Uttar Pradesh z Jamiat leader likely to visit Varanasi to ensure votes against Modi aren’t split

Tewari also said that in future he will not put Gadkari in disrepute by making any comments with regards to the Adarsh Society.

EC also directed that separate FIRs should be filed against all the TV channels, electronic media which carried the images of the meeting.

Shah said 'after Modi becomes PM, all development- related projects in India will be completed in next 10 years.'

The party is also confident that, along with ally the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), it will bag all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The new entrant, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), failed to gain ground despite having fielded a member of the Kamboj community — Satnam Pal Kamboj.

With hardly any posters or banners on the walls or roadside of the CM’s village, villagers refuse to divulge their loyalties towards any particular party.

Most politicians who have addressed a political rally at this ground have suffered immense loss.

Sonia, who is contesting from her traditional Rae Bareli, has no major contestant against her with SP deciding not to field its candidate against her.

The EC had earlier halted the poll campaigns of both the leaders in UP following a series of inflammatory speeches.

Mayawati and Narendra Modi have addressed rallies in most of these 14 seats.

Compared to past elections mainstream parties are hoping that more people will come out to vote this time.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s entry has added a new twist to the battle, setting up three-cornered contests.

Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, born in Murho village in Bihar’s Madhepura district, was a parliamentarian and former Bihar CM.

While the BJP claims the Modi factor has won over the Yadavs — an RJD votebank — the JD(U) appears to have lost its Muslim support to the RJD.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, RJD MP, in conversation with Avishek Dastidar

In Madhepura, split with BJP leaves only Mahadalit votebank for Sharad Yadav, Pappu still has M-Y behind him.

Trinamool Congress candidate from Birbhum Satabdi Roy has apologised for remarks she made during a poll campaign in the area recently.

He questioned the source of the money and said this could be “only the tip of the iceberg”.

Addressing a rally in Burrabazar area of Kolkata, Mamata said a person “who pursued divisive politics” could not lead the country.

In 2009, out of the 10 constituencies in north Bengal, the Congress had won five and Left Front four. BJP had won one.

As the battlelines are drawn between BJP and Congress with Narendra Modi in focus. The Aam Aadmi Party is making its debut in 24 of the 26 seats.

Navsarjan Trust’s Manjula Pradeep pointed out a number of controversial issues that have come on record during police probe in the matter.

At Chowk Faliya, novelty-store owner Nazmuddin Boghra garlands Chavda, but maintains an expressionless face.