While Congress manifesto talks about socio-economic survey, on 6th April, Rahul Gandhi had said, "We will first conduct a nationwide caste census to determine how many people belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and minorities. After that, we will conduct a financial and institutional survey in a historic step to ascertain the distribution of wealth.”
According to the Police, the case has been filed against Shashi Tharoor based on a complaint lodged by BJP leader J R Padmakumar. The BJP leader accused Tharoor of carrying out a false campaign against Rajeev Chandrasekhar during a television program.
Addressing an election rally in Bengaluru, the PM attacked the Congress govt in Karnataka and said the party has turned "tech city into a tanker city" and the budget is being cut from agriculture to urban infrastructure.
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit alleged that Kanhaiya Kumar's candidature from Northeast Delhi was pulling down the party's performance elsewhere, prompting a showdown between the two leaders.
The CPM candidate from Kannur Lok Sabha seat, MV Jayarajan, alleged that the Congress in Kerala is pro-BJP and claimed that the Kerala Congress chief is willing to join the BJP.