Twenty-two years after the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya and 12 years after the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat, their ghost is haunting Varanasi, thanks to Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha seat from this religious city of Hindus.
Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi summarise the manifesto as good governance and development.
The apex court had on March 29 directed the Election Commission to explore the possibility of allowing postal ballots to the NRIs.
Terming as a “mirage” the efforts by some regional parties to form a third non-BJP, non-Congress alliance, Naidu said it will never materialise as there are more claimants for only a single post of the prime minister.
Speaking after the release of the BJP’s election manifesto soon after the staggered Lok Sabha election began, Modi said the BJP’s aim was to provide a “strong and united India” which would enjoy the world’s respect.
Santoshi Bhumej was the first woman to cast her ballot at a school which has been converted into a polling station for the day in Dibrugarh in the state of Assam.
The Congress, which has led India for a decade, has fallen out of favour with voters over a sharply slowing economy and massive corruption scandals.
While the candidates are racing to complete their door-to-door campaign, national leaders of big parties are making whirlwind tours of constituencies stirring up the electorate.
Telengana Rashtra Samithi releases manifesto, promises 12 per cent reservation for Muslims.
Congress leader says majority Hindus would be pitted against minority Muslims if hardliner Narendra Modi clinched power.
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