LS polls | Priyanka Gandhi terms Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'Pradhan Prachar Mantri'
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked voters here to help remove politics of divisiveness and negativity and think of future generations and save the country.Earlier in the day, PM Narendra Modi in a candid non-political interaction with actor Akshay Kumar said that he never thought of becoming the Prime Minister of India. Modi also spoke about his friends in opposition parties, especially Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mamata Banerjee. During third phase polls which were held on Tuesday, Kerala recorded a high polling percentage in recent times, indicating voters may have strongly reacted to poll issues like Sabarimala entry for women of all ages, floods and anti-incumbency factors. Karnataka, on the other hand, witnessed an estimated 67% polling.
Movie on Modi will tilt electoral balance: EC to SC
The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "hagiography", which treats the subject with undue reverence, and its public screening during poll campaign will "tilt the electoral balance", the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court while opposing the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi before the polls end on May 19.
Rest of Madhya Pradesh has little resonance with the communally charged, high-decibel electoral battle being fought between Congress’s Digvijay Singh and Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a jibe at Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee calling her 'sticker didi' who labels central welfare schemes as those run by her government.