Akoijam highlighted the severe humanitarian impact of the crisis, citing over 60,000 people displaced and 200 lives lost amidst a civil war-like situation where communities are forced into armed conflict for self-defense.

Upset over her daughter being denied the Bhiwani-Mahendergarh Lok Sabha seat, Kiran Chaudhary reportedly boycotted campaigning for Congress's Rao Dan Singh, who lost to BJP's Dharambir Singh by 41,510 votes.

The election will cover 6,370 gram panchayat seats, 423 seats in 35 panchayat samitis, and 116 seats in eight zilla parishads.

Although Bittu did not win as an MP, he did lead in five of the nine assembly segments, all of these urban. Inducting him as a minister conveys an important message to the electorate and the people that their choice was respected.

During the election campaign, Modi had announced that Odisha’s first BJP government would be sworn in on June 10. BJP state president Manmohan Samal had reiterated this on Saturday.

In the state by-polls, the Congress party has already registered victory in three Assembly segments Gagret, Sujanpur and Lahaul Spiti although the results are yet to be declared formally. The BJP is leading by a reasonable margin in Kutlehar, while it is leading in the Badsar and Dharamshala Assembly segments.

The Congress was leading in seven seats, and the CPI (M) in one, while an Independent candidate was also ahead, stated Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal.

With campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections concluding on Thursday, the BJP and JMM are readying for the final fight in the Santhal region of Jharkhand, where the prestige of both parties is at stake.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, so far, has remained just a marginal player in Punjab, both in terms of the legislative assembly as well as the parliament because of its longtime alliance, now broken, with the Shiromani Akali Dal. 

In a viral video, Latha was seen asking the women voters at a polling booth to lift the burqa and show their face so that she could verify the identity.

Snatching rights of tribals, Dalits and the underprivileged is also a cruel form of corruption, says INDIA bloc’s new face. 

Hans, who filed his papers in the Faridkot district, was accompanied by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.