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The BJP also demanded that Central forces’ deployment be continued until the results were declared as the party apprehended “violence and reprisals”. The petition was given to the ECI by Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
 

On Monday UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath recommended the governor to sack Om Prakash Rajbhar from cabinet for his persistent anti-BJP stance.

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa  said, Siddaramaiah had even admitted that the coalition has not worked for them and he has no surprise in the saffron party winning in Karnataka and many other states
 

The BJP had hoped to compensate for the loss of seats to the SP-BSP gathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh (UP) by breaking new ground in Odisha and West Bengal (WB)

BJP may capture one to three seats in Telangana and one seat in Kerala. However, the party finds no presence in the other states of the south. But, the party is all set to paint Karnataka saffron

While Uttar Pradesh had emerged as the biggest headache for the BJP as it was faced with the mammoth caste equation forged by the SP and BSP coming together, it was made even more formidable by the addition of the Muslim votes to this list. An average of the exit polls gives BJP seats in UP in the range of 41 to 44 seats

The first three or four early exit polls show a clear majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance

The exit poll numbers will predict the total number of seats each political party will bag during the Lok Sabha elections 2019
 

Shyam Jaju, national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party, has condemned the violence happening in West Bengal during the polls.

BJP leader Hanumantharaju's message included the picture calling Godse a "great patriot" and said his ashes have still not been immersed in the Sindhu river. Taking note of it, the Karnataka BJP has expelled him

COT Naseer, an independent candidate from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency and a former CPM leader was attacked by two people on Saturday evening in Thalassery, Kerala.
 

Not sure of Fourth Front being effective, says Lagadapati Rajagopal, former Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh.

Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah in Karnataka has once again grabbed the headlines after calling Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur a terrorist. State BJP media panellist Vivek Subba Reddy condemned Siddaramaiah's claim.

On the final day of campaigning that ended with twin press conferences between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, the Congress president scored a massive self-goal by claiming the party has its own set of journalists

The Congress leader was found with wounds on her body. Police suspect that she was murdered. In 2013, Reshma Padeknur had contested the assembly elections on a JD(S) ticket but quit the party and joined the Congress before the assembly elections in 2018.