Politics

Senior BJP leader Manoj Sinha said Rafale did not become an election issue as Rahul Gandhi admitted in Supreme Court that he was 'lying for political benefits'.

Jagdeep Chhokar, founder member, National Election Watch, ADR claimed that as per the report, the performance of the government, measured on a scale of 1 to 5, was rated "below average" on top 10 governance issues.

The recent rift within the coalition partners occurred after several Congress leaders publicly expressed that they would like to see Siddaramaiah as the chief minister.

BJP president Amit Shah's rally was scheduled for Monday in Jadhavpur, but the permission for it was denied at the last minute by the state administration, the party claimed.

Most of these seats recorded massive surge in polling as compared to 2014. For example, as against 57.79% polling in the last LS election, Bhopal registered 65.69% voting at the end of evening on Sunday.

The former Madhya Pradesh CM urged people to exercise their franchise in large numbers. "Go in large numbers and cast your vote. Vote without fear," he said.

Prakash Javadekar alleged that the Alwar gangrape incident was "kept a secret" in the wake of voting in Rajasthan on May 6.

K Pradeep Rao wrote to the CEO of the Hyderabad Cricket Association seeking 50 free corporate boxes and 250 privilege passes to be given to 'higher authorities'.

Prakash Javadekar showed a purported video of Anna Hazare, in which the activist claimed that Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal after coming to power has not once met him.

While sanitation, lack of employment options, unauthorised colonies and law and order are some of the issues plaguing the constituency, the nationalism fervour among most of the voters could mean that the saffron camp has an advantage.

Navjot Singh Sidhu said PM Modi's campaign was harping on nationalism as it had nothing to show by way of governance.

Responding to the show cause notice, Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have told the poll panel that he had tried to summarise a proposed amendment to the Indian Forest Act in a simple language during a political speech.

Chandrababu Naidu and Mamata Banerjee are believed to have also talked about the VVPAT issue and the probable voting percentage in the so far held five phases of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

Arvind Kejriwal's attack comes two days ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, which is witnessing a three-cornered contest as talks for an alliance between the Congress and the AAP did not fructify.

The Congress leader said that an atmosphere had been created where people do not believe in facts, but the lies that are being promoted on social media.

Divya Spandana also tagged a link in her tweet to an article which raised questions as to why Bollywood was roped in for International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam in 2016.