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The BJP announced its new candidate for the Kaiserganj constituency by nominating Karan Bhushan Singh, the younger son of incumbent MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who faces a barrage of allegations of sexual harassment that marred his reputation and made women wrestlers take to the streets in protests.

Allegations of an explicit video that surfaced yesterday in which Prajwal Revanna is said to have sexually harassed and ill-treated women has sent shockwaves through Karnataka's political potpourri just a week before the Lok Sabha elections.

A seasoned politician with a track record, having represented Firozabad in UP twice in the Lok Sabha, Raj Babbar has the experience and political astuteness that he brings to the table.

The rally, organized by Salman Khurshid, was marked by hostile speeches and later became viral on multiple social networking sites.

He asked how an aimless coalition, at best, could govern the country efficiently and be placed in power. He illustrated a grim scenario of different leaders relishing in power, all indulging in corruption and mismanagement.

Irani completed her form diligently before filing her nominations in duplicate and handing over her papers to District Election Officer Nisha Anant to indicate her strong intensions for the polls.

Accompanied by Chief Minister Champai Soren, brother-in-law Basant Soren, Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur, and ministers Alamgir Alam and Satyanand Bhokta, among others, Kalpana, 48, took this significant step ahead of the by-election scheduled for May 20, which is slated to coincide with the state's parliamentary elections.