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Dushyant, a former MP from Hisar, is contesting the next week's elections from Uchana Kalan assembly segment, which is currently represented by BJP's Prem Lata, wife of former Union minister Birender Singh.

PM Modi called the opposition parties 'shameless' for objecting to BJP leaders bringing up the issue of abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir during campaigning for the Maharashtra Assembly polls.

On campaign trail in Vidarbha for October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections, he also targeted the Modi government for "waiving" corporate tax.

While Digvijaya Singh has mostly been guarded in his attacks until recently, Jyotiraditya Scindia has been hitting out at the Congress government for a while now.

Rajkumari Ratna Singh had won from Pratapgarh in 1999 but had lost in 2004 to Akshay Pratap Singh -- better known as Gopal Ji -- a close aide of Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya.

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During an Assembly election rally, the Haryana CM had targeted Sonia Gandhi over her return as the Congress President, almost comparing her with a dead rat while using the Hindi proverb 'khoda pahad nikli chuhiya'.

The Congress has been attacking the ruling party ever since the government on August 5 decided to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and divide it into two Union Territories — J&K and Ladakh.

Responding to questions about Shiv Sena leaders' remarks that there will be a Maharashtra chief minister from their party in the future, Yadav said political parties are free to talk about their desires.

Sawant has been touring Maharashtra since last Thursday to campaign for the BJP for the upcoming state Assembly polls.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's remarks came in response to Prasad's remarks, who cited box office collections of three Bollywood films released on October 2 to claim that the economy is sound.

Siddaramaiah raised the issue during a debate on the demand for grants, following which several Cong & JD(S) legislators expressed concern over the 'cut' in allocations to their constituencies.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma, chairman of the party's Foreign Affairs department, said the delegation neither has a mandate nor any authorisation to speak on behalf of the party on matters pertaining to policy or India's domestic issues.

Purported video clips of the incident surfaced on social media showing the policemen being brutally attacked with iron rods, sticks, bricks and sharp-edged weapons. They were kicked, slapped and dragged on the street.

The 1983-batch state police service officer, who opted for voluntary retirement earlier this year, made this admission while addressing a rally in Nallasopara area of neighbouring Palghar district earlier this week.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the party was trying to expose the ruling BJP over issues of corruption and highlighting its shortcomings and follies, while hoping that all leaders of the grand old party would work in this regard.