Election Tracker LIVE: Chinese Troops Enter India While PM Modi Enjoys Tea With Xi Jinping, Says Rahul Gandhi

Subal Bhowmik, Tripura BJP Vice President resigns from the party stating "unavoidable circumstances".

The Bimal Gurung led GJM and the GNLF, who have long maintained their rivalry, seemed to have now transcended their animosities to come together against the TMC in the Hills.

Referring to the Doklam standoff in 2017, Rahul Gandhi mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying, "When PM Modi was enjoying tea with Xi, Chinese troops were entering India. But, Modi didn't utter a word." 

"Modi brought GST with complete drama at midnight. With its announcement, he swiped away money from your pockets. In 2019, the moment we come to power we will remove 'gabbar singh tax' and give you GST with single tax rate. Congress knows how to do that," Rahul Gandhi said.

Rahul Steps Up Attack on the PM | Congress chief Rahul Gandhi attacked PM Modi for continuing with his programmes on February 14 depsite having full knowledge about the Pulwama terror attack. "I cancelled my programmes but Modi was at the Corbett National Park making his movie, three and a half hours after the pulwama blast. He had put make up and was posing," Rahul said in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

Chaos reigned at Gandhi’s rally after several people started raising slogans in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the Manyata Tech Park. In a video that has gone viral on social media, policemen can be seen chasing protesters screaming “Modi, Modi, Modi” and hurling placards demanding that Gandhi leave the venue. When the protesters became out of control, the police had to intervene and clear the area.

Negotiations between Congress and the National Conference reached a dead-end after the latter made it a precondition to contest all three seats in the Kashmir valley in exchange for the party's support to the Congress in the two seats in Jammu and one in Ladakh

Goa Assembly Floor Test Tomorrow | Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, "We are going for the floor test tomorrow. There will two deputy CMs in this government- Vijay Sardesai and Sudin Dhavalikar. I request all the people to not congratulate me or welcome me with flowers during the 7-day mourning period."

Jana Sena Party (JSP) Chief, Pawan Kalyan will contest from two seats – Bhimavaram and Gajuwaka – in the upcoming Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.

PM Modi to Interact with 'MainBhi Chowkidar' Campaign Supporters | Cabinet Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the people who joined the BJP'S 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign via video conference on March 31. The PM will interact with the people from 500 different locations and he will interact from a location in the field and not from Delhi.

Alluding to Akhilesh Yadav, Prasad said, "Some people are saying that chowkidar is for the rich not for the poor. But will someone tell them that only those born in privilege and power will go against this campaign."

Calling the 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' capaign an immense success, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Our campaign on social media has become a public movement. It was a world wide top trend on Twitter with 20 lakh tweets. As many as 16,080 crore impressions were recorded for our campaign."

Calling the 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' capaign an immense success, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Our campaign on social media has become a public movement. It was a world wide top trend on Twitter with 20 lakh tweets. As many as 16,080 crore impressions were recorded for our campaign."

In a personal attack, BJP MLA Surendra Narayan Singh on Tuesday shamed Mayawati for "trying to look young by dying her hair" even at 60 years of age.

#WATCH BJP MLA Surendra Narayan Singh: Mayawati ji khud roz facial karwati hain, vo kya humare neta ko kya shaukeen kahengi. Baal paka hua hai aur rangeen karwake ke aaj bhi apne aap ko Mayawati ji jawan saabit karti hain, 60 varsh umar ho gayi lekin sab baal kaale hain pic.twitter.com/SGRK4gZpEI

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 19, 2019

Since its launch on Saturday, #MainBhiChowkidar has featured in nearly two million tweets. After PM Modi introduced it in his tweet, several BJP leaders and Union ministers followed suit, making the hashtag trend worldwide.

'Add Pappu to Your Names' | At a time when 'Mai Bhi Chowkidar' campaign is trending with BJP cadres prefixing 'chowkidar' to their names on Twitter, Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday targeted the Congress, saying that its workers should ass 'Pappu' to their names. Vij tweeted, "We have added 'Chowkidar' to our names and you have a problem with that. You should also prefix 'Pappu' to your names and we will have no objection."

Arunachal BJP Leaders Left Out of List Likely to Join NPP |  Two BJP ministers and six MLAs who were left out of the list of candidates announced by the BJP are camping in Guwahati and are said to be in a discussion with NPP National president Conrad Sangma at Hotel Vivanta by Taj. Arunachal BJP General Secretary Jarpum Gamlin had resigned yesterday after being denied a ticket. Besides Gamlin, the two BJP ministers and five MLAs are set to leave BJP and join NPP, a constituent of NEDA. Arunachal Pradesh has a 60 member legislative assembly. 

Stating that the result of the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh will be "zero", Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reaffirmed his belief that the BJP will perform better in the Lok sabha elections 2019 than in 2014.

AIADMK Releases Manifesto | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will urge centre to direct RBI, NABARD, Banks to reduce the rate of interest levied for loans led to agriculture, industry and service sectors. The AIADMK will urge the government of India to put together a people friendly price fixing police on petroleum products.

Delhi Congress Chief Sheila Dikshit has called for a meeting of three state working presidents Devender Yadav, Haroon Yusuf and Rajesh Lilothia, at her residence.

Many Congress leaders believe that it is necessary to have an alliance to take on the BJP as the saffron party is upbeat after air strikes by the Modi government following the Pulwama terror attack.

ADMK Releases Manifesto | The ADMK's manifesto stated that efforts will be made to bring the subject of education to the state list from the Union List; Tamil Nadu to be excluded from NEET, statehood for Puducherry; release of 7 convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. 

TMC Files Complaint Against Babul Supriyo | A complaint has been filed against Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Tuesday for his "derogatory" comments on the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The TMC, in its complaint, said that the BJP's poll song for West Bengal has damaged the reputation of the TMC. 

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offers prayers at Sita Samahit Sthal in Bhadohi.

Report cards and all are just terms, leaders should come on ground and see the reality, said Priyanka Gandhi in Bhadohi. "Whether the farmers, women or children, no one has been benefited by the current BJP government in the last two years," Gandhi said. 

Priyanka Gandhi's Attack on BJP | Mocking the BJP's recurrent argument against the Congress, Priyanka Gandhi said, "The argument that 'What did they do in 70 years?' also has an expiry date. Now they (BJP) should tell what they have done in their five years when they are in power." 

Congress general secretary for UP East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has reached Bhadohi and begun her campaigning. 

Congress ruled the state for the maximum time period after independence, and in return the party gave the state designation of a 'BIMARU' state: Yogi Adityanath on completion of 2 years of UP govt.

The DMK has promised to make Tamil the official language in central government offices in Tamil Nadu. Further, Chennai- Salem 8 lane highway project, Chief Minister Palaniswamy's pet project, will be dropped by DMK. Instead, all existing highways between Chennai and Salem will be widened. Besides, a second rocket launching centre will be made in Kulasekarapattinam, free rail facility will be provided for school and college students. The DMK has also promised to create more jobs and fill up all existing vacancies in all central govt departments.

Full Statehood for Puducherry, Compensation for Victims of Demonetisation Among Other Promises | The DMK, in its manifesto, further said that CBI probe will be conducted into the Kodanadu Estate Heist; proposal for full fledged statehood for Puducherry and compensation to victims of demonetisation will be given. The DMK has promised to restart the Sethu Samudhram project and keep petrol, diesel and gas prices under control. Besides, administration pricing mechanism will be implemented and a law will be formulated to curb human trafficking.