Live
- Delhi govt re-launched senior citizen pension scheme despite challenges: Bharadwaj
- Bihar Assembly's winter session begins, three newly elected MLAs take oath
- Inflation to ease, economic growth to accelerate in coming months: Finance Ministry
- Protesters clash with police in J&K’s Katra town
- Senior Bengaluru Police Officer Accused in Suicide of Businesswoman S Jeeva
- Sidhu makes U-turn, says wife underwent cancer treatment along with Ayurveda-based diet
- Demand for entry-level talent surges 59 pc in India’s tech sector
- AIIMS adds 2 new MRI machines to provide more efficient & timely radiology diagnosis
- Ram Gopal Varma evades police questioning
- NFR's top Safety Officer missing after being swept away in Arunachal Pradesh's Lohit River
Mistry detained for pulling down Modi’s posters
Madhusudhan Mistry Detained for Pulling Down Narendra Modi’s Posters. Madhusudhan Mistry, the Congressman who is running against Narendra Modi in Vadodara, was detained of Thursday morning along with supporters for pulling down posters of the BJP\'s prime ministerial candidate.
Vadodara: Madhusudhan Mistry, the Congressman who is running against Narendra Modi in Vadodara, was detained of Thursday morning along with supporters for pulling down posters of the BJP's prime ministerial candidate. The Congress group tried to replace Modi's advertisements with those of Mistry. Later, he was granted bail.
.jpg)
The BJP has put over a thousand hoardings of Modi across the city. The party had booked all major advertisement kiosks and billboards in Vadodara a month ago. Mistry, after being named as Modi's challenger from Vadodara, demanded an equal share in the space allocated for putting up election-related posters. The municipal corporation refused, arguing that these locations have already been allotted to the BJP. Mistry said that police and district officials were giving the BJP unfair and blatantly preferential treatment.
Modi is running for Parliament from Vadodara in Gujarat and Varanasi in UP. This is his first national election; he is currently a member of the Gujarat state legislature. The Congress has yet to announce who will run against the 64-year-old BJP leader in UP. Under Modi, the BJP is expected to deliver one of its strongest performances ever. Opinion polls say though it will get the maximum seats, it will fall short of a majority. Mr Mistry, 69, is a Member of Parliament. He is a General Secretary of the Congress and is considered to be close to the party's young vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the campaign for the national election. He is in-charge of the party's affairs in UP.
