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The court also sought the response of the Rajya Sabha chairman besides member Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, who is leader of the JD(U) in the Upper House, on Mr. Yadav’s plea challenging December 4 order of the chairman disqualifying him as an MP.

Siddaramaiah's message, published in leading newspapers, comes in the wake of riots, in two taluks in the coastal Karnataka region, that were allegedly triggered by fake news – some of which were allegedly circulated by local BJP MPs and other leaders.

Much like Kejriwal in the 2015 campaign, Rahul has drawn on the Mahabharata to pitch the battle for Gujarat as one between “truth and falsehood”, in which the Pandavas (read Congress) would win.

With the circulation of messages on social media sites about EVMs being tampered with, many in the border district of Chhota Udaipur feared their votes might be transferred to other candidates.

"Unless the loan waiver amount is deposited into the bank accounts of farmers, I appeal to the farming community not to pay any dues or even electricity bills to the state government," Sharad Pawar, who turned 77 today, said.

Addressing a rally in northern Gujarat on the penultimate day of campaigning for the second and final phase of Assembly polls, Modi targeted Congress's president-elect Rahul Gandhi, saying he was born with a "golden spoon" and has not seen poverty.

Addressing a poll rally in Palanpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said (former Congress minister) Mani Shankar Aiyar had called him "neech" (vile) a day after the alleged meeting of Pakistani leaders with top Congressmen.

Asked about the inspiration, the artist said the Amul theme has been popular across India for decades and talks about day-to-day issues affecting the common citizen.

There were reports of technical glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Surat and some other centres, but the polling process resumed after the machines were replaced, the poll panel said.

The last time Congress won the Rajkot West seat was back in 1980, when Manibhai Ranpara won with 19,755 votes, while BJP’s Vajubhai Vala was not far behind with 17,762 votes.

Lal Singh Arya, the General Administration Department Minister, has an arrest warrant against him by the Bhind court in connection with the murder of former Gohad Congress MLA Makhan Singh Jatav.

BJP chief Amit Shah has instructed the party’s newly elected mayors from Uttar Pradesh, including the town area and municipality chairperson of Amethi, to make a trip to Gujarat.

Prashant Bhushan's reaction comes a day after senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas said the party was holding dialogue with those who left the outfit, including Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, to facilitate their return to the party fold.

Mayawati had recently announced that she was in favour of an alliance with the Congress in the Himachal and Gujarat Assembly elections and had demanded the seats lost by Congress, but the Congress did not show any interest then.

Manohar Lal Khattar was speaking on the sidelines of 'Pravasi Haryana Sammelan' organised here by his government for people who have origins in the northern state but have settled down in Bihar.

Akhilesh claimed that BJP won only 15 per cent seats in areas where ballot paper was used, but won 46 per cent in areas where EVM was used.