In response to Yogi Adityanath's warning that "UP will be Kerala," Rahul Gandhi declared on Thursday that "India is beautiful from Kashmir to Kerala, from Gujarat to West Bengal," igniting yet another row.
On Thursday, Union minister Ramdas Athawale and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor traded blows on Twitter. This is what transpired.
Due to the Kairana "exodus," Shamli became a political hotbed, with maximum voting at 69.4 percent till 6 p.m. Muzaffarnagar came in second with 65.3 percent, followed by Baghpat (61.3 percent), Ghaziabad (54.7 percent), and Gautam Budh Nagar (56.7 percent). Bulandshahr received 60.5 percent of the vote, Meerut 60.9 percent, Hapur 60.5 percent, Aligarh, Mathura, and Agra 60.4 percent, 63.2 percent, and 60.3 percent of the vote, respectively, until 6 p.m.