The Congress accused PM Narendra Modi of omitting property details in affidavits he filed during previous elections. Congress has urged Election Commission of India to look into the matter.

Addressing a public rally in Kollam, Gandhi said, “We want people to feel comfortable in the country. I chose Kerala because you (people of Kerala) are very good example of this. Your history of tolerance, understanding cultures is with openness and confidence.”

Earlier the Congress's state unit spokesperson Naresh Chauhan had sought Satti's apology, but he refused saying he merely read out the contents of a message which was already viral on social media.

Keeping up his attack on Modi on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Gandhi asked the prime minister how come industrialist Anil Ambani got the offset contract despite having no experience in manufacturing such planes.

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, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will file his nomination from Lucknow today, while PM Narendra Modi will address 4 rallies in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Stay tuned to this space for live and latest updates on the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Stating that it will consider the criminal contempt petition, the court made it clear that the remarks made by Gandhi in public have been "incorrectly attributed" to the court.

Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti ensured that the discourse for Lok Sabha elections 2019 went low further. This is latest in the long list of extremely distasteful comments made during the current election season.

Addressing a press conference here, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Gandhi of lying and said while the Indian Constitution gives every citizen the freedom to speak, it does not give freedom to "lie and abuse".

Addressing the gathering in Jarar Mandi in Bah tehsil, around 70 km from Agra city, Priyanka Gandhi said: "The public resources are being spent on massive publicity campaigns. From food packets to radio and TV, there was publicity for the BJP everywhere.

In a video clip released just days before Tamil Nadu goes to polls, DMK supporters have decided to pay tribute to the show by explaining it with analogies from Tamil Nadu politics and multiple plotlines of Game of Thrones.

Addressing a rally in Fatehpur Sikri, which goes to the polls in the second phase on April 18, Rahul Gandhi said, "Everywhere it is the publicity of Narendra Modi. Where is the money coming from? Thirty seconds on TV or newspaper advertisements require lakhs of rupees. Who is giving the money for it? It is not coming from Modi's pocket."

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, Rahul Gandhi is slated to address election rallies in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was slated to be on a two-day visit to Amethi from today, has stalled her visit. Stay tuned to this space for live and latest updates on the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Addressing an election rally, Modi said: "The Congress has always insulted Dr Ambedkar. But I have seen other parties too that claimed to follow the ideology of Dr Ambedkar and then betrayed him. For all these parties, it is the family that comes first."  

To garner votes, star campaigner of the BJP Amit Shah will hold a roadshow in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, from where he is contesting, on Sunday. Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi held a rally in Kathua district of in Jammu and Kashmir to canvass for Union Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh.

"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.