Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers have initiated a hunger strike near Mangaluru Mini Vidhana Soudha as a part of nationwide hunger strike to protest against the arrest of AAP National Coordinator and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The hunger strike, which began at 6:30 am, is scheduled to continue until 6 pm.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has expressed confidence that voters in South India will significantly dent BJP's seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls to be held simultaneously in Himachal Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday expressed confidence that people of the state will support her party and truth will prevail.

In a jolt to the opposition BJP, the party's Odisha unit vice-president Lekhasri Samantasinghar on Sunday resigned from the saffron party and joined the Biju Janata Dal ahead of the Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections.

In a scathing attack against the BJP-led Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the electoral bonds scheme was the "world's biggest scam" and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "his people" in the election commission.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing the party of perpetuating falsehoods and lacking a commitment to truth in politics.

Rahul Gandhi announced that if the Congress government comes to power, it will conduct financial and institutional surveys to determine the distribution of wealth. This will be followed by steps to redistribute wealth across the country.

Even after the passage of the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill aimed at bolstering women's participation in electoral politics, the ground reality speaks of a different narrative in Arunachal Pradesh. Only a few women are taking part in the simultaneous polls to two Lok Sabha seats and 50 assembly constituencies to be held in this northeastern state on April 19.