Assembly Election 2026 Highlights: Congress stands for progressive values, says Kharge amid women quota row

AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal reached Chennai on Sunday to campaign for the DMK. Speaking to reporters in the city, Kejriwal called the Tamil Nadu CM his friend and added that he has been doing good work in the state. 

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Mylapore, Chennai.

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West Bengal Legislative Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari conducts a door-to-door campaign in Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.

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Actor-turned-politician Vijay visited the Sri Pachanachiamman Temple in Trichy and offered prayers.

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Chief Minister MK Stalin and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge address a public rally in Tamil Nadu's Hosur.

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Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin campaigns in Chennai. 

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Speaking a rally in Siliguri, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed confidence that the BJP would cross the 200-seat mark in the West Bengal Assembly in this election. 

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After finishing a public meeting in Jhargram, the Prime Minister stopped on his way to the helipad ground to eat "Jhaal muri" (puffed rice) at a jhal muri stall and interacted with people gathered there. 

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TMC and BJP workers came face to face & raised slogans against each other in Jalpaiguri. Police and security personnel are present at the spot.

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Speaking during a roadshow in Tirunelveli, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh charged the DMK of betraying Tamil Nadu. "Today, law and order in Tamil Nadu are in a state of disrepair... The number of atrocities against Dalits has increased," he said. 

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"Under the TMC's ruthless government, there's loot in recruiting school teachers. Loot in children's mid-day meals. Loot in MNREGA work. Loot in money meant for the poor's homes. Loot in village roads. Loot in cyclone relief funds. In 15 years, they've earned a PhD in looting," said Narendra Modi in Medinipur, West Bengal. 

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"BJP means women's well-being," says PM Modi in West Bengal's Jhargram. He also added that the BJP is pro-Tribal. 

Speaking at a rally in Jhargram, PM Narendra Modi pitched for ecotourism in Jhargram. "There is great potential for ecotourism in Jhargram. However, for that to happen, you need a BJP government in the state," he said. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a campaign rally in West Bengal's Jhargram ahead of the first phase of voting for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state.

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BJP chief Nitin Nabin on Sunday lambasted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and opposition parties such as the Congress over the setback to early implementation of the women's quota in legislatures.

Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Bidyut Roy in poll-bound West Bengal's Balurghat, he said that removing the TMC from power had become essential to drive out infiltrators from the state, prevent demographic change and safeguard national security.

"Despite being a woman, Mamata Banerjee betrayed the women of Bengal by conspiring with parties like the Congress so that the women's reservation bill could not be passed in the Lok Sabha," Nabin alleged.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleges that the ruling TMC of West Bengal is "attacking" the cultural identity of the state, claiming that there has been a major change in West Bengal's cultural identity due to infiltrators. 

It is the BJP government that formed a separate ministry for tribals and allocated funds for their development says Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a poll rally in West Bengal's Purulia.

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Addressing a rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says West Bengal's Purulia was once sold the dream of hosting an industrial corridor, but the vision never came true due to the terror of syndicates allegedly operating under the patronage of the state's ruling TMC.

Addressing a rally in West Bengal's Purulia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that farmers in the state will receive "double benefits" under a "double-engine government."

Addressing a rally in West Bengal's Purulia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserts that the BJP will form the next government in West Bengal by a massive margin.

"The people of Bengal have also resolved: fear out, trust in. I usually never make predictions during elections. I never talk about the outcome. I've been contesting elections for years, but I avoid those discussions... I am saying that this time the BJP is going to form the government with a huge majority. When I say a huge majority, I am saying it with full confidence," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

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