Politics

"In the last general elections, blessings of the 'sants' brought the (popular) mandate to BJP in the country," he said.

"At one stage, when Mr Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister, he took objections and wrote a letter to the government," he said.

Kamal Nath was appointed as General Secretary and given charge of both Punjab and Haryana.

There have been allegations that Hindus from Kairana village in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh were forced to leave their homes by people from another community.

Jayalalithaa, who arrived in the afternoon, met 50 of her party MPs, the largest regional group in Parliament, before she drove to Modi's residence.

The only solution to the drug menace is to keep the youth away from the Akalis: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi had raised the issue of rampant drug abuse among youths in Punjab way back in 2012 when he was subjected to ridicule and abuse by the SAD-BJP government.

BJP sources said the party was treading cautiously in the state in view of caste politics as projection of Singh, who is a Rajput leader, could upset the Brahmin voters.

Delhi government has mandated schools in the capital to have at least one Punjabi teacher. The government has also increased salaries of Punjabi teachers. They are projecting the decision as a move to encourage Punjabi language.

The Censor Board's objections to the Shahid-Kareena starrer movie have stirred a political row.

As the Mathura incident has come so close to the executive meeting, party sources said it will be a handy weapon against the Akhilesh Yadav government as the saffron party has long been targeting it over the law and order issue.

"The incident happened at around 2 pm on Sunday afternoon when a stray bullet hit a boy, Gar Ali, who was standing at the roadside and watching the procession pass near his home. Some local residents have alleged that the bullet was fired from the process...

Minister Khadse was good for the BJP. A disgruntled MLA Khadse can cost them dearly in future. The BJP knows this quite well and tried to give him an honourable exit.

In the evening, a mega public meeting will be addressed by Karunanidhi at the YMCA grounds in Chennai.

According to Dikshit the 45-year-old Rahul is a young leader and he would make some mistakes. “I don't see his mistakes visibly but circumstantially. He may have made some mistakes but he has learnt from them," she said.

Prasad said construction of the Ram temple will not be an issue during campaign for the 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh.