Local Body Polls  

Deve Gowda attempted to clarify on the “midterm election” statement he made earlier. The former Prime Minister says he was referring to local body elections and not Assembly polls.
 

State Election Commission in Tamil Nadu has said that the notification for the local body polls will be issued on or before May 31. SEC has submitted to the Madras High Court.

Kiran Bedi also said that with the absence of local bodies, the Union Territory Puducherry was losing several rewards from the central government
 

The CPI(M)-led ruling coalition LDF bagged 21 seats in the local body by-polls on Friday

Former Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal attributed the party's poor show to the wrong assigning of responsibilities to the rank and file. He said if a popular leader like former chief minister Rawat, a star campaigner, had reached out to the entire state, the party would have got more traction than the BJP