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Since he switched to BJP in 2015, Himanta Sarma has been critical of Rahul Gandhi, describing the Congress leader as "arrogant" and someone who preferred a "servant-master" relationship. "I am grateful to Rahul Gandhi. I would not have become the Chief Minister of Assam and served the state, had he not shunted me out of the Congress party," he told a media house.

Criticising the way Arvind Kejriwal reacted to the summons, the Assam leader said that even PM Modi appeared before SIT team when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The AAP leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 under the anti-money laundering law after conducting searches at his official residence in the Civil Lines area of the national capital.​​ Referring to his arrest, Sarma said that "even chief ministers won't be spared for graft".

With the extension of Arvind Kejriwal's remand, speculations are on if he would step down as Delhi Chief Minister and if he does who would replace him. Though the Aam Aadmi Party has made it clear that Kejriwal will continue as Delhi CM from jail but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thinks otherwise. BJP believes that Kejriwal's wife Sunita, who has been his voice ever since he was arrested, is being prepped for the role.

The 48-page Congress manifesto does not mention the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act or Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir before its revocation. However, the Congress has promised to restore full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and committed to amending the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to include the tribal areas of Ladakh.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Eknath Shinde urged people to vote for the ruling alliance in order to make Narendra Modi prime minister for the third time. He said the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi does not even have an agenda or intention for development.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Last month, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge caused much mirth among the treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha when he referred to BJP's '400 Paar' target in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. "Aapka itna bahumat hai, pehle 330,334 thi, ab to '400 paar' ho raha hai (You have a majority of 330, 334 seats and 400 is being crossed now)," the Congress leader said, prompting laughter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was present in the House, and other BJP leaders in the treasury benches.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kamal Nath won the seat nine times since 1980, except once in 1997 when Kamal Nath was defeated by former BJP chief minister Sundarlal Patwa. In 2019, his son, Nakul, contested from the seat and defeated his BJP rival by 37,536 votes to emerge as the lone Congress MP in the state.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Ajit Pawar, who has fielded his wife against his sister-in-law, on Saturday said this Lok Sabha election is not about family relations but a battle between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Supriya Sule is Pawar senior's daughter and sitting MP from Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: The BJP has an edge having won 52 out of 88 seats in 2019. Congress had won in 18 seats while undivided Shiv Sena won four each, Muslim League (two wins), and BSP, Communist Party Of India (Marxist), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Kerala Congress (M) and Janata Dal (Secular) one each.

Raids were conducted at 88 locations in Delhi and seven in other states on October 3 against the suspects named in the FIR and those that surfaced in the analysis of data, police said. Around 300 electronic gadgets were also seized from the offices of NewsClick and the residences of the journalists who were examined., India News - Times Now