Congress leaders, on their part, are confident that the mobilisation of voters away from the BJP will gain more momentum in the state elections, scheduled for October 1, in the absence of national issues and the 'Modi factor'.

"Sunita Kejriwal will begin a two-day tour of the state from Saturday. She will visit Ambala, Bhiwani, and Rohtak," the party said.

The mobile internet and the bulk SMS services will remain suspended from 6pm Sunday to 6pm Monday, in the wake of the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that was marred by violence last year.

"If the Congress wants to take on the BJP, they should not look at win or loss. If they put up any candidate which is acceptable, we will support them. The candidate can be any prominent personality or eminent person, including from the sports field and he can be a joint candidate of the opposition. But if the Congress does not want to put up its candidate when polls are held for the Rajya Sabha seat, it would indicate that "there is match-fixing between Congress and BJP", Chautala said.

Blistering heat also continued to prevail in Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, which recorded a maximum temperature of 44 degrees Celsius, according to the centre's weather report.  

The incident occurred around 2 am on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. 

Rao Inderjit came to the Gurugram district court on Thursday and sought the support of the lawyers for his win. 

While the Congress is contesting on nine seats, its INDIA bloc ally AAP has fielded its candidate from the Kurukshetra constituency.

The policy has been approved for one year starting from June 12.

Dattatreya said, "We undertook a discussion down memory lane and exchanged pleasantries. He smiled and laughed at the good memories we exchanged during our journey together in the late eighties till 2014 to make the nation a better place."

"We had complained about the driver to school authorities several times but they failed to change him," parents of one of the students cited.

During the hearing on Wednesday, the bench asked Raju whether the agency intends to arrest him. Raju replied that Chhoker is absconding and not cooperating in the investigation and his arrest depends on the material before the ED.