Campaigning  

A land meant for campaigning purposes was eventually grabbed by CPI(M) workers in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to construct a party library. Several people have accused chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan of displaying nepotism towards his party workers

Just after the Election Commission of India had ordered that campaigning in nine parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal must end by 10PM (Thursday, May 16), MK Stalin, chief of DMK, took to Twitter to express his displeasure. The BJP and the AIADMK have asked him to check for facts.

In a campaigning speech in Tamil Nadu, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan had made a controversial statement. Kamal had said that the country's ‘first terrorist was a Hindu’ referring to Nathuram Godse, who killed Mahatma Gandhi

While campaigning in Chincholi, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah labelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “liar”. Reacting to the insult, the BJP said the Congress is resorting to a tactic of desperation as it knows it is losing
 

From Delhi’s India Gate to the Ghats of Banaras, Kapil Mishra is campaigning for Narendra Modi. His slogan “Mera PM Mera Abhimaan” has created a wave among the youth of India already and now he is busy in Delhi with his campaign “Saaton Seetein Modi Ko”

Criticising the brother-sister duo Kejriwal said they aren’t going to those places where there is a direct fight with BJP to hold rallies.

Tejasvi Surya, the BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, with strong Hindutva credentials, is campaigning for Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal

BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa will be campaigning in Delhi. As many as seven Lok Sabha seats will be going for polls in the single-phase election to be held on May 12

Congress MP Sushmita Dev has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of giving hate speeches and invoking the defence forces to gain political mileage during their campaigning for Lok Sabha polls

Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP candidate from Amethi Smriti Irani turned a fire fighter on Sunday. A huge fire broke out when she was campaigning in Amethi. She went straight to the fire-affected fields in Purab Dwara village where she not only met the locals whose houses were affected but also took part is arranging water to douse the fire. Amethi goes to polls on May 6 where Irani is fighting Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

April 21, the last day of campaigning in Kerala for Lok Sabha ended in violence. District collector Sreeram Sambasiva Rao declared curfew on voting day
 

The names of seven JD(S) workers who travelled to Colombo are Puttaraju and Maregowda (missing), and M Rangappa, KG Hanumantharayappa, Ramesh, Laxmi Narayan and Shivakumar, who are confirmed dead.

 

The IT raid came after former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy completed their campaigning in Vijayapura.

Siddaramaiah lashed out at Eshwarappa, terming him a slave of the RSS and also said that he would become the next chief minister and claimed that only Congress party had provided all the benefits to the people.

Naganagouda, the JD(S) MLA from Gurmitkal, not ready to campaign for Congress candidate Mallikarjun Kharge in Kalaburagi? Here is what both leaders think of each other