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Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to hit out at the EC. He said, “The EC used to be feared & respected. Not anymore"

By-poll is being conducted in Chincholi and Kundagol constituencies of Karnataka. People, including a pregnant woman, stood in long queues in Chincholi to cast their votes. BJP’s candidate from Kundagol visited Doddoppa temple before casting his vote.

After his meet with Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu is all set to meet Uttar Pradesh's former chief ministers Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Saturday evening to discuss the alliance in the post-election scenario

In his campaign speech in Chincholi, Karnataka, Basangouda Patil Yatnal, senior BJP leader criticised Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of opposition and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda for resorting to family politics and other issues 

At an election rally in Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Modi, calling himself the perfect example for a person who serves the poor, said that his life is an open book in spite of being the chief minister of Gujarat for more than 12 years and the Prime Minister of India for five years. 
 

In the face of a fractured mandate that the opposition is banking on, the idea is to get the first invite as the single largest party through a united forum. However, the President has discretionary powers on who to call first, in such circumstances

The opposition political parties including Congress and the CPI (M) alleged the presence of massive rigging, booth capturing, irregularities in the constituency at the time when voting was held on April 11

Francesca Marino, an Italian journalist in her report mentions that to hush up the matter JeM members also visited the families of those killed and handed over cash compensation to them

According to reports, Chandrababu Naidu and Rahul Gandhi discussed the post-poll scenario and more or less agreed to call for a meeting of opposition parties on May 21

 

NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik made the comment after the Supreme Court dismissed the plea of 21 opposition parties seeking a review of its April 8 order directing the EC to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per Assembly segment
 

Senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for petitioners, told the bench that the apex court had increased the random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment and they are now seeking that it should be increased to 25% at least

The Election Commission on Monday gave clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two more cases of alleged violation of the model code of conduct. They are the Ahmedabad roadshow and the Chitradurga speech. 
 

HD Revanna, son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda plunged into controversy as he said Dakshina Kannada district nosedived to the fifth position in the SSLC results as it voted for the BJP. Naturally, the opposition laughed and dismissed the statement as 'absurd'.   
 

The Congress and other opposition parties have started accusing the Modi government of having no control over naxalism

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