Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference’s Omar Abdullah are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
Darbhanga: In the land of Mithila in Bihar, Ram is echoing in the election campaign. On May 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his public address at Darbhanga with the ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan and described Mithila region the land of ‘King Janak and Goddess Sita’ (mythological characters) with the hope that the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya would get the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) electoral dividends.Less than 10 km from Darbhanga, Gulab Yadav, a 72-year-old from Yadav-dominated Bijli...
BJP’s Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh are prominent candidates in fray.
Photos circulating on social media purportedly show at least one of the attackers sharing a stage with BJP leader Manoj Tiwari.
On Monday, comedian Shyam Rangeela, who is contesting as an independent candidate, claimed he was unable to file his nomination papers from the constituency.
A total of 476 of the 1,710 candidates have declared assets worth over Rs 1 crore, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms.
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti appealed to the Election Commission to ‘prevent repetition of 1987 election rigging’ in Srinagar.
In Jharkhand, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jayant Sinha’s son Aashir Sinha joined the Congress.
Though the figure improved compared to previous polling stages, the number of citizens stepping out to vote remained lower than in the 2019 general election.
The Election Commission said the final voter turnout percentage in the third phase of general elections was 65.68%.
Moscow claimed that Washington had been ‘groundlessly accusing’ New Delhi of violating its citizens’ religious freedoms.