CNN-News18 Town Hall Brings Together Political Bigwigs for Lowdown on Maharashtra Politics Ahead of Polls

Gender Divide: Just Nine Women MLAs Elected in J&K Since 1996, Only 50 Made It to Haryana Assembly The highest number of women elected in an assembly poll was three for J&K in 2008, and for Haryana it was 13 in 2014

No Race For CM’s Chair, Says Eknath Shinde, Banks On ’10 Times More’ Support From ‘Marathi Manoos’ Taking potshots at the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Maharashtra chief minister said there was a power tussle in the alliance for the CM’s post but the voters would not support them in the upcoming polls

TDP Wants At Least 2 Berths In Modi Cabinet 3.0; Chandrababu Naidu’s Oath As Andhra CM Pushed To June 12: Sources The TDP won 16 of the 25 seats in the southern state while its ally BJP won three seats. The YSRCP was brought down to just four Lok Sabha seats in Andra Pradesh.