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Pawan Singh, an independent candidate from Karakat Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, faces five cases of MCC violations after a roadshow with over 100 vehicles. He quit BJP to contest independently in Lok Sabha Elections 2024 against NDA and INDI Alliance candidates.

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While the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hopes to maintain - if not improve - its tally, the INDIA bloc will need to make a dent in the NDA's numbers to really gain some edge.

In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, a triangular contest is expected between the BJP, the INDIA bloc, and the BSP. The BJP has nominated Arun Govil, known for his role as Lord Ram in the TV serial Ramayana, while the SP has fielded Sunita Verma, a former mayor and Dalit leader. The BSP has put forward Devvrat Tyagi. The absence of a Muslim candidate has made the election interesting, as traditionally, Muslim votes are divided between the SP and BSP.

One of the arguments advanced for the levy of inheritance tax is that countries like the US do so. Without getting into intricacies of the US Estate Tax, we need to recognise that developed countries have different imperatives, have a different social framework and, most importantly, are at a different stage of their economic journey compared to India.

Besides the BJP, the Congress is the only party with a national presence, making discrediting it a key goal for Modi. Now, the onus is on the Congress to defend itself and launch a counteroffensive.

At an election rally, he said that the opposition would redistribute wealth among “infiltrators” and “those who have many children,” an allusion to Muslims.

Gangopadhyay had in March joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a candidate from East Midnapore district’s Tamluk | Latest News India

Considered a stronghold of the BJP, Raju Bista, originally from Manipur, is the BJP candidate contesting for a second time. This time, there is a three-cornered fight –– Trinamool candidate Gopal Lama, a former bureaucrat and son of the soil is pitted against Congresss Munish Tamang and BJPs Bista.

Many senior BJP and opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor of the Congress, and Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kailash Choudhary and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, are in the fray as polling enters many saffron strongholds.