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BJP leader and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also mocked top Congress leaders as "chunavi Hindus" (Hindus during elections) for their visits to temples during elections.

Priyanka Gandhi, who has been vigorously campaigning in Rae Bareli and Amethi for her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi, respectively, said the Modi government's policies have led to large scale public anger and pain among people.

The bench took the petition on board and asked the counsel appearing for the Election Commission to take a decision on the issue.

Akhilesh Yadav has in the past indicated that he would back BSP chief and his alliance partner, Mayawati, for the top job with statements like the “gathbandhan would give India its next become PM”.

The Election Commission has given Congress chief Rahul Gandhi 48 hours to respond to the notice, failing which 'it will take a decision without further reference to him'.

The prime minister also claimed that the Congress party dreamed of killing him as they hated him so much.

The Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the nomination of Samajwadi Party’s Lok Sabha candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav from Varanasi on grounds of ‘corruption or disloyalty’.

On Tuesday, the EC had served a notice to the SP’s Varanasi nominee directing him to procure a no-objection certificate from the Border Security Force (BSF).

On April 25, a group of farmers cultivating turmeric in Telangana’s Nizamabad district had left for Uttar Pradesh to file their nominations from the Varanasi as independents.

The seer claimed that there were attempts to divide Sanatan dharma in India.

Modi said that his government has always displayed its resolve in combating terror but cautioned that the menace was far from over as was evident from the recent bomb attacks in neighboring Sri Lanka.

The Congress chief has been given a fortnight to respond to the notice.

The AAP leaders including Arvind Kejriwal have charged the BJP and Congress of "betraying" the people of Delhi by going back on their promise for granting full statehood to the city.

After Congress refused to field Priyanka Gandhi against PM Modi in Varanasi, Samajwadi Party has turned the battle into a Jawan vs Chowkidar contest.

The police said the situation was under control despite isolated incidents of stone throwing.

Speaking to the media, Jha quoted reports on Gandhi’s statements saying it was directed at the national president of a party which has 11 crore members, one of whom was the Prime Minister.