The seat has long been a bastion of the Gandhi family with the former Congress president representing it in Lok Sabha since 2004
The BSP is contesting Lok Sabha and state assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh in alliance with the Jana Sena, the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
The BJP leader was campaigning for sitting MP and Union minister V K Singh
"The kind of developmental work I have done for this country, I wasn't able to do it in Bengal," Modi said
Gandhi said the country's ex-servicemen are India's pride and they must be given the respect they deserve
Describing Modi as "Expiry Babu" and "Expiry PM", Banerjee questioned what his government at the Centre has done for the welfare of people of the country
"Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi, Anil Ambani were not in line (outside banks). While you were busy standing in queues, India's thieves looted the money and fled with the help of the chowkidar (Modi)"
All stakeholders need to come together to find a regulatory solution and prevent social media from turning unsocial
PM Modi took potshots at Trinamool Congress president as well other opposition leaders
While Muslim voters' preference of other political alignments remained unchanged, upper-caste Hindus and SC-ST voters got closer to the BJP in 2014
Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, and former Union minister Manish Tewari had also staked their claims to the ticket from the seat that is often considered a party bastion
Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Ghulam Ahmad Mir is scheduled to file nomination papers as Congress candidate later in the day
Congress and BJP are no different when it comes to non-fulfilment of promises, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a tweet
Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday released his party's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
The Congress MLA will take on state minister Kishan Kapoor, whom the BJP has fielded after dropping veteran leader and former CM Shanta Kumar
Five years on, the choice between Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, seems to have been reset
Former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay would contest from Jharkhand capital Ranchi
The latest move follows a number of campaigns by WhatsApp to educate users on fake news
On the other hand, since its inception in 1998, the TMC hasn't been able to win the Darjeeling constituency
Ajit Jogi had announced that he would himself contest the general election