Politics

Apart from the regular promises to improve road, health, sewage and water facilities in Varanasi, AAP has promised to bring home the title of 'Holy City'.

"If such a statement is made by the Pakistan's Interior Minister, this is very unfortunate, condemnable," Manish Tewari said.

BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that Narendra Modi had never talked about attacking Pakistan.

The Akali workers earlier uprooted the booth of Congress party and entered the polling booth and tried to take control over, officials said.

Dr HC Mahadevappa is facing the wrath of the people for spending over Rs 2.5 crore on the renovation of his official bungalow in Bangalore.

Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,546 polling booths.

"We are planning to develop Kakinada as an information technology hub to generate employment for locals," Pallam Raju said.

The party had earlier announced that it would not back Narendra Modi. It had also refused to contest polls saying that it did not want to divide the Muslim vote.

BJP candidate from Firozabad Lok Sabha seat SP Singh Baghel has accused Samajwadi Party workers of capturing several booths.

Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry is challenging Narendra Modi in Vadodara.

Elections to 119 assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in all 10 districts of Telangana.

The party is also mulling the option of filing a PIL in the Bombay High Court.

While Priyanka is not campaigning in Varanasi, she has constantly been attacking Modi over a number of issues.

"Had not been contacted by either Manmohan Singh, to whom he had sent a personal copy, or even Sonia, after the book was released," Baru said.

"Since these are court matters, I don't want to give much opinion," Karunanidhi said.

Established to glorify the history and culture of Gujarat, the Gujarat Gaurav Fan Club begun canvassing for Modi.