In its strike back on Rahul Gandhi's attack, the BJP alleged that the Congress chief had respect for JeM chief in his heart for he addressed with suffix 'ji' in his speech.

In the first blog from a series on the Lok Sabha elections agenda, Union minister Arun Jaitley claimed that issue of leadership will occupy foremost relevance in 2019 General Elections.

The NCP chief also indicated that Parth, son of his nephew and senior party leader Ajit Pawar, may be fielded from Maval Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district. 

The Chief Election Commissioner said the model code of conduct would come into immediate effect from Sunday. Among other restrictions, the model code bars the government from announcing any policy move that may impact voters' decision.

In 2014, the BJP had won 282 seats handing a crushing defeat to the 10-year-rule of the United Progressive Alliance led by Congress.

"Best wishes to the Election Commission, all those officials and security personnel who will be on the field, across the length and breadth of India assuring smooth elections. India is very proud of the EC for assiduously organising elections for several years," Modi tweeted.

Over 1.5 crore electors in 18-19 year age group will be eligible to vote for the first time in the seven-phased Lok Sabha election beginning April 11 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling upon them to vote in record numbers.

Lok Sabha Election 2019, the 'Mahakumbh of Indian democracy', will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23.

The Narendra Modi-led BJP is likely to emerge as the single largest party with 238 seats, just 13 short of the magical mark, in Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

According to the Chief Election Commissioner, a three member panel of observers will be appointed to assess the security situation for holding assembly election later. 

The advisory asks political parties to 'desist from displaying photographs of Defence personnel or photographs of functions involving defence personnel in advertisements, or otherwise as part of their election propaganda/campaigning'.

In the first opinion poll conducted after the IAF strike on terror camps, India TV-CNX have found that Narendra Modi is people's first choice for the PM post in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

In a bizarre incident, Bharatiya Janata Party's MP from Sant Kabir Nagar (UP) Sharad Tripathi and local BJP MLA Rakesh Singh exchanged blows during a district planning meeting in Collectorate office on Wednesday.

The announcement by the former Delhi chief minister came following a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

In an opinion poll conducted by India TV-CNX in 27 Parliamentary constituencies of Uttar Pradesh between March 1-3, the majority clearly did not approve of the demand to present evidences of air strikes by IAF on terror camps in Pakistan.

A whopping 91.78 pc respondents said Abhinandan's release within two days was a big diplomatic victory for India, while 2.25 pc said "No". The remaining 5.97 pc had no opinion.

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which was staring at major rout in Uttar Pradesh as per last India TV-CNX Opionion Poll's has made significant stride in the post IAF airstrike scenario.

The survey found that while 42.02 per cent voters thought economic issues will be most important while voting in upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 24.35 per cent opined that Pulwama terror attack and its aftermath would affect their decision.

Sixty-two per cent respondents in the India TV-CNX opinion poll backed war with Pakistan to end the dispute, while 25.79 per cent felt that government should continue to strategically target terror camps across the border.

To gauge the mood of the nation after the IAF strike, CNX, a Delhi based research and survey agency has conducted a series of Opinion Polls for IndiaTV.