Tough task

The Election Commission ordered enhanced vigil at 185 checkposts on Karnataka’s border with six neighbouring states to prevent any unauthorised movement of inducements such as cash, liquor, freebies and drugs ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls.

Tough task

When Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in Delhi to unite the Opposition parties ahead of next year’s general elections, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan claimed on Wednesday that Opposition unity is nothing but an eyewash. The MP from Jamui said that Opposition parties cannot unite in the country.

Tough task

The two top leaders of the Grand Alliance in Bihar — Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Lalu Yadav — will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Sunday.