Today in Politics: PM Modi roadshow in Puri, Amit Shah to campaign in Haryana and Delhi

BJP bigwigs will continue their campaign on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing events in Odisha and West Bengal, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah participating in rallies in Haryana and Delhi.

While Modi will participate in a roadshow in Cuttack and proceed to hold public meetings in Dhenkanal. He will also address public rallies in Tamluk and Jhargram of West Bengal. All four seats go to the polls in the sixth phase on May 26.

Shah will address three public meetings in Karnal, Hisar and Rohtak of Haryana and proceed to South Delhi, where he will participate in a public rally. The BJP has fielded former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar from Karnal. All four seats go to the polls in the sixth phase. Meanwhile, BJP national president J P Nadda will hold a roadshow from Hanuman Mandir to Nirankari Bhavan in the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The party has fielded Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of stalwart and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, which goes to the polls in the sixth phase on May 26.

Excise policy case: Delhi court to consider ED chargesheet against Kejriwal

The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday will consider the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) supplementary chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja on Saturday said that the court will deliberate on the ED’s submissions and arguments concerning the chargesheet. This decision follows the ED’s filing of the chargesheet on Friday by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Naveen Kumar Matta and two ED officials at the Rouse Avenue Court.

The Enforcement Directorate had