Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been holding a series of meetings with functionaries of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across the state. These meetings are described by party leaders as the first such coordinated outreach during his second term in office.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not consider Miya Muslims in the state as its enemies, but expressed concerns over what he described as certain practices among sections of the community.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday claimed that AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami would meet the same fate as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, at the hands of the BJP.

 Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Saturday said "today's ruler does not consider the cow a mother but property", and asserted that it had become necessary to challenge such an approach.

West Bengal BJP leader and social worker Motiur Rahman on Saturday joined the ruling Trinamool Congress, ahead of the assembly elections.

TVK chief Vijay on Saturday announced a slew of promises for women, including a monthly financial aid of Rs 2,500, a sovereign gold with silk saree as wedding gift to young women, and six LPG cylinders free for all families, if his party was voted to power in the upcoming state assembly election.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Singh was on Saturday acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of Ram Chander Chhatrapati, journalist from Sirsa.

Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the Jammu and Kashmir Police to release those arrested for staging protests in the Valley against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israel strike on February 28.