Politics

The summer of 2016 will see the voters in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry exercising their franchise to elect their state governments.

Shiv Sena questioned if the BJP would label Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh "anti-national" for opposing the match.

Kejriwal also stressed on the need for more convictions in cases of crimes against women, and hoped everyone would work with the new Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma.

Sources say CBI is questioning staff members about who all visit the CM, how Delhi government is approaching SC over CBI raids, among other things.

"Rahul Gandhi is going everywhere and wants to impress that there is dictatorship like situation in the country, which is not the case," said Javadekar.

"For Smart City you need smart council, and BJP will give that," Parrikar told reporters emerging from the polling booth.

After voting, Parrikar stopped by a nearby restaurant even as the plain-clothed security personnel remained clueless about his move.

"Peace, stability are pre-requisites for development, effective governance," said Mehbooba.

President said the country has not been able to achieve more than 12 per cent representation for women out of the total membership of Parliament, which is "a sad commentary on us".

In 2013, Pillai had claimed that there was no evidence to show Ishrat was an LeT operative.

A controversy had broken out over Rahul Gandhi's charge that he was stopped from entering a Vaishanvite monastery in Barpeta by RSS workers during his recent visit to Assam, an allegation denied by the temple chief in December.

Deliberations are also going on in full-swing in CPI-M, which heads the LDF opposition, in finalising the candidates.

The ruling BJP and the Congress missed no chance to hurl barbs at each other quoting one scam after the other to target each other.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is set to hold a meeting with senior party leaders from Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to discuss and prepare for the 2017 Assembly polls.