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Addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh' Burhanpur, Rajnath Singh also accused the Congress of trying to win votes by instigating social, casteist and religious sentiments, instead of focusing on humanity.

A total of 13 cases were reported where people had boycott polls over a variety of reasons including jobs, road construction and removal of encroachments.

In his affidavit filed along with his nomination papers for the Sircilla constituency, KTR has declared that he is a farmer.

Shivpal, who recently floated his own political outfit after falling out with his nephew, has announced a grand ‘dangal’ to celebrate the occasion as an ode to Mulayam’s days as a district wrestler.

Hitting out at the BJP and its ideological parent over the violence, Vijayan said that Sannidhanam is considered very sacred but Sangh Parivar has creating trouble there.

BJP chief Amit Shah said the Kerala government was trying to “crush” people’s faith but the saffron party was “firmly with the devotees”.

Rama Rao and his wife have total assets of over Rs 41 crore, according to the affidavit submitted by him to the election authorities on Monday while filing the nomination for next month's Assembly election.

An official release said Rao performed 'Raja Syamala Yagam', 'Chandi Yagam' and other rituals in his farmhouse in Erravalli in which his wife and other family members participated.

Naidu is also expected to extend a personal invitation to Banerjee to join the opposition parties’ “anti-BJP meet” in Delhi on November 22.

While the region comprising Surguja, Jashpur, Koriya, Balrampur and Surajpur districts has more or less remained loyal to the BJP since the formation of Chhattisgarh in 2000, the Congress has been steadily improving its tally.

On Thursday, when asked about a possible alliance with BJP after polls, Ajit Jogi had said 'you can never rule out anything in politics. Anything can happen.'

Ending the suspense over its candidates, the party has fielded Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpura, while Sachin Pilot has been given a ticket from Tonk.

Sambit Patra, while sharing the video on Twitter, called Congressmen 'fancy dress Hindus who have put on janeu' (the sacred thread). He alleged that Nath asked Muslims clerics to stand with the Congress and promised to 'deal with Hindus after polls'.

Rashid said it was not a good thing to wake up to abusive tweets in the morning and almost a 1,000 such tweets everyday had started taking a toll on her "psychogically".

In the first phase, voting was held in 18 of the 90 Assembly seats in Chhattisgarh.

In the video, the deputy advocate general is seen asking people to vote against "anti-national forces”.