A Lok Sabha election candidate in Varanasi, Kolishetty Shiva Kumar, has been booked for cheating and intimidation after fraudulently using a woman's Aadhaar card for nomination. The complaint alleges that Kumar posed as the head of the Cow Protection Committee to obtain the card.
Gandhi’s perspective that voters should vote for those who remain wedded to the unity of people cutting across faiths resonated in the Congress’s massive 43.8% vote share.
The economic devastation suffered by the people of Karnataka and their criticism of the law framed by the BJP is in equal measure a clear indication that the majoritarian agenda of the BJP is failing to mobilise people in its favour.