Politics

Himachal Pradesh will witness a bipolar contest between the Congress and the BJP with exit polls giving an edge to the saffron party

The state that sends most number of MPs to the Parliament is also the state which posed the stiffest resistance to BJP's juggernaut in form of the historic BSP-SP-RLD alliance.

Baig on Tuesday held Siddaramaiah's "arrogance" and KPCC chief Dinesh Gundu Rao's "immaturity" responsible for party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls.

Kushwaha, who himself contested the Lok Sabha election from two seats of Ujiyarpur and Karakat, was upset over reports of Electroniv Voting Machines being transported without any security in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

While the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to host a dinner for all top NDA leaders, the opposition leaders will meet in the national capital to discuss possibilities to stake claim for government formation on May 23.

In 2014, the BJP won this seat with a huge margin of 5,67,260 votes (42.3 per cent) when Singh defeated Congress’s actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar.

Earlier in 2014, the Indian National Lok Dal won this seat when Dushyant Chautala defeated Kuldeep Bishnoi of Haryana Janhhit Congress with a margin of 2.8 per cent votes.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan had won the seat with 44.6 per cent of votes in 2014 .

News18-IPSOS suggests that BJP candidate Gopal Shetty may emerge as the winner from the seat in the state of Maharashtra. He is in contest with film actress Urmila Matondkar who was fielded by the Congress.

Top leaders of the NDA will are also scheduled to meet over dinner with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah campaigned extensively across Odisha along with several top leaders from the party and targeted BJD and Patnaik directly.

Kamal Haasan's comment created a huge row nationwide and police complaints were filed against him for trying to create enmity between communities.

If Kailash Mansarovar is declared a Heritage Site then Uttarakhand will benefit as communities living along the yatra route can be incorporated in the plan to develop sustainable tourism for the site.

On the recent rebellion by Sidhu, who had accused the chief minister of being responsible for denial of ticket to his wife Navjot Kaur from Chandigarh, Captain said he was harming the party with such irresponsible actions.

Sporadic clashes were reported in Kolkata and its surrounding areas, with TMC workers claiming that voters were being intimidated by the central forces outside booths.

As per EC rules, political functionaries/party workers - who have been brought from outside the constituency or are not listed as voters there - have to leave the constituency concerned after the campaign period is over.