The ongoing shrill campaign for the Lok Sabha polls turned a shade bitter with popular film dialogues entering the poll scene to embarrass political rivals and entertain the gatherings.
Miss Banerjee recalled the time when, during Left Front rule, she and Ajit Panja were on the way to Chamkaitala for a political meeting.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections at Kalipur in Arambagh reminded the people of the area of the reign of terror under the Left Front government, and said it will return if the BJP is allowed to win.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha candidate, Rakesh Soman, has quit the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday.
The third and final phase for Chhattisgarh encompassed voting across 7 Lok Sabha constituencies: Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, and Surguja.
Lok Sabha witnessed protests and sloganeering from opposition members on Monday over their demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation and a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
CPI Rajya Sabha MP, Binoy Viswam, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the decision by the Varanasi administration to demolish the Sarva Sewa Sangh, urging him to stand in solidarity with the people of Varanasi and stop the bulldozing of the Sangh, an organisation closely linked with Mahatma Gandhi.
In the wake of the recently concluded panchayat polls in West Bengal, the central leadership of the BJP has called the top leaders from the state to convene in the national capital on Monday. The primary agenda of the meeting is to discuss and review the current situation in the state.
The Defence Minister said, "A few political parties are tying to create a needless ruckus in Parliament to ensure that a discussion over Manipur can't take place.”
Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm and Rajya Sabha till 12 noon on Thursday morning on the first day of monsoon session of Parliament following obituary references.
