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The alliance was struck reportedly after efforts from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

A day after Shiv Sena whittled down BJP's demand to contest 114 seats out of total 227 for BMC polls to mere 60, its chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday refused to open his cards on the prospects of the tie-up.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Sunday lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that his Aam Aadmi Party wants to instigate violence by siding with extremists, as he appealed the people of the state to not get influenced by AAP or Congress.

Amarinder said the interests of Punjab and its people were supreme and could not be allowed to be compromised for personal gains.

Defending his bribe remarks made at an election rally in Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the Election Commission should thank him and make him its brand ambassador instead of censuring him.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will campaign in the poll-bound states only if her health permits, while Rahul Gandhi would address a public meeting in Goa, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh said on Tuesday.

Akhilesh Yadav will directly lead the talks for a Mahagatbandhan between Samajwadi Party, Congress and the RLD for the UP Assembly polls and is likely to accommodate a few old loyalists of his estranged father, sources told CNN-News18.

Pillorying Navjot Singh Sidhu for joining a party "he once attacked", AAP on Monday said by inducting the ex-cricketer in its fold, Congress has "imposed" him on its Punjab leadership and "accepted defeat as it does not have a face".

At the press conference, Sidhu after delivering dialogues, including some filmy ones, used his signature expression "khatak" meaning over-and-out which led to peels of laughter from reporters as well as those on the dais.

On Monday, United Opposition Forum led by Congress staged protests in Katni while Youth Congress president Kunal Chauhdhry and others stopped rail traffic at Mudwara railway station, on Katni outskirts.

The Election Commission (EC) has reserved its order on Samajwadi Party's symbol 'Cycle' after Mulayam Singh Yadav and the Akhilesh Yadav camps argued before the poll body to stake claim over it.

Sanjeev Balyan, Union minister of state for water resources, was a little-known BJP leader till September 2013, when he was booked for violating prohibitory orders during the Muzaffarnagar riots. Q&A

Amid criticism of his foreign tours during polls, Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to travel to China on a visit that was expected to take place next week.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday met his father and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, sending signals of a rapprochement between the bickering factions in the ruling party.

May be there can now be peace in Samajwadi Party with Mulayam Singh extending an olive branch to his son Akhilesh. But just may be.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said there was no reason for Punjabis to believe anything in the Congress' manifesto for the Punjab Assembly polls as the party had "never honoured any of its previous commitments".