Opinion | Haryana Polls: BJP Aims For Record, Congress Seeks Comeback

A thrilling election is unfolding in Haryana, with significant implications for national politics. The results will indicate whether the BJP's trajectory is declining or if the Congress's Lok Sabha performance was an aberration.

The campaign vehicle of Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid was attacked Sunday by an assailant who stomped on the bonnet and the front windshield, damaging the glass.

The BJP's reverses in Maharashtra in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls were due to poor vote transfer from the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday.

The high-level panel on 'one nation, one election' studied election processes in seven countries including South Africa, Sweden and Belgium, before recommending simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and state assemblies in India.

The Cabinet clearing the Ramnath Kovind committee report for simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, Assemblies and local bodies at the same time - known as One Nation, One Election - has sparked a debate on how effective the proposal would be.

The Cabinet has approved 'one nation, one election' push - which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and state polls, with urban body and panchayat polls to be held within 100 days - accepting the report of a panel led by ex-President Ram Nath Kovind.