Politics

Musharraf attacked Modi saying that he is anti-Pakistan and that he cannot dictate terms to his country on the peace process.

Khattar, who is a bachelor and a first-time MLA, has worked for almost 14 years as an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak.

Khattar, who is set to become Haryana CM, thanked voters for giving mandate to BJP for forming the government in the state.

Congratulating BJP for its success, the Congress leadership also expected that parties forming the government will "fulfill the promises that they made".

Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday evening submitted his resignation following Congress's massive loss in the Assembly elections.

While Tirath got 36,703 votes, Inderjeet of the Indian National Lok Dal gave the Congress leader a run for his money with 36,700 votes.

A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled on Monday.

"There is a limit as to how much you can flog the dead issue (sic). Both Ram and this issue are remembered by BJP only during elections," Singhvi said.

"The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is not a campaign of a particular party rather a national and religious programme because cleanliness is vital for every religion and society," Shazia Ilmi said.

In a door-to-door campaign, Sardana said, "Will win by 20,000 votes. No development work was taken by the Congress government as it was busy in corruption."

Even though Adampur is Haryana Janhit Congress chief Kuldeep Singh Bishnoi's bastion, Ranauliya is confident of BJP's victory in the constituency as well as the state.

He added that the other problem of the area is water and sanitation and his party will resolve it.

October 17 will be the last chance for Jayalalithaa to come out of jail before Diwali.

Congress will develop Ramtek as a 'tourist hub', on the lines of Bangalore as IT hub, Pune as automobile hub, Rahul Gandhi said.

JD(U) would launch a series of programmes in the run up to the Assembly polls next year with the special status demand being the cornerstone of its political and electoral agenda.

"Criminals are engaged doing all kinds of henious crimes in the BJP-ruled state and exploitation of all groups in cities including women is rising every day," Girija Vyas said.