Rahul and Priyanka were the archetypal brother-sister duo at the Kanpur airport -- where they bumped into each other while waiting to board flights, albeit to two different places.

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, PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi on Saturday addressed simultaneous public rallies in Uttar Pradesh, as the campaigning for the fourth phase came to an end. Read on to know how the day unfolded on April 27.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said Congress President Rahul Gandhi is showing signs of desperation as the "fake" narratives built by him over the Rafale jet deal and loan waivers to business houses have evaporated.  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday found his namesake in a young boy while addressing a rally here and asked him to come up on the dais, much to the amusement of people.

Plane carrying Congress president Rahul Gandhi faced a mid-air scare today. The plane was flying to Patna from Delhi but had to return due to a snag in the engine. Rahul Gandhi was supposed to attend three rallies in Bihar.

BJP president Amit Shah said during Ghazipur rally in Uttar Pradesh that Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi were upset with Balakot air strikes.

In what can be termed as conceding defeat ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2019 results, Arvind Kejriwal has said that the only person that should be blamed if the BJP comes back to power would be Rahul Gandhi.

On Tuesday, Udit Raj was denied the ticket by the saffron party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed a rally in Jharkhand's Lohardaga. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi began her three-day tour of Fatehpur, Mahoba and Hamirpur, Hansi, Orai, Jalaun and Barabanki constituencies.

Rahul Gandhi admitted yesterday that he had misquoted the Supreme Court after its ruling on the Rafale deal and said he had done it as "rhetorical flourish in the heat of political campaigning", without having seen, read or analysed the order.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has already stated that Anil Ambani's company was one of the nearly 100 companies who got offset contracts from the makers of Rafale aircraft, Dassault Aviation. 

In Phase 3, stakes are high for the ruling BJP and its allies as they bagged 66 seats out of these 116 spread across 14 states and Union Territories in 2014 general election, while the Congress and its alliance partners won 27, and the rest went to other opposition parties and Independents.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday said Rahul Gandhi has very low credibility which has been eroded further with the Congress president expressing regret in the Supreme Court over his statement in connection with the Rafale judgment.  

An Independent candidate and three others had on Saturday raised objections over the Congress president's nomination from the constituency, alleging discrepancies over citizenship and educational qualifications in his election affidavit.

The apex court on April 15 had given a categorical clarification that in its Rafale judgment there was no occasion for it to make a mention of the contemptuous observation that "chowkidar Narendra Modi chor hain" as has been attributed to it by Gandhi.

The Lok Sabha polls are underway 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 will address 4 rallies in Maharashtra and Rajasthan today, while Priyanka and Sonia Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Raebareli from today.

Addressing an election meeting in Dharai under Amethi assembly segment, Irani exhorted voters to bid adieu to their MP, saying give “bidai” (farewell) to the “naamdar” and send a “kamal” (lotus- BJP poll symbol) to New Delhi from Amethi this time.

The union minister also blamed the Congress president for not taking on the Left politics in Wayanad.

As the political blitzkrieg picks up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi have upped the ante. PM Modi addressed election rallies in Gujarat and Rajasthan today, while Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also addressed a rally in Mumbai.

Vasava had earlier taken a swipe at the claim of some Congress supporters that Gandhi was an "incarnation of Lord Shiva", asking the Congress chief to prove the claim by consuming poison.