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The opposition bloc has been largely fragmented on backing the Congress chief as the prime ministerial candidate if it forms the government, and Rahul Gandhi, too, has till now not voiced such ambitions.

A division bench of Justices SR Brahmbhatt and VB Mayani passed the order on Barad’s petition challenging his disqualification by Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi following his conviction early this month.

After joining Congress, Urmila Matondkar said that she felt the need to join the Congress party as the freedom to express was under attack in the country and there are numerous examples in this regard in the last five years.

Her remarks came a few hours after Modi announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite.

Legislators Manohar Ajgaonkar and Dipak Pawaskar gave a letter to merge the MGP legislature party with the BJP to officiating Goa Assembly Speaker Michael Lobo at 1.45am. However, Sudin Dhavalikar, the third MGP MLA, has not signed the letter.

Independent candidate Rajiv Kumar Singh was made to undergo breath analyser tests which confirmed that he had consumed alcohol

Speaking on the sidelines of a rally in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, Biplab Deb claimed that BJP will win both the parliamentary seats in Tripura.

Ten mandatory proposers are required for any candidate who is not from a recognised national party or a recognised regional party in a state, the officials said.

With transfer of votes between the Congress and the JDS crucial for them to outperform the BJP, there is worry in both parties that the dissidence may hamper their prospects.

Solanki is informally settling past animosities within his community and his willingness to come to the negotiating table with his rivals is being touted as a significant development.

Rahul Gandhi announced that 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category will be given Rs 72,000 each annually as minimum income if his party comes to power.

The Congress leader, Digvijaya Singh said the Lok Sabha polls across the country would be fought over 'Modi’s report card.' Singh asked if BJP, in its five years, had fulfilled its promises from 2014 elections.

Ahluwalia was elected to the seat with the active support of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in May 2014 after the general elections. In 2009, Jaswant Singh had won the seat.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader stressed that the 'false case' of murder against Shah was dismissed by Supreme court in 2014.

The opposition 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar on Friday had announced its seat-sharing formula for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state, half of which will be fought by Lalu Prasad's RJD and nine by Congress.

Taking to Twitter, Priyanka said the Rs 10,000 crore pending to farmers meant education for their children, food, health and the next harvest were compromised.