After the state unit of Shiv Sena said they would field candidates in all 403 seats, Sena leader Sanjay Raut had told media that they may contest in around 100 seats in UP.
NCP leader objected to national flag hoisting by Indian Navy at a Goa island saying that it was a ploy by the navy to capture the island from the locals
Armed RSS Swayamsevaks had participated in the liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The Portuguese were made to surrender and DNH was declared independent in August 2, 1954.