CJP reacted to SC’s clarification on student protesters’ release. The court said ‘criminal antecedents’ means only ‘grave and heinous’ offences. CJP’s Saurav Das urged BJP/NDA govts to ‘honour assurances’ of July 25 and drop FIRs.

After the disqualification of Rajendra Bhati, the Congress party retained the Datia Assembly seat as Ghanshyam Singh defeated BJP’s Ashutosh Tiwari by 6,016 votes.

Several videos of Congress workers celebrating Ghanshyam Singh’s victory in the Datia Assembly bypoll have gone viral on social media. In one such video, party workers are seen distributing Melody toffees to each other as a political taunt aimed at the BJP and PM Modi.