Politics

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has earlier said that even if the contentious bill was passed in Parliament, it would not affect states protected under special provisions of the Constitution.

Protiva Kundu, research officer center for budget governance accountability, said the manifesto's implementation ability will depend on the resource mobilisation by the states.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said if the constitutional provision was removed, then mainstream politicians, including her, will have to reconsider their future course of action.

Orders for specialised armoured cars have been piling up at Sunchit Sobti's factory in Jalandhar for political bigwigs since the upcoming Lok Sabha poll -- the biggest election in history -- was announced a few weeks ago.

The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) has announced its candidates from Banswara, a reserved ST seat, and Jodhpur, while it is planning to field candidates from Udaipur (another ST seat) and Rajsamand as well.

The situation is that Pawar Sahab's nephew (Ajit Pawar) is trying to take control of the party. Because of this, the NCP faced problems in ticket distribution," Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed.

Hitting out at the Congress, the BJP chief said all the accused, including Swami Aseemanand, were recently acquitted in the Samjhauta Express blast case.

The BJP is confident of improving its tally in West Bengal and forming a government in Odisha, to which the TMC and Left disagree.

Supporters of MP Bodh Singh Bhagat laid siege to the local BJP office between 11am to 3pm and locked it, after which they were baton charged.

Speaking at the rally, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the BJP won't cross the 125-mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha elections.

The SP chief claimed the BJP had no interest in development and was spreading lies as it's the time to face voters.

The constituency, bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is spread across three districts of Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram.

Giriraj Singh also blamed Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who has been canvassing for his rival Kumar, for the attack on migrants from Bihar in the western state last year.

Kamal Nath taunted BJP for the delay in announcing candidate for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, which is considered stronghold of the saffron party.

The Nishad party is headed by Sanjay Nishad, father of Pravin Nishad who had won the Gorakhpur parliamentary seat on an SP ticket in the 2018 bypolls.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi had on Monday announced that Rs 72,000 per year will be given as minimum income to 5 crore poor families if his party is voted to power in Lok Sabha polls, asserting that it would be a 'final assault' on poverty.