Taking a step against hate speeches, the Election Commission has barred UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BSP supremo Mayawati from campaigning for 72 hours and 48 hours respectively starting from tomorrow morning.

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the BJP over its IT cell chief declaring the date of the Karnataka assembly polls before the Election Commission did and said the poll panel's credibility is on test and the ruling party has become a "Super Election Commission."

The BSP is giving a tough fight to the BJP in the first three hours of counting of votes case in the mayoral elections in 16 municipal corporations, a Uttar Pradesh poll panel official said on Friday.

Terming the Election Commission's EVM challenge a "farce", the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday opened registration for its parallel challenge and invited people to hack the voting machines under the poll panel's guidelines.