Politics

Despite considering BJP as our big brother, the saffron party did not live up to the promises it made to its coalition partners, said Awangbou Newmai, the state-chief of Naga People's Front.

Expressing his support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal hoped that the people of the state "will teach Modi a lesson in the polls".

The re-polling would be held in three booths in Kalliasseri in Kasaragod constituency and a booth in Taliparamba in Kannur.

In first such action in India's electoral history, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered to end the campaigning early in the wake of violence between BJP and TMC workers in Kolkata.

He was also objecting to the Congress leader using 'Ajay Singh Bisht' for Adityanath and later questioned Congress chief Rahul Gandhi 'for not doing any development work in Amethi'.

At an election rally in the industrial city of Ludhiana in Punjab, the Congress chief also blamed Modi for 'destroying the strength of the Indian economy'.

Earnest efforts to reach out to all allies and potential ones have begun, sources said, with plans afoot to call a meeting of all the major stakeholders soon after results are declared on May 23.

In a press conference, earlier, TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien had said that the video not only establishes what the BJP did but also proves that chief Amit Shah is a liar.

Electoral realties in the battle for 2019 suggests that poll predictions is a horrendous task with respect to Uttar Pradesh where BJP and the SP-BSP-RLD gathbandhan are entrenched in a tough contest.

The West Bengal chief minister accused the BJP of bringing 'miscreants' from other states like Bihar and Rajasthan and spending crores of rupees to put up cut-outs for Amit Shah's road show.

The BJP demanded that "miscreants" and "history-sheeters" present in the constituencies, which go to polls in the last phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 19, should be arrested and removed from these places.

Slamming the party over Sam Pitroda’s remarks, Modi said that he would also be embraced once the elections are over in Punjab.

UP BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi said despite several security threats, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah have taken out roadshows.

Congress MLA Aditi Singh's vehicle was attacked on her way to Rae Bareli where she was headed for a floor test against District Panchayat Chief Awadhesh Singh.

Dubbing the Narendra Modi-led BJP government a 'sinking ship', Mayawati said, the country now needs a pure Prime Minister who can run the country in accordance with welfare spirit of the Constitution.

Poor people who never got pucca houses, electricity, LPG, toilets during Congress era due to its 'hua to hua' casual approach are now saying enough is enough, Modi said.