Jubail: A delegation of Saudi Arabian Congress leaders visited INC spokesperson and Jharkhand State Congress president Dr. Ajay Kumar, during his Saud Arabia tour on Friday.

The delegation met Dr. Ajay at the Golden Tulip Five star hotel here and discussed current issues.

Dr. Ajay invited the delegation to visit Delhi next month to meet the party's national president Rahul Gandhi to discuss the connectivity of the Saudi Arabian Congress directly to AICC.

Congress delegation consisted of Farooq Ahmed Karnire, General Secretary KH Rafique Surinje, Vice President KM Kabir, Organizing Secretary Sameer Lucky Star, Shameem Malenadu, businessmen Abdul Hamid Kapu, Abdul Gopal Sajpe.

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Varanasi: Comedian Shyam Rangeela has finally filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency on Tuesday, May 14, the last day of filing papers.

Rangeela, who intended to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alleged on Monday that he was being denied a nomination from the seat, as he along with several other candidates were reportedly made to wait for filling papers on May 10th and May 13th.

Shyam Rangeela, taking to his official ‘X’ handle, wrote, "With your love and support, I have completed all the requirements as per the rules and submitted the nomination. I also have full faith in the democracy of this country. Now the next two-three days are crucial. Thank you all very much for your cooperation. My electoral future rests in the hands of all election officials who are the custodians of our democracy. With the hope that they all strengthen our faith, Yours Shyam Rangeela.”

Alongside, Shyam, BJP candidate Narendra Modi, Log Party's Vinay Kumar Tripathi, BJP's Surendra Narayan Singh, independent candidates Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Reena Rai, Neha Jaiswal, Ajit Kumar Jaiswal, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Sandeep Tripathi filed their nomination papers on Tuesday.

According to the Election Commision of India, a total of 41 candidates have filed nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency.