India Political Highlights: 'Scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy', says Rahul Gandhi after Kejriwal's arrest

More big names to file nomination today

Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who performed puja at his residence in Jammu, is one of the early birds as he is set to file his nomination from Udhampur (J&K) as a BJP candidate.

BJP seeks Mandu MLA’s disqualification from J'khand assembly as he joins Congress

The BJP has demanded the disqualification of Mandu MLA Jai Prakash Bhai Patel as a member of the Jharkhand legislative Assembly, hours after he joined the Congress.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh performs puja at his residence in Jammu, ahead of filing his nomination

Banners against BJP MP Ranjan Bhatt come up in Vadoadra; party sees Congress hand

Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat came up at different spots in the city and were quickly removed by authorities on Wednesday morning, said party leaders. While police were tight-lipped about launching any probe, Bhatt along with Vadodara city BJP president Vijay Shah claimed police have detained two local Congress workers who were involved in putting up these banners at nearly 10 spots in Karelibaug and Harni areas on Tuesday night.

ED raid under way at former AIADMK minister C Vijayabaskar's residence at Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu: Sources

The logo of Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Here is what Congress leader Priyank Kharge said on FIR registered against Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje over her recent remark on Rameshwaram cafe blast

Priyank Kharge.

"BJP are habitual to level baseless allegations, create divisions in society, pit one religion against the other...FIR has been registered because they are inciting people and making inflammatory speeches. The Union Minister is creating enmity between the two states; that is not right."

Kharge, Rahul to address presser soon, Sonia likely to attend

Congress presser begins; Kharge, Rahul, Sonia in attendance

Kharge bats for impartial elections and a level playing ground for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls

Those in power should not have monopoly over media and other resources during the upcoming elections: Kharge

The pointers that have come out of the electoral bond issue has scarred India's image: Kharge

If we want to save our democracy, their must be a level-playing field. You know that there have been elections in some countries where only one leader is getting all the votes, says Kharge hinting at Russia elections

Look at the expenditures of BJP. They have monopoly in advertisement as well. Be it print media or social media, they have dominance everywhere: Kharge attacks saffron party in Congress presser

Opposition parties cannot spend even 10 per cent of what the BJP spends. I don't want to say how the BJP has taken money from several companies. I appeal for a free and fair elections: Kharge

BJP never gave account of its money, we want this to be looked at: Kharge

The BJP does not want to leave us in the condition of fighting elections: Kharge

Credit: YouTube/Congress

Accounts of the Congress that are frozen must be released immediately: Kharge

A systematic effort is under way by the PM to cripple Congress financially: Sonia Gandhi

Credit: YouTube/Congress

Assessment from 30 years back have been brought up and our accounts have been frozen so we cant fight elections: Congress treasurer Ajay Maken

From the past five weeks, we are not being able to use the money that we had collected, our workers had collected. What kind of a democracy is this, asks Ajay Maken

Credit: YouTube/Congress

An assault on Indian democracy, says Ajay Maken on the freezing of Congress accounts

When all political parties enjoy income tax exemptions, then why is it being slapped on the Congress? Seems like the BJP was waiting for the elections to come: Ajay Maken

How is democracy is still alive in the country when the principal opposition is unable use their own funds?: Ajay Maken

It is not the fight of Congress alone, but of the entire country: Ajay Maken

What happens when your entire financial identity is erased? This is what has been done to the Congress. We cannot support our workers, we cant support our candidates, our leaders cant even take a train from one place to another. This has been done just before the elections: Rahul Gandhi

Credit: YouTube/Congress

There are institutions in the country that are supposed to protect the democratic framework, but they have not said anything on this criminal action against the Congress party: Rahul

The idea that India is the largest democracy is a lie, says Rahul Gandhi

Even in most channeling circumstances, we are doing our very best to maintain the effectiveness of our election campaign. On one hand ,the electoral bond issue, which has been declared unconstitutional by the SC: Sonia Gandhi

As everyone knows, electoral bonds had benefited BJP massively. On the other hand, the finances of the principal opposition party are under determined assault. This is all unprecedented and highly undemocratic: Sonia Gandhi

Former Jammu and Kashmir Minister Lal Singh, who joined Congress yesterday, meets the party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Credit: X/@ANI

Congress leader Anand Sharma writes to the party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress leader Anand Sharma in a letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, written on March 19, opposed the caste census.

Read more

Congress leader Sachin Pilot accused BJP of violating the model code of conduct

Congress is the main opposition party and the way the Centre is behaving with us in now known to everyone. To seal bank accounts of Congress, reopening any 32-year-old Income Tax case, not providing a level-playing field economically to the Congress on some pretext, I believe that it is an absolute violation of Model Code of Conduct, ethics and Constitution. I would request the Election Commission to stop such kind of actions by the government

'Alliance was of 2022, it's not in 2024': Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on alliance with Apna Dal Kamerawadi

The Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), claiming it to be an ally of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, on Wednesday declared candidates for three seats in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Read more

I have become an irrigation minister to construct Mekedatu, says Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar

On DMK manifesto promising to stop Mekedatu project, Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar says, "It is the stand of DMK, it is the political agenda. I have become an irrigation minister to construct Mekedatu."

Earlier, Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra said that the Congress government in Karnataka has "sacrificed" the drinking water needs of the state's farmers and citizens for the "selfish" coalition politics of I.N.D.I.A. bloc

Read more

"It is the stand of DMK, it is the political agenda. I have become an irrigation minister to construct Mekedatu. It might be in their Manifesto. But we have already started our work legally. Mekedatu is not only for Karnataka, it is for the entire country. We will give 177 tmc of water according to the court order..."

NDA finalises seat sharing in Tamil Nadu

BJP releases third list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections

K Annamalai to contest from Coimbatore, Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and L Murugan from Nilgiris.

ED is political weapon of BJP: Atishi on ED team arriving at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence

Within an hour of the court issuing notice, they (ED) arrived at the residence of Arvind Kejriwal. This shows that today, the ED is not an independent investigative agency. It is a political weapon of the BJP.

Big conspiracy to arrest Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal just before Lok Sabha elections: AAP RS MP Raghav Chadha over ED action

ED team at Kejriwal's residence for questioning, hours after HC refuses protection to AAP leader

An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team reached Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence Thursday evening, officials said, shortly after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.

Read more

'Even if Kejriwal is arrested, he will not resign': Delhi Legislative Assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel

AAP workers stage protest outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's residence

Arvind Kejriwal will not seek urgent hearing on plea for protection in SC tonight, says senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi

Arvind Kejriwal arrested by ED officials in Delhi excise policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials.

Follow our coverage on Kejriwal's arrest here

Congress releases third list of 57 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

Arvind Kejriwal will continue as CM of Delhi, to run govt from jail, says AAP leader Atishi

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Kejriwal's arrest

Kovai Sathyan, AIADMK Spokesperson on Kejriwal's arrest

'Shocked': Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Kejriwal's arrest

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan reacts to Kejriwal's arrest

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest is highly objectionable. This action is part of the effort to shut down the opposition voices at the stage of the election process. This shows the cowardice of those who fear the democratic process.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

'Scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy': Rahul Gandhi's reaction after Arvind Kejriwal's arrest