The results of the 2025 assembly bypolls, declared on June 23, 2025, have provided significant insights into the evolving political landscape across various states. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) demonstrated its expanding influence, the Congress registered a crucial victory, and regional players largely maintained their dominance.

As per the reports, as of 11 am, 21.51% polling had already been witnessed. Ludhiana is marking it as a Festival of Democracy. The poll stations in the city are decorated very well.

The Congress on Monday urged the Centre to clarify whether it is open to third-party mediation on the Kashmir issue, warning that such a stance could potentially violate the Shimla Agreement of 1972.

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the citizenship status of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The court ruled that the plea lacked merit and sufficient grounds to question Gandhi’s Indian citizenship.

The government has been accused by the Congress party of placing caste enumeration in the national census on the back burner as a "headline without a deadline" and "diversionary tactic."

Never to be left behind, Kangana Ranaut struck back soon after, referring to the Congress government as political harrassment. She claimed that the bills are an instance of over-pricing as well as her home lying vacant for many years.

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri politicized the National Herald case yet again by labeling it an "open and shut" fraud, corruption, and money laundering case.