Politics

Shatrughan Sinha on Friday officially joined the Congress. Striding on the silver screen like a colossus and forging a larger-than-life onscreen image of themselves, many actors like him, have later on turned to politics and made a remarkable impact.

The JD(S) leadership always considered Mandya as its citadel given the huge population of dominant Vokkaliga community, which Deve Gowda belongs to, in the constituency, represented by Ambareesh for three terms.

The ED, in its fourth supplementary chargesheet, has also alleged that kickbacks were paid to important political persons of the UPA government.

Multiple addresses by BJP's most influential campaigner in west UP is an indicator of how important the eight seats of Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar are for the party.

Maywati attacked the Union government for resorting to demonetisation in 2016 and demanded BJP apologise for its 'economic emergency' which compelled 'rural masses to work as labourers'.

The Election Commission (EC) also took objection to an injection syringe filled with a tri-coloured liquid featured in one of the Congress advertisements for the Lok Sabha elections.

Rahul Gandhi also hit out at industrialist Anil Ambani by saying that he had no money, no expertise in defence manufacturing and all his businesses had failed.

BJP was followed by Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party, which spent a total of 1.04 crore on advertisements.

Unlike the first phase that goes to polls on April 11, the fight for the phase two seats of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Mathura, Aligarh, Hathras, Amroha, Bulandshahar and Nagina will witness shifting strategies from seat to seat.

A video of PRP leader Jaideep Kawade's speech had gone viral on social media. Kawade had made the remarks in the context of Irani wearing a big 'bindi' (a coloured dot) on her forehead.

Congress' list of candidates for the state is said to include Jyotiraditya Scindia for the Guna seat, Ajay Singh for Sidhi, Nakul Nath for Chhindwara, Arun Yadav for Khandwa and Vivek Takha for Jabalpur,

Pawan Bansal, who was forced to quit his post during the second term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, secured the ticket for the eighth consecutive time despite losing the elections in 2014.

While the SP-BSP alliance seems to be the natural choice for minorities in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP remains confident of support from the upper caste Hindu communities.

CPI(M) politbureau member Nilotpal Basu in his letter also pointed out PM Modi's speech referring to the outcome in a NIA Court on Samjhauta blast case.

In addition to road shows, rallies and public meets, those in the fray are also in the process of finishing formalities, filing nominations ahead of deadline and releasing their final list of candidates.

Dubey is scheduled to hold another round of meetings with the top bureaucrats in Kolkata, following which, on April 3, he will reach Bagdogra to inspect poll arrangements.