West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday predicted that the India bloc will at least win 315 seats while the BJP will win a maximum of 195 seats.

“The polling so far has been good. That is why the leaders of the ruling party at the Centre are tense. They have realised that Narendra Modi will not be back as the Prime Minister. They should not brag about 400 seats anymore. They will only win 195 seats while the INDIA bloc will win 315,” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at an election rally at Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district on Monday.
She said that the people of the Matua community will have to fill the applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to get citizenship.

Jharkhand Court rejects Ex-CM Hemant Soren’s bail in land scam case
A special PMLA court here on Monday rejected former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s bail plea in an alleged land grab linked money laundering case in which he was arrested on January 31, official sources said.

In a linked development, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the Enforcement Directorate’s response by May 17 on Soren’s plea, challenging his arrest in this money laundering case.

Soren, in his plea before the apex court, had challenged the May 3 order of the Jharkhand High Court dismissing his petition against the arrest. He had also sought interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections till the court delivered its verdict on his plea against arrest.

A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Ranchi dismissed Soren’s bail plea on Monday.