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Making a contrast and pitching NDA's developmental agenda, Nadda said that both PM Modi and Chief Minister Nitin Kumar stand for development.

Abdullah said the BJP has tried to break the federal structure through acts like abrogation of Article 370 and dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.

Nadda also made an attempt to blur caste lines by presenting development and jobs as a unifying factor.

Heavy rains and floods claimed at least 48 lives in Maharashtra's Pune, Konkan and Aurangabad divisions while crops on lakhs of hectares were damaged extensively due to heavy rains in the last few days, officials said on Friday.

Returning Officer Rajesh Kumar Verma said the nomination papers of Congress candidate Snehlata Babli were rejected due to certain shortcomings.

Union home minister Amit Shah said Rahul Gandhi should first give an account of how much territory India ceded to China under Congress rule.

Earlier this month, the LJP had walked out of the ruling NDA in Bihar after attacking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and announcing it would fight JD(U) candidates in the elections.

As of now, the parties will wage a political, constitutional and legal fight to get back their rights. Currently, the case is in the Supreme Court but there hasn't been any hearing for months.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other leaders of the NDA constituent parties will attend the rallies to be addressed by Modi, he said. On October 28, Modi will address rallies in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna, Fadnavis, the BJP's Bihar election in- cha...

Sources told CNN-News18 that a decision is likely to be taken after discussion with allies. But the party 'extremely upset with the tone and tenor' of the letter written by the governor.

The FIR was lodged on the basis of a video message, in which the BKU leader is seen asking farmers to burn effigies of the prime minister in all blocks in protest against the farm laws.

Tej Pratap was accompanied by his younger brother and the Rashtriya Janata Dal's CM nominee Tejashwi Yadav and senior party leaders Jagadanad Singh and Abdul Bari Siddiqui to the office of sub-divisional magistrate-cum-returning officer.

Beginning from capital city Bhopal, the celebrations took place in Gwalior- home to Scindias and in New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took part.

Jyotiraditya Scindhia, Sanjay Jha, Hemanta Biswa Sarma and Bijender Singh have complained of an impregnable coterie which has stopped access to top Congress leadership.

Marwahi is dominated mainly by Kanwar and Gond tribalcommunities. "Singh who hails from Gond community is a prominent name in the field of medicine and social service," the spokesperson said.

Deputy CM Sushil Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das are also among the list of star campaigners for the first phase of polls.