Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took a dig at Pakistan's economic situation and said that India's neighbour doesn't even have money to pay salaries and nobody is sure if their atom bomb will work.
The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ended today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories.
The Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is voting today in the first elections since Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated in 2019 and the state was bifurcated into two Union Territories.
What should have been a direct contest between the BJP and the Congress in the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency is now a three-corner fight with an alliance of local groups fielding an Independent to challenge the national parties.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is not an issue for his party in the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that it will get the statehood anyway in view of commitment by the Prime Minister.
Ninety-six Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories including all seats in Andhra Pradesh, where assembly elections are also being held concurrently, and Telangana will go to polls today.