Politics

While some said they were using the stole to shield themselves from the sun, others refused to give it a political hue, saying the colour symbolised nationalism.

According to reports two cars of the convoy were completely broken down even as supporters of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly surrounded the convoy from all sides.

Alleging that Gandhi is in love with the terrorists, Amit Shah said that the Congress president croons Ilu Ilu with the terrorists.

Several senior Congress leaders brought cartons of documents in two vehicles near Chouhan's residence. They then put the cartons on their heads and walked to the former chief minister's house where they dumped the documents.

Speaking at an election rally in Ghatal, Amit Shah said that BJP will win 23 seats in West Bengal.

The Congress president was conspicuous by his absence as Amethi voted on Monda, providing a handle to his rival Smriti Irani of the BJP to declare him a "missing MP".

The re-poll was ordered in view of technical glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in these polling booths when general election was held on April 11.

A three-member delegation of the Samajwadi party met the State Election Commissioner and lodged an official complaint in Lucknow.

Nearly nine crore voters will decide the fate of 674 candidates, including political bigwigs Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani, in the fifth phase of polling in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven states.

Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav said he would have supported Akhilesh Yadav as PM, but added that the alliance wants such a man (Rahul Gandhi) in power, 'who would withdraw troops from the borders'.

The re-poll was ordered in the wake of technical glitches in the electronic voting machines in the polling booths.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also charged that the Congress was interested only in the welfare of its own leaders and their close family members.

Addressing an election rally in Rewa, Amit Shah said when Shivraj Singh Chouhan was in power, he had completely destroyed the SIMI network in the Malwa region.

Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said if the Congress wasn’t able to run the government, then it should move on, instead of levelling accusations on BJP leaders for its failures.

Mehbooba said Ramzam ceasefire would be an opportunity for PM Narendra Modi to prove that he was following former prime minister AB Vajpayee's policy of 'insaniyat', 'jhamooriyat' and 'Kashmiriyat'.

The Congress president added that the 'kisan' budget would inform farmers of their compensation, bonus and details of new food processing and storage facilities in their respective districts.