Poll Body Drops Minister, MP As BJP Star Campaigners, Other Top Stories

Election Commission drops Union minister Anurag Thakur and BJP MP Parvesh Verma as BJP's star campaigners ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections next month, says their comments can disturb communal harmony; Janata Dal United chief Nitish Kumar sacks party vice-president Prashant Kishor and senior leader Pavan Verma from party due to differences over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act that spill out into the open; Slogans of "Go Back Governor" inside Kerala Assembly erupted when state Governor Arif Mohammad Khan read the government's speech, but said "I disagree with anti-CAA paragraph but I will read it as I have no choice."; Last minute mercy petition to President Ram Nath Kovind by one of Nirbhaya case convicts, another convict Akshay Singh's curative petition expected to be taken up by Supreme Court on Thursday.