Notably, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao issued a directive on February 10 regarding opinion and exit polls, as well as print advertising, for the impending state election scheduled to be held on February 16.
Bansal further asked Atiqur Rahman, "As far as Nupur Sharma is concerned, she had quoted from Islamic texts, the same details have been said by many Islamic scholars and mentioned in Islamic texts. I want to ask, what was wrong in her statement? Did she quote wrong?"
In its survey, Jan ki Baat sampled 20,000 people across all 75 districts. It predicted a comfortable return of the Yogi Adityanath led BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh in 2022.
Pradeep Bhandari also took potshots at 'chai biscuit journalists' for lying and conspiring against him. "Truth has exposed you, Anil Deshmukh (Maharashtra Home Minister)," he emphasised.
About 82 per cent of Urban population and 74 per cent of the rural residents have favoured the extension of nationwide lockdown as coronavirus pandemic gains foothold in India