"One day the focus would be on the BJP candidate's educational qualifications, fully forgetting that a public audit of Rahul Gandhi's academic credentials may leave a lot to be answered. After all, he got an M.Phil without a Masters degree," Jaitley said in Facebook.  

  "A saint has come to your door. When a saint comes to beg and is not given what he asks for, he takes away all the happiness of the family and in turn curses the family.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the 'Modi factor' was writ large across the country during the first phase of elections and multi-cornered contests in several states favoured the ruling BJP.

"I have a question. Why all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, and Narendra Modi? We don't know how many more such Modis will come out," Gandhi said.

Other than political bigwigs, hundreds of people are also expected to gather at the memorial in the memory of the martyrs.

Siliguri Police Commissioner BL Meena confirmed that the Congress had sought permission for landing a helicopter at police ground which was denied.

The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed rallies in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Congress president Rahul Gandhi also held rallies in 3 parts of Karnataka. Stay tuned to this space for live and latest updates on the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

The BJP on Friday launched a sit-in demonstration in front of the office of state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) protesting against stray incidents of violence during and after the polls in Cooch Behar.

Union minister Maneka Gandhi has been caught on camera threatening a few members of the Muslim community to vote for her in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls or face consequences.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Karnataka on Saturday for their candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress party has formed an alliance with the DMK for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

Congress party has been trying to corner the Modi government over the Rafale deal.

"The work done under MGNREGA will be used to build and renew water bodies," he said in a Facebook post.

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while addressing a press briefing at party headquarters in New Delhi, said no letter was addressed to the home ministry.

In a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Congress party had, earlier in the day, said the security breach happened on April 10 when Rahul Gandhi was addressing the media after filing nomination from Amethi. 

The Congress fared poorly in the last parliamentary elections and could win only seven of these 91 seats. Five of its seats came from the North-East where the BJP has considerably consolidated its position in the last five years. 

In a letter, three Congress leaders said that a laser was pointed at Rahul during his interaction with journalists after filing nomination for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday.

A day after the world celebrated Siblings day and on a day that stands to mark the final test of nerve between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the Lok Sabha polls commenced today with the onset of first phase of polling, we analyse what it takes to be a committed brother-sister duo.

While addressing the people of Aonla on Wednesday, Yogi said that India might have got political independence in 1947 but Muslim women got independence only recently -- after the abolition of triple talaq.

When asked if PM Modi was invincible, Sonia Gandhi told reporters: "Not at all. Remember 2004? Atal Bihari Vajpayee looked invincible. But we won."