The searches, carried out in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, were also related to cases of assets held abroad, they said.

  To a question whether a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on the cards, he said "I need nobody's permission to meet anyone".

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Odisha in-charge Arun Singh on Friday said PM Modi will visit Odisha to attend a mega public rally in Khurda on December 24.

Many from the student community face an "uphill task" and assured them of direct access to opportunities and vowed to end corruption in the system, Gandhi observed.

  He also took a dig at the prime minister for his extensive campaigning, saying, "Dear Mr Modi, Now that campaigning is over, hope you can spare some time for your part-time job as PM."

Gandhi said that the 'Peoples Alliance', if voted to power in Telangana, would aim to transform farmers' lives by injecting farm technology and connecting agrarians to the world.

  "You are neither concerned about farmers, nor soldiers, you are only concerned about Anil Ambani-like 'suit-boot' people," he said.

“Electioneering ended at 5 pm today. Polling will take place from 8 am to 5 pm on December 7 in 199 constituencies,” Rajasthan’s chief electoral officer Anand Kumar said.

Alleging that the Gandhi family had been enjoying privileges for four generations, Modi said the court order was the "victory of the honest".  

PM Modi even joked that Rahul Gandhi does not have a clue about names of his own party leaders.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal slammed Adityanath and alleged he was watching a sound and light show in Gorakhpur with his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh when the violence took place on Monday.

Gandhi further said it was the bad luck of the ‘chowkidar’ (watchman), a term he often uses for Modi, that there was no dearth of honest judges who do not allow “arrogance of power to prevail over truth”.

Gandhi alleged the Modi government worked for top 15 industrialists of the country. 

Modi latched on to Gandhi's barb while addressing a rally in Sikar district.

The apex court, however, restrained the Income Tax Department from implementing its order on proceeding till the pendency of matter before it.

Assembly polls for 199 seats of the total 200 seats in Rajasthan are due on December 7.

Addressing a poll-rally in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, PM Modi said; "Now, this naamdaar (Rahul Gandhi) is saying that I do not have knowledge on Hinduism. Will this even determine the voting process in Rajasthan".

"I am in Telangana today to address public meetings and to assure the great people of this state that the Congress will help fulfill their dreams," he said. 

Two days back, Sidhu had mocked Amarinder Singh in Hyderabad when reporters asked him about going to Pakistan, to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kartarpur corridor, despite his disapproval.

Many Punjab ministers have demanded his resignation over his jibe at Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and calling Rahul Gandhi as his 'captain'.