Maharashtra Congress leader Muhammed Khan resigned from the party’s campaign committee on grounds that the MVA had not fielded a single minority candidate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party expelled its leader KS Eshwarappa for six years for contesting the polls as an Independent candidate from Karnataka’s Shivamogga.
The BJP will scrap reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes by 2025 if re-elected, Congress’ Revanth Reddy claimed.
Lok Janshakti Party MP Mehboob Ali Kaiser joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal.
As soon as our government is formed, the first thing that would be done is caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.
In Delhi, former Congress MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh quit the party, citing its alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.
BJP leaders have said that the Constitution will be changed if they win the elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Tuesday.
Arvinder Singh Lovely, who stepped down from his post as the Delhi Congress chief, said he will not join any party.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
Kunwar Sarvesh Singh, who died of a heart attack, was unwell for a long time and was undergoing medical treatment in Delhi.
At 9 am, Uttar Pradesh registered a turnout of 12.66% while Maharashtra recorded 7.28% voting.
This came a week after the BJP won the Surat seat unopposed as the polling officer disqualified the Congress candidate and others withdrew their nominations.