In predominantly Muslim areas such as Shivaji Nagar, Mumbadevi, Byculla, and Malegaon Central, voter turnout during the Lok Sabha election was significantly higher than in nearby assembly segments. This increase has been attributed to heightened 'awareness' and concerns within the Muslim community, with targeted efforts over the past year.
An old letter that looks like a mercy petition for terrorist Yakub Memon, dated 28th July 2015, signed by a Congress candidate from Mira Bhayander seat of Mumbai, Syed Muzzafar Hussain is making rounds on social media. Memon played a crucial role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Notably, Jain is the sitting independent MLA from the seat, but BJP announced Narendra Mehta as the candidate for the seat for the upcoming assembly polls.
An FIR has been registered against Jharkhand Minister Irfan Ansari by the EC for allegedly making derogatory remarks about BJP leader Sita Soren in Jamtara district.
On 15th September this year, Roshni Kushal Jaiswal was seen physically attacking a BJP worker named Rajesh Kumar in Premchand Nagar Colony in the Pandeypur locality of Varanasi.
Bablu Miyan who already knew the victim's family had lured her by promising to buy chowmein, but he gang-raped her with two others and they burnt her alive