Madhya Pradesh minister Gauri Shankar Bisen, who landed in a controversy after he was caught by television cameras getting his shoe laces tied by a tribal boy, on Sunday apologised for the incident and swore he would only wear shoes without laces from now onwards.
Behind its high-decibel campaign, powered by well-organised party machinery, the BJP also appears to have made a slight departure from its 'next generation' approach to stay ahead of an aggressive Congress and enhance its prospects of securing a majority of seats.
A Madhya Pradesh farmer has claimed that he lost his crop because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed rally in the state on February 18.
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