The NCP-Congress alliance has now shifted its agenda towards the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections to take on the incumbent BJP government. In 2014 state polls, NCP had won 42 out of 288 assembly constituencies.
Press Secretary to the President of India, Ashok Malik clarified that NCP chief Sharad Pawar was given an invitation for swearing-in ceremony from V(VVIP) section and had a labelled seat in the first row.
The theories of EVM hacking are wide and colourful. During the Gujarat assembly polls, 'journalist' Sagarika Ghose had attempted to peddle the theory that EVMs are picking up 'Bluetooth signals' and that can lead to 'network hacking'.
On Thursday, senior Maharashtra Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, whose son joined the BJP last month, has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly.