INCMallikarjun Kharge said that the arrest of Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in Nandigram is a brazen attempt at "VOTE CHORI" and "CHUNAV CHORI." Kharge also said the BJP is insecure and is misusing agencies to target and arrest an opposition candidate in a by-election. Rahul Gandhi, in an Indian National Congress post, said that the arrest of Congress candidate Milan Pradhan for the Nandigram by-election is not a coincidence but political revenge and a killing of democracy.
INCRagini Nayak of the Indian National Congress says that Narendra Modi is "afraid" and that the BJP police in Madhya Pradesh allegedly threatened Rahul Gandhi before the "Chhatron Ki Goonj" event in Indore by invoking the tragic murder of his father, Rajiv Gandhi.
INCP. Chidambaram quotes Mr Surjit Bhalla as writing that India undertook a consumption survey in 2017-18 but did not officially release the survey report or data. P. Chidambaram quotes Mr Surjit Bhalla as saying the reason was that leaked reports showed real mean consumption had declined by 3.7 per cent.
INCSupriya Shrinate says that just before the Nandigram by-election in Bengal, Congress candidate Milan Pradhan was arrested in connection with an old case. Supriya Shrinate says this is BJP's politics, alleges that BJP cannot fight an election without conspiracy and "killing democracy" in broad daylight, and says Congress will fight and win.
INCThe Indian National Congress said that the BJP and the Election Commission are together trying to “loot” the election in West Bengal. The Indian National Congress said the events before the Nandigram by-election are a “black mark” for democracy, and it alleged that Mamata Banerjee’s candidate was forced to withdraw nomination through intimidation and that Congress candidate Milan Pradhan was also affected, though the post is cut off.
INCP. Chidambaram said he is glad that the RBI has launched an advertisement campaign promoting the BSBD account. He said BSBD is the Basic Savings Bank Deposit scheme with no minimum balance required, and he said it was launched on August 10, 2012 under the UPA-2 government led by Dr Manmohan Singh.
INCRagini Nayak, for the Indian National Congress, says that BJP and RSS workers made a spectacle of lighting diyas in Jabalpur and then went home, while poor children were left collecting the oil to fight their hunger. She asks Narendra Baboo what he knows about the cost of the oil from each diya for people facing poverty.
INCK. C. Venugopal said democracy is "on ventilator" in BJP’s West Bengal and accused the BJP of trying to create an "Opposition-Mukt Bharat" by turning India’s constitutional democracy into a "Banana Republic." He said the BJP is using a dormant 19-year-old case from 2007 to arrest "our candidate," and his post says this happened minutes after an unspecified event.
INCRagini Nayak says that distributing NSUI slips in the DUSU election is enjoyable, and she calls for a one-sided vote for NSUI in morning colleges. The Indian National Congress’s INC account urged people to mark 6-4-1-2 and said that they should make NSUI win.
INCSachin Pilot said that in Rajasthan municipal elections, cases are repeatedly coming to light of police exerting force and pressure on elected councillors in several places. He said those councillors clearly say they are with the Congress, and he questioned why such pressure is being put on them, referring to the BJP government in the state.
INCLavanya Ballal thanked @DKShivakumar for declaring Tulu as Karnataka's second official language. Lavanya Ballal said she and others are proud to witness the moment.
INCJairam Ramesh, for the Indian National Congress, said that on April 6, 2026, the Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry into contracts worth Rs 1270 crore awarded between 2015 and 2025 by the PWD Minister in Arunachal Pradesh to his family members. Ramesh said the PWD Minister concerned was the current BJP CM, Pema Khandu, and said the Supreme Court directive had come as a...