M Kharge To Decide Amethi, Raebareli Candidates, Says Congress

Amid speculation over whether Gandhi family members would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh and Raebareli, the Congress on Monday said its Central Election Committee (CEC) has authorised party chief Mallikarjun Kharge to decide.

As the campaign heats up for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, the weather department has predicted heatwave to severe heatwave conditions for several states over the next five days.

Four out of five times the BJP has formed governments, it has been following an increased polling percentage.

The redrawn electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag constituency has come as a hurdle to political parties of Kashmir Valley.

A group of Congress workers on Sunday held a protest near the office of the party's Northeast Delhi's candidate for Lok Sabha polls Kanhaiya Kumar, demanding a local person to be nominated from the seat.

Dressed in a sari, wearing a helmet, Minister Smriti Irani was seen riding a scooter and meeting people in her Uutar Praddesh Lok Sabha constituency of Amethi.