Politics

Out of last 16 Lok Sabha elections since 1957, BJP has managed to win seven, apart from the victory of the Janata Party in 1977 and 1980.

Pragya Thakur, the 2008 Malegaon blast accused, said she needed time for some "soul searching" after the elections.

Rajbhar had earlier resigned from the cabinet, miffed over denial of seats of his choice in the state, but it was not accepted.

Kerala, which went to polls on April 23, has witnessed a triangular fight among the ruling CPM, Congress and BJP, at least in Pathanamthitta, the epicentre of the Sabarimala protests.

The BJP is set to win 20-23 seats out of the 28 with a vote share of 54.47%, while the UPA will wrest five to eight seats with 41.85% of the votes.

The polling was boycotted at half a dozen villages in various districts but the administration managed to convince voters to exercise their franchise later.

The two sides have been brought together by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu, who has recently held a flurry of meetings with opposition leaders to rally support for a grand alliance.

The meeting assumes significance as Naidu is meeting Gandhi and Pawar after holding talks with Akhilesh and Mayawati, who have not openly come in favour of an opposition alliance so far.

The EC had faced a similar situation in Howrah, Malda North and Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituencies, too.

Polling will be held on Sunday in the remaining nine constituencies of south Bengal where an estimated 1,49,63,064 voters will decide the fate of 111 candidates.

Born in 1950 in the temple town, Vishwakarma, who has seen multiple governments and elections come and go, recalled how his father struggled with the "faulty system".

Kunkolienkar filed a complaint with Panaji police station in the early hours of Friday after two unidentified youth threw bottles on his car.

The BJP should explain why an intellectual giant like Arun Shourie, once with the party, is now so bitterly opposed to it, asked Sinha.

On the controversial issue of Article 370, which confers special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Sena’s party state general secretary, Minesh Sahni said it can’t be abrogated by the statement of politicians.

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath said irrespective of an alliance or not, all parties have the same goal, ousting the BJP from power.

Sachin Pilot, who is also the Rajasthan Congress chief, said that the feedback on six phases of Lok Sabha election indicates that the BJP is trailing in all phases.