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Subrata Banerjee, an astrologer and vastu consultant from Kolkata, is the latest to join a league of soothsayers predicting that the controversial Chief Minister of India’s western Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, would be the next prime minister of India.

The analysis of the affidavits is the latest from the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch.

Singh said that if elected, he would pay attention to building basic infrastructure and develop the traffic system in Ghaziabad.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi released the manifesto at the party office in New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders.

Party sources told media the manifesto sets aspirational goals like creating 250 million jobs over and constructing a high-speed rail network.

The manifesto is an attempt to win over millions of voters ahead of the world’s biggest elections starting on April 7.

The poll did not support suggestions that Indians have rejected hereditary candidates. Many said they preferred politicians who hail from dynasties.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat was on Monday wriggling with embarrassment after a video showing its Rajkot Lok Sabha candidate walking over a group of young students to test their yoga skills went viral on mobile phone messaging application WhatsApp.

Many senior leaders unhappy after being denied tickets for Lok Sabha polls.