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With elections fast approaching, there seems to be no end to the jibes one politician makes against another. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu called YSRCP’s YSR Jaganmohan Reddy a “ganja plant in a garden of tulsis”.
 

Once again, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy expresses his displeasure over the Congress in Karnataka. Though the two parties are in an alliance in Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the Congress and the JD(S) party are not on the same page with respect to which party will contest from where.

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, on Sunday, announced that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, instead he will work for the success of his party - Makkal Needhi Maiam

The Bajrang Dal activists who joined TMC came back to BJP on Sunday after they failed to accept demands made by the Mamata Banerjee-led party. they joined the saffron party in presence of  BJP leader Mukul Roy.

The BJP has alleged that Twitter handles and social media platforms are being misused by Kejriwal and other AAP leaders with the 'intention of scaring one community' and 'provoking another community' just for the 'sake of a few votes'

Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Bharti, who represents Jhansi in the Lok Sabha, told Shah that she will be happy to accept any other responsibilities assigned to her by the party, but will not contest in the election
 

Out of 39 Lok Sabha seats, the ruling AIADMK and the opposition party DMK will be contesting 20 seats leaving 19 seats for their allies

Congress MP Muddahanumegowda from Tumakuru is all set to contest against the alliance party chief Deve Gowda in the Lok Sabha election and has threatened to turn rebel.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been asked to contest from Wayanad by The Congress in Kerala. The party members are awaiting Rahul Gandhi’s reply.

BJP’s hyper animated TV face Sambit Patra will now contest from the beach city of Puri in Odisha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released 36 names from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam and Meghalaya at a little past 1 AM on Saturday.

In its first list that the BJP released on Thursday, it has given Lok Sabha tickets to Umesh Jadhav, A Manju and Devendrappa. All the three are ex-Congressmen. The move has induced a sense of betrayal among loyal party workers

 

Malaka Reddy, a senior Congress leader, joined the BJP in presence of state Karnataka BJP party president BS Yeddyurappa. Malaka Reddy blamed AICC president Rahul Gandhi for his unnecessary criticisms of Narendra Modi and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for his nepotism for quitting the party

 

Sources say Congress leader Jitin Prasada was unhappy with the party ever since he has been asked to change his seat from Dhorohra to Lucknow

Congress Working Committee member Oommen Chandy claimed that the CPM is making false statements about the UDF by linking the party with the BJP and countered allegations by stating that it is the Communist Party which has been supporting the BJP.

 

Anti-separatist political party Jammu and Kashmir Awami Forum on Friday announced it's candidates for 2019 polls from the terror hotbeds of Anantnag, Srinagar and Baramullah.