Politics

The party is also fielding retired IAS officer Darbara Singh Guru from Fatehgarh Sahib, a reserved seat represented by suspended AAP leader Harinder Singh Khalsa, who recently joined the BJP.

BJP's Khalid Jahangir said that the elections will be a ‘referendum’ to show the people at the helm of affairs in Kashmir that an evil picture of New Delhi is being painted in the state.

BJP thinks that the poll schedule in UP would help them as it is almost similar to the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2017 assembly elections, with the election starting from western UP and eventually ending in the east.

The latest list of candidates was announced by party's General Secretary in charge Central Election Committee Mukul Wasnik and takes to 316 the number of candidates that the party has announced for the April-May Lok Sabha elections.

BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said peace and stability have achieved importance in the aftermath of the February 14 Pulwama terror attack even though the party talked about issues other than national security.

Maneka Gandhi will fight from Sultanpur, a seat represented by her son, Varun Gandhi, who will contest from Pilibhit.

The non-upper caste Hindus are the most sought-after vote bank for both the BJP and the opposition alliance. In the last general elections and the 2017 Assembly polls, a large section of this base had shifted to the saffron party.

In the Lok Sabha elections, Debutant Aashray Sharma, 33, will take on sitting BJP MP Ramswaroop Sharma on the Mandi seat.

Priyanka Gandhi, who is in the last leg of her UP tour, said the government has attacked the Constitution, democracy and all institutions.

Prime minister Narendra Modi also launched a sharp attack on the opposition, saying he knew why parties are making him the “focal point” of upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Apart from BJP's stronghold of Bareilly and Pilibhit, SP-BSP could have won Aonla, Kheri, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Shahjahanpur and Badaun had they tied up in 2014.

It is believed that before visiting Lord Ram, climbing 76 stairs to Lord Hanuman's temple in Ayodhya helps in fulfilling wishes. With a soft religious discourse and people connect, Priyanka Gandhi seems to be on track to revive Congress's five key seats.

Sinha was earlier scheduled to join the Congress on Thursday, but it was delayed due to a stand-off between 'Mahagathbandhan' allies, Congress and the RJD, on seat-sharing.

CPI(M) has proposed alternative policy platform under which it called for protection of the secular principle and democratic rights enshrined in the Constitution and enforcement of farmers' right to sell their produce at minimum support price.

The number of political ads was at 34,048 with the total spend at over Rs 6.88 crore between February up to March 16, 2019. This number grew to 41,514 at the end of March 23 with cumulative ad spends touching Rs 8.38 crore.

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said progress of both India and Pakistan would stall if the two remained enemies.