Sitting MP Dushyant’s mother Naina Singh (MLA from Dabwali in Haryana), has been in a campaign mode across the state ever since the Indian National Lok Dal of the Chautala clan split last year.
Priyanka spoke to Rai over phone and wished him luck. She assured him that she will soon visit Varanasi to campaign for him.
Vasan’s hope will, however, depend much on the outcome of the results of both Lok Sabha elections and the bypolls in 22 Assembly seats.
Her fans and well-wishers in the party are now hoping that she will contest from Amethi.
The song, which the TMC maintains has been banned, keeps playing in Supriyo’s road shows — the defence being that the ban is on its video, not the audio.
Chacko had flown to Kochi on Monday night, cast his vote early Tuesday, and took a 10.30-am flight from Ernakulam to reach Delhi by 1.30 pm.
PM went from Rajasthan to the Gujarat capital for a night halt so that he can cast his vote in the morning, before heading off to Odisha for campaign.
Mayawati briefly stopped her speech to ask the slogan-shouting workers to learn from BSP supporters who quietly listen to her speech.
The Congress high command is learnt to be keen on having Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit contest the polls — from East Delhi constituency. Dikshit is said to be reluctant.
One BJP leader said the party’s Bihar leadership had opposed Sinha’s candidacy in 2014 General Election from Patna Sahib constituency, arguing that local factors were against the actor-turned-politician.
The meetings are scheduled “overnight” with party candidates of 16 Lok Sabha constituencies of Awadh region, in-charge of each constituency and other key functionaries like Vistaraks regarding poll preparations.
Expressing concern over changing food habits and lifestyle, he also urged them to practise Yoga. “Yoga has nothing to do with politics or religion. Those who have problem with Surya Namaskar, can do Chandra Namaskar. But practise Yoga,” he said.
On Friday, Mriganka was given space on stage in the front row, Modi praised the work of Hukum Singh and said that Mriganka was working for the poor and farmers.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi himself had to request his brother judge, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, to switch on the mic since his question to the arguing counsel was not audible.
They have, for now, been allotted chambers at the five-star Hotel Ashok in Chanakyapuri and given some secretarial staff there, even as officers, it is learnt, are trying to find out optional locations.
The booklet carries 15 photographs of different places, groups of people, and individuals.
In UP, Maywati will hold her first rally on April 7 with alliance partners.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s decision to contest from Bhopal has forced the party to tread cautiously in fielding its candidate in the constituency, considered to be a stronghold.
Meanwhile, the Congress in Kerala is still awaiting Rahul’s decision on whether he will contest from Wayanad. This has meant the party is also not announcing the candidature of K Muraleedharan from Vadakara, leaving him hamstrung. Muraleedharan was earlier keen on contesting from Wayanad.
Banerjee only read out the dire predictions for the NDA without revealing who it came from. Leaders are conjecturing that it must be from “somebody important” as it came to her directly on her personal number.
Shatrughan Sinha is not the lone Bollywood star the Congress is planning to bring in. The party is also in talks with Urmila Matondkar and is learnt to have offered a seat to her in Mumbai.
He appeared for the opposition ‘alliance’ in the Supreme Court on the VVPAT issue and managed to convince the court to speak in favour of increasing random physical verification of VVPAT slips in the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP PRESIDENT Amit Shah was late at the Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Agra on Sunday by more than 90 minutes.
On Friday, Prasada did not try to quell the speculation either while speaking with the media — he did not clear the air and say outright that he is not joining the BJP.
During the discussions on finalising candidature, state BJP leaders were asked to ensure that names of at least four or five candidates from the Christian community feature in the BJP list for Kerala.








