SPG, who, in addition to Modi, also provides him with security, said the Prime Minister of India had locked up his entire cabinet at his residence.

He also assured tribal voters in the state that their land was safe till the BJP and Modi were there, while accusing the Congress of misleading the tribal population.

The CPI(M) general secretary refuted claims of helping the BJP get a foothold in West Bengal.

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