A day before the end of the present Lok Sabha session, the CAG report tabled on Tuesday. This is the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha as the general elections are due in April-May.

So far, the Chief Minister has participated in 'Dharma Porata Deeksha' in 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh.

The union minister also accused the Congress party of launching 'fake campaigns' against the defence forces, judiciary and Reserve Bank, and said it is time to protect the country as well as its institutions from 'institution wreckers'.

Shah said the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "gave a new direction of development" to the nation since 2014.

Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, Sitharaman said, "you can wake one who is sleeping, but how will you wake someone who is acting to sleep."

Playing the audio tape, Sharanagouda said in Kumaraswamy's presence that Yeddyurappa told him that he had booked the state legislative Assembly Speaker (K.R. Ramesh Kumar) by paying him Rs 50 crore.  

Rahul also accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of lying in this matter.

The rally is aimed at energising party workers and supporters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

“Amit Shah is not allowing the court to work,” stressed Rahul Gandhi.

Fresh opinion poll in Uttar Pradesh's Purvanchal region shows reservation for poor in general category and Priyanka Gandhi's induction in Congress have given a boost to BJP and Congress respectively, while giving a setback to SP-BSP alliance.

Chouhan, a BJP national vice-president, was scheduled to attend two rallies Wednesday - one at Baharampur in Murshidabad district and the other at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district.

"Modi govt is doing dirty politics, last night the posters were put up here now being removed," ANI quoted Congress’ Jagdish Sharma, as saying.

Calling the TMC government in West Bengal as "corrupt and undemocratic", he criticised Banerjee for not allowing benefits of central schemes to be passed on to the people of the state.

Gandhi and the Congress have been terming the deal to purchase Rafale fighters from France to be the "biggest defence scam".

The BJP chief exuded confidence of retaining power, while stressing that Narendra Modi will become Prime Minister again after 2019 elections.   

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Shah was addressing a meeting of BJP's booth-level workers in Kanpur today ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.  

Taking exception to the statement, Union minister Smriti Irani condemned the language of the social media post and demanded an explanation for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

"Friends, the ex-defence minister clearly stated that he has nothing to do with the new deal that was orchestrated by Mr Narendra Modi to benefit Anil Ambani," Gandhi told booth-level party workers meeting in Kochi.

The Congress president claimed that the move would be unprecedented as 'no government in the world has ever taken such a decision'.