Amethi waits for its bahurani Sonia
If the early bird gets the worm, then Sanjay Singh, the sitting MP from Amethi, has a distinct advantage. Singh and his wife Ameeta, a former badminton champion, have been campaigning door-to-door in the villages for the last three months.

Samajwadi Party office-bearer quits
The Samajwadi Party (SP) received another setback when party's National Secretary and sitting Lok Sabha member from Phulpur, Jang Bahadur Singh Patel resigned from the primary membership of the party.

EC nod to political ads in newspapers till day of voting
With the election campaign for the first phase of the polls ending, the EC said newspapers could publish advertisements of political parties or candidates over the next 48 hours.

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