Bhubaneswar, May 17 - Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday picked holes in the BJP's claims of winning more than 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, saying the ruling party will not even cross the 200-seat mark.

Agartala, May 16 - Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, who addressed several election rallies in West Bengal in the past few weeks, claimed on Thursday that the BJP will win at least 32 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in that state.

New Delhi, May 16 - Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday that despite the Gandhi family "packing its bags and running away" from a direct contest in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading the party’s campaign from backstage.

Srinagar, May 16 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Srinagar on Thursday evening on a two-day visit to the Valley.

Patna, May 16 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah said during an election campaign in Bihar’s Sitamarhi District on Thursday that just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi had got the Ram Temple made in Ayodhya a monument dedicated to Sita would be built

Pratapgarh (UP), May 16 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the INDIA bloc will disintegrate after June 4 when the votes for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections are counted.

Patna, May 16 - Hajipur (SC Reserved) seat is one of the hot seats of Bihar which will decide the political future of youth leader Chirag Paswan, who is the National President of the Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas (LJP-RV).

Kolkata, May 16 - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, claimed that although she and her party Trinamool Congress are an integral part of the opposition INDIA bloc, the West Bengal unit of Congress and CPI-M are not included in it.

Mumbai, May 16 - Considered a BJP stronghold, the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat is largely an open-minded constituency, accepting leadership of the so-called ‘outsiders’, and electing one royal and four political greenhorns since 1952.

Guwahati, May 16 - The state unit of the Congress party is confident of winning at least five constituencies in Assam in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls.

Bhubaneswar, May 15 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a 2 km-long roadshow in Odisha's Cuttack city on Wednesday.

Kalyan (Maharashtra), May 15 - Slamming Congress' 'divisive' agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the party is not only adamant on taking away reservation from SC/ST/OBC and the poor to give it to Muslims, but also believes in the "destructive idea"

Patna, May 15 - BJP National President JP Nadda on Wednesday slammed the Congress at a public meeting in Bihar’s Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency and called it the ‘most dishonest’ political party in the country.

Chandigarh, May 15 - A day ahead of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to Punjab for the election campaign, former Punjab chief minister and Congress candidate from Jalandhar (reserved) Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday said Kejriwal was involved in liquor

Kolkata, May 15 - BJP President J.P. Nadda on Wednesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ‘friends’ in the opposition INDIA bloc want a “weak government” at the Centre to “pamper” infiltrators.

Mahoba/Hamirpur (UP), May 15 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the people of Bundelkhand to ensure that the deposits of candidates belonging to opposition parties are forfeited as they are “responsible” for creating mafia and dacoits in the region.

Srinagar, May 15 - Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) candidate for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Omar Abdullah on Wednesday blamed his opponent political parties for the problems faced by the people.

Bhubaneswar, May 15 - Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged the voters in Odisha to save the Constitution by voting in large numbers for the INDIA bloc.