--- Digvijaya Singh to contest from Bhopal, seat held by BJP for 30 years ---
Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh will contest Lok Sabha elections from Bhopal seat, which has seen BJP candidates winning for nearly 30 years. "He (Digvijaya Singh) said you decide where should I contest from, so I decided. I said contest from Bhopal," CM Kamal Nath said on selecting the constituency for Singh.
--- Sapna Choudhary joins Congress, may fight Hema Malini from Mathura ---
Haryanvi singer-dancer Sapna Choudhary on Saturday joined the Congress party, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. According to reports, she will contest against Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting Member of Parliament Hema Malini from Mathura. Choudhary was inducted into the party at the Delhi residence of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Raj Babbar, reports added.
--- BJP leader burns Mayawati, Akhilesh's photos in 'Holika Dahan' ---
A case was registered against BJP leader Ram Babu Dwivedi for burning photographs of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati as part of 'Holika Dahan'. Following this, Akhilesh tweeted, "The message of this 'Holika Dahan' in Barabanki is clear: Dalit and backward society will be suppressed and burnt in the BJP era as it has been for centuries."
--- BJP's Giriraj Singh to contest from Bihar's Begusarai LS seat ---
Union Minister Giriraj Singh will contest Lok Sabha elections from Bihar's Begusarai seat instead of his current parliamentary constituency Nawada. Party leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy will contest from Saran seat. While the party announced ally LJP's Chandan Kumar will contest from Nawada and Chirag Paswan from Jamui seat, it has dropped leaders like Syed Hussain Shahnawaz and Shatrughan Sinha.
--- Rahul will positively consider Kerala's Wayanad as 2nd seat: Cong ---
After Kerala Congress unit chief Mullappally Ramachandran said that Wayanad will be party President Rahul Gandhi's second Lok Sabha seat, party's national spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Rahul will "positively consider" contesting from the seat. "We thank them for their effort and also their expression of love and affection," Surjewala added. Rahul is also contesting from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
