One of Congress support in Wayanad emanates from IUML which in turn is tied up with Jammat-e-Islami and SDPI, both accused by NIA in conducting arms training camps across the state under the pretence of health awareness camps.
In a midnight operation, Income Tax (IT) department officials along with the Election Commission officials carried out a raid on the premises of senior leader Duraimurugan of the DMK, the Congress party ally in Tamil Nadu.
Rahul Gandhi has contested from Amethi since 2004 and has always won comfortably. He never faced any stiff competition in Amethi except in 2014 from BJP’s Smriti Irani.
After tendering resignation earlier in the day from the Congress Party, the former AICC Secretary Dr P Sudhakara Reddy has now written to PM Modi expressing his desire to work with BJP under his leadership.
Alleging cash for tickets in Congress, the former AICC secretary, Sudhakar Reddy, has alleged that the Congress party high command is not receptive to the complaints raised by its members
CPI(M) has fielded a Muslim candidate PP Suneer against Rahul Gandhi in a seat where minority communities make half of the population making it a tough battle for Rahul Gandhi.