Rahul Gandhi chose Charanjit Singh Channi over Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab Congress' CM candidate triggering mockery of Sidhu who had been eyeing the spot.
BJP leaders including Amit Shah, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM KP Maurya, BJP state unit head Swatantra Dev Singh paid tributes to Lata Mangeshkar observing a two-minute silence.
Ajay Rai, a five-time MLA, also contested the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to the BJP's Avadhesh Singh. Ajay Rai had earlier contested unsuccessfully against Modi from Varanasi in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.