The Congress has promised to provide cash support to the poorest 20 percent households of the country if it is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party promised to target five crore families or 25 crore individuals as beneficiaries of the scheme.
A group of 12 students, under the banner of ‘Students of Jamia’, with the support of Aam Aadmi Party student wing protested against the event protested outside the venue saying the fashion show was "un-Islamic" and "immoral". The show was eventually canceled.
The CPIM mouthpiece editorial titled 'Congress Collapse to be Completed with this Pappu Strike' asserted that the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar was afraid of a defeat in Amethi.
Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son, Tej Pratap Yadav, has seemingly revolted against his party which has come to be headed by Tejashwi Yadav, the convicted RJD supremo's other son. As per reports, Tej Pratap has decided to float the 'Lalu Rabri Morcha' following his resignation from the Youth Wing of the party.