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Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar says, "Kamal Nath and the other leaders of Congress are seasonal Hindus. As soon as the election approaches, they remember Lord Ram... Kamal Nath should answer, Why did his party oppose the Ram Mandir?... Now they want to take advantage of Lord Ram."

Chhattisgarh Deputy CM TS Singhdeo says, "We have to see and do our own work. They (BJP) will do the campaign for their party, while we will do it for our own party. All the work that we have done is in front of people. By keeping all our work in front of everyone, we will fight the elections. We are moving forward with the thought that we will get the trust of the people."

"There's a three-party race in assembly elections in Mizoram among the MNF, INC, and ZPM. There is a ghost party and that's BJP. Basically, ZPM and MNF are gateways for the BJP to enter Mizoram whose strategy in the northeast is to come to power through regional parties and divide the society," says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia speaking in Gwalior says, "Every time the Congress party and Digvijaya Singh lose the election, they raise questions on EVM. This means that Congress has realised that people have decided to form BJP's government in Madhya Pradesh."

Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh says, "...Recently PM Modi took the initiative to pass the Women's Reservation (Bill). The Northeast is already a women-dominated economy...so keeping this background in mind, we hope that the voters of Northeast India, especially Mizoram, will support our candidates... We are hopeful that we will definitely win the elections..."

“He (Rahul Gandhi) used to claim, through affidavits, that Lord Rama is imaginary. But now, as he observes people across the country displaying unwavering devotion to Lord Rama, he has transformed into a Ram devotee," says Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

"Congress cannot come out of the influence of the Gandhi family. They do not have a face to lead them despite Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leading the campaign. We witnessed what fate Congress met in Uttar Pradesh where she led her party's campaign," says Satish Poonia

On BJP fielding Rajesh Agarwal from Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh Deputy CM TS Singhdeo says, "Rajesh's name had been floating for days...His name is not new to us...Media was asking me what impact this would have on the votes in Lakhanpur and Udaipur. They have been Congress votes traditionally. I am confident that this is deeply connected to Congress and the party will lead."

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale says, "... We are NDA's partner so it will be good to support BJP. So in all the 229 seats of Madhya Pradesh, we are supporting the BJP by not fielding any candidate there. We believe that in Madhya Pradesh BJP will be elected... In Chhattisgarh, we have decided that in all the 90 seats we are supporting BJP... But in the other two states of Telangana and Rajasthan, we will fight on 15-20 seats..."

On Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's "Kutta" remarks for central agencies, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla says, "ED's action is being taken against the corrupt... Why is CM Ashok Gehlot linking it with the elections? If this same ED's actions are being taken against AAP leaders, then Congress praises the same ED... When the same action is taken against the paper leak mafia, then what is at stake for Congress that they start giving feedback? Comparing the constitutional agencies working under the law to dogs, it shows that Rajasthan CM is feeling uncomfortable answering about the loot that has been committed here..."

Whosoever needs Rythu Bandhu, free electricity for farming should vote for BRS, says Telangana CM KCR.

An estimated 1,700 companies of central security and state police forces are expected to be deployed for the forthcoming assembly polls in five states. Around 1.5 lakh personnel are being mobilised. Some more units will be kept in readiness and will be moved around the first week of November.

At an election rally in the southern state's Suryapet area, Home Minister Amit Shah asked people to vote for the BJP and promised to make a person from the OBC community the Chief Minister if BJP comes to power in Telangana. Taking a swipe at KCR, Shah said the BRS leader did not fulfil his election promises, including making a Dalit leader the chief minister or providing three acres of land to Dalits.

PM Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, MP CM SS Chouhan, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Assam CM HB Sarma and other leaders have been named as star campaigners.

On caste-based census, BJP national vice president and former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said, "What did Congress do despite being in power consecutively for so long? Bhupesh Baghel has been the CM in Chhattisgarh for 5 years, what did he do. When elections approach, they think of everything. This is just a step taken for electoral politics."

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced more poll guarantees for Rajasthan. Among the new guarantees, if Congress comes to power, it will guarantee the purchase of cow dung from cattle herders at Rs 2 per kg and will give free laptops to college students.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is following our guarantee model, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at press conference in Jaipur.

BJP national vice president and former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said, “As per the interaction with workers in the last 10-15 days, there is a great undercurrent in Chhattisgarh. There is strong enthusiasm for change in Chhattisgarh. I felt this in 2003 and the situation today is that people want to change this government. I think there will definitely be a change in the state and BJP will form the government with a clear majority."

Union Minister and BJP candidate Narendra Singh Tomar files his nomination from Dimani in Madhya Pradesh. Congress has fielded Ravindra Tomar making the contest a clash of two Thakurs in a segment dominated by the community.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah alleges that the BJP-led Central government lacks the courage to conduct polls in Jammu and Kashmir, even suggesting that parliamentary elections would only be held out of compulsion. He questions the delay in holding elections despite claims of improvements since 2019.

In a significant meeting led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the party discussed potential candidates for the Telangana assembly polls, aiming to challenge the BRS government. They have already announced 55 candidates out of 119 assembly constituencies in the state.

Bhind MLA Sanjeev Kushwaha, who originally won as a BSP candidate, then joined the BJP, has returned to BSP, impacting the Madhya Pradesh election scenario.

Former chief minister Kamal Nath filed his nomination papers as the Congress candidate for the Chhindwara assembly seat, emphasizing that the 2023 elections will determine Madhya Pradesh's future. This marks his second bid for the assembly segment bearing the same name, after representing Chhindwara as a nine-time MP.

Former Madhya Pradesh minister Jaivardhan Singh, who is running for a seat in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh polls from Raghogarh in Guna district, filed his nomination on Thursday. He was accompanied by his six-year-old son Sahasra Singh, as well as his father and two-time former Chief Minister, Digvijaya Singh.