Lok Sabha polls top updates: ‘New low’ says Congress as BJP fields Brij Bhushan’s son in election

The Congress on Thursday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party’s nomination of Karan Bhushan Singh, son of former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, from the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh and called it a “new low”.

Brij Bhushan is facing accusations of sexual abuse from six women wrestlers. The Delhi Police registered a first information report against him in April 2023, following the intervention of the Supreme Court.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Opposition INDIA bloc insulted the Constitution by asking Muslims to carry out “vote jihad”, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge urged him to seek votes based on his government’s performance rather than engage in hate speech.

The INDIA bloc is a coalition of Opposition parties that is taking on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the general elections.

Here’s a look at today’s top developments:

• Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday remarked that the BJP had “no moral compass”, after the Hindutva party fielded Karan Bhushan Singh, who is former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s son, as its candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Kaiserganj. “Just when we thought that the Prajwal Revanna scandal had exposed the depths of the BJP’s depravity, they show that there are always new lows for them to fall to,”...

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