POLITICS

Sisodia had withdrawn his interim bail plea last week to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court presided over Sisodia's hearing on Friday, following the expiration of his previously extended judicial custody.

Speaking at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Guna, Amit Shah lambasted the Congress for indulging in appeasement politics through the advocacy of personal law reforms.

Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, had flatly denied reports suggesting changes to backward class reservations under his Congress government. The allegations, he said, are baseless and went on to explain that the inclusion of Muslims in the backward class reservation dates back to the L.G. Havanur Commission Report of 1974.

While leaders of Congress in Goa are saying the Constitution must be changed, its chief Mallikarjun Kharge is claiming BJP will change the Constitution if it wins more than 400 Lok Sabha seats, Tawde said..

Highlighting the appeasement politics of the opposition, Nadda pointed directly at the Congress Manifesto, emphasizing its clear manifestation.

Maintaining that "democracy is all about striving to build harmony and trust between all institutions." In a bid to uphold the essence of democracy, the bench, consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, delivered unified verdicts, rejecting all pleas related to the matter, including calls for reverting to the traditional ballot paper system.

Adityanath, speaking at a political rally in Mainpuri earlier in the day, expressed, "I feel pity for helpless Shivpal. He is like a person who hears the katha of satyanarayan and then eats churan distributed there."

The polling in Madhya Pradesh's Betul was postponed in this phase to May 7 on account of the unfortunate death of the BSP candidate.

Highlighting the intentions of his opponents, PM Modi emphasized that certain political factions, including the Congress, SP, and the INDIA bloc, were seeking votes to appease specific sections of their voter base, thereby threatening the rights of others. He particularly singled out the Samajwadi Party, characterizing it as a party centered around familial interests rather than the welfare of the broader populace.

During a series of election rallies in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi revealed what he termed an “interesting fact” for the nation. He recounted, “When Mrs. Indira Gandhi passed away, her property was supposed to go to her children. Had the previous law been in place, the government would have taken a portion of it. At that time, there was a talk that to save the property, her son and then Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) simply abolished the inheritance law. When it came to their own interests, they removed the law,” said Prime Minister Modi.