Today in Politics: As Haryana crisis brews, what fate awaits BJP govt?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cover three states on Friday. His busy schedule begins with a public rally at 11.30 am in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, followed by rallies in Telangana at 3.15 pm in Mahabubnagar and at 5.30 pm in Hyderabad.

He will then fly off to Bhubaneswar, where he will take part in a roadshow — starting from the BJP state headquarters near Sri Ram Mandir and ending at Vani Vihar Square — before staying over for the night at the Raj Bhavan. The next day, he will address three election rallies — in Kandhamal at 9.30 am, in Bolangir at 11.30 am and in Bargarh at 1 pm. Simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held in Odisha in four phases, starting May 13.

The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered re-election at four booths after a few electronic voting machines (EVMs) were damaged when a bus ferrying them and polling personnel post-voting on caught fire on Tuesday night near Sonora Gaula village in Betul, for which repolling will be held on Friday, an official said on Thursday.

In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will campaign for INDIA bloc candidates in Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat on Friday. His schedule will begin from Inter College boarding ground in Kannauj at 12 noon. He will then address a rally in favour of Congress candidate Alok Mishra at the Government Inter College grounds of Chunniganj in Kanpur district at 2.20 pm, before proceeding to address a rally at Kripalpur Jhinjhak police station in Mangalpur under Kanpur Dehat Lok Sabha seat in Rasoolabad district at 4.40 pm.

BJP national president J P Nadda will hold a roadshow in Haryana’s Panchkula from DC Model School, Sector 7, to light point between sectors 7 and 8 from 11.50 am. He will also