Politics

Rajbhar said that BJP leaders should be ashamed for using his party's (SBSP) name in the election campaign to garner OBC votes.

While PM Modi outperforms Rahul Gandhi by 16 rallies, it is notable that his first rally, after the elections were announced, was held only on March 28 in Meerut.

Priyanka Gandhi said despite BJP's efforts Congress did not allow the elections to be diverted from issues of employment, farming, and income.

The Congress chief also asserted the case for a strong bonhomie between opposition parties indicating that they will come together to form the next government.

While some ground reports have predicted a fifth term for Naveen Patnaik, the same cannot be said about his Lok Sabha score card and the BJP may well go on to win nine to 12 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Stating that views expressed by Anil Saumitra were in contradiction to BJP's principles, party state head Rakesh Singh suspended the leader from primary membership of BJP and gave him seven days to furnish a reply.

Tej Pratap claimed that it was because of his father’s absence that he was ignored and not allowed to address the public at the mahagathbandhan election rally in Pataliputra.

The BSP again alleged that women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting the prime minister fearing they might also 'abandon their wives'.

At his last public meeting in the state in the ongoing election season, PM Modi also slammed the opposition party leaders for being unable to come to a consensus on their prime ministerial candidate.

Veerendra Patil, who hailed from the Veerashaiva community, was the chief minister twice — from 1968 to 1971 and from 1989 to 1990.

The cricketer-turned-politician, who was briefly banned by the Election Commission from campaigning earlier, also said that the prime minister makes empty promises.

Senior BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal termed Kumaraswamy's remarks a conspiracy aimed at creating a rift between Siddaramaiah and Kharge to continue in power.

The row over the 2015 incidents continues in Punjab with the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government, blaming the previous Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state for it.

The Congress MLA from Raebareli (Sadar) along with other Zila Panchayat members were attacked on Tuesday morning on their way to Rae Bareli from Lucknow.

The ex-Mayawati aide, also a former minister in the Mayawati government, said the BSP had joined hands with the BJP in the past and that there will be such pressure on her to become a part of the BJP.

Mayawati on Wednesday said the Prime Minister's legacy as the chief minister of Gujarat is a black spot and burden on the BJP as well as the communal history of the country.