Opinion | Lok Sabha Polls: NDA Has A Clear Upper Hand In Phase 5

The challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is maintaining its tally and preventing any significant slippage in this phase.

The police on Saturday registered a case against 30 people and arrested five of them for allegedly manhandling an election official during a cash seizure at the office of a BJP candidate in the city, an official said.

Going just by the number of constituencies, Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections may seem like the least important one because only 49 seats will be voting. One look at some of names included in the list, however, reveals how important the phase is.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that election-time seizures have reached Rs 8,889 crore, with drugs comprising 45 per cent of the total.

Independent candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who is lodged in Tihar for alleged terror-funding activities, has significantly reduced his liabilities and increased assets in the last five years, his poll affidavit shows

One hundred and twenty-six candidates in fray for the third phase of Assembly elections in Odisha are 'crorepati', with BJD candidate from Champua segment Sanatan Mahakud the richest with Rs 227.67 crore assets.