Politics

As Srinagar, the summer capital of the restive state goes to polls in the second phase, all eyes will be on the voter turnout rather than who clinches the seat.

As the battle lines are drawn, it’s widely believed that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur with her ‘hard Hindutva’ would give a tough fight to Congress’ Digvijaya Singh who has been pedaling with ‘soft Hindutva’ off late.

Chandrashekhar Azad's remarks came a few days after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Maywati termed him a BJP agent and accused him of dividing Dalit votes.

Uma Bharti said that Sadhvi Pragya, who is an accused in the Malegaon blast, was extended BJP membership on Tuesday.

This phase of Lok Sabha elections is called the 'silence period' as it allows a voter to make up his or her mind on whom to vote without being influenced by political campaigning.

Authorities had conducted a search at a store in Theni Lok Sabha constituency Tuesday night following inputs about suspected cash, during which police had to open fire in the air to disperse around 50 supporters of AMMK.

Nafees, a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh which goes to poll on April 23, says representatives of various parties visit her house but they only express 'sympathy'.

The defence minister said several eminent Congress leaders had gone to Pakistan to seek help to oust Modi and the Pakistan PM's praise could be part of the scheme.

As the EC notification had come barely two days before the day of election and that too, without him being granted an opportunity to be heard, Kathir Anand said the entire move seemed to be politically motivated.

The Congress has also fielded Vinay Kumar Pandey from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh and Pankaj Sanghvi from Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

Rohit Shekhar, who joined the BJP in the run-up to the Uttarakhand assembly polls in 2017, wanted to contest parliamentary polls from Nainital in 2014 on Samajwadi Party ticket but was not considered.

Some BJP leaders, who were present at the press conference, alleged that they were forced to resign from the party because there was no inner party democracy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of being hand in glove with not only Naxals but also with 'those who want to break India'.

The Congress had taken objection to characters in the two TV serials praising government schemes like Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.

The poll body, hours after getting a rap from the Supreme Court on Monday for not taking action against hate speech, barred Mayawati from campaigning for 48 hours for violating the poll code.

The media confronted Azam Khan at the cremation of SP leader Chaudhary late Munawwar Saleem in Vidisha.