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Accusing the police of behaving 'rudely', BJP activist Priyanka Sharma also alleged that she was harassed and tortured inside jail.

The review meeting, to be held via video conference, comes a day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles on streets of Kolkata during a massive road show by saffron party president Amit Shah.

The former Chief Minister also stated that the rift between the ruling coalition partners in Karnataka would intensify after the Lok Sabha poll results are declared.

Suspended on disciplinary grounds, Sanskrit lecturer Rajeshwar Shastri Musalgaonkar, had posted on social media last month that BJP will win nearly 300 seats and the NDA will form the government at the Centre.

Rao, who had days ago called on his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan, exuded confidence in the deliberations that regional parties would emerge as a powerful force.

Flanked by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, she started the roadshow from Raj Mohalla and was seen waving to the crowd who cheered and greeted her enroute as her caravan passed the crowded city stre...

Having performed in towns and villages for over four decades, Prahlad Tipaniya is now a household name in Madhya Pradesh, more so in Dewas where he lives and from where he’s fighting the elections on a Congress ticket.

The former Madhya Pradesh CM urged people to exercise their franchise in large numbers. "Go in large numbers and cast your vote. Vote without fear," he said.

Cricketer-turned-politician Sidhu on Saturday said Modi was like that new bride who put on a pretence, rather than actually working, in her marital household.

Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand.

BJP MP from Sheohar, Rama Devi, who is seeking re-election, told reporters, "I have done nothing wrong. People give donations during elections."

Issuing a statement here, Satti claimed that over 5,000 Sikhs were burnt alive in the country including the capital Delhi and Rajiv Gandhi had justified it by allegedly saying that when a big tree falls, the earth shakes.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that BJP might have threatened Sunny Deol with income tax raids.

Over 9,000 deras in Punjab and Haryana wield considerable influence over crores of followers. This influence transcends the spiritual and enters the political realm in elections seasons, and the ongoing one is no exception.

The former Union minister pointed out that mentioning China would not have aroused the same sentiments as referencing Pakistan, and that Beijing is happy to see the two neighbours tangled with each other.

It is alleged that the commanding officers are telephonically asking jawans for their voting preference rather than supplying to them the ballot paper for casting votes.