Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) claim that the Congress intends to seize women’s gold ornaments. Tharoor emphasized that there is no mention of wealth redistribution or confiscating women’s mangalsutras in the Congress manifesto. He attributed the BJP’s allegations to their growing sense of electoral defeat.
For the first time, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to field its own candidate in the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency. The party has declared Hardeep Buterla, a three-time councillor and resident of Buterla, as its candidate. Buterla will face BJP’s Sanjay Tandon and Congress’s Manish Tewari in a three-cornered contest. Buterla aims to bring villages on par with the urban belt in Chandigarh and resolve local issues that have been neglected by previous representatives.
Maharashtra’s Sangli Lok Sabha constituency will witness a three-way contest as Congress leader Vishal Patil has defied his party’s directive to withdraw his nomination. Patil will face incumbent MP Sanjaykaka Patil of the BJP and Chandrahar Patil of the Shiv Sena (UBT), part of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. Despite requests from the Congress to step down, Patil has refused, leading to potential disciplinary action. The contest has escalated tensions within the opposition alliance, with the Shiv Sena demanding action against Patil’s rebellion.
