Home Minister cancels Maharashtra rallies, returns to Delhi as violence erupts in Manipur; security forces on high alert.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Maharashtra will go to polls in a single phase on November 20 and the counting of votes will take place on November 23. The term of the current Maharashtra Assembly will end on November 26, 2024.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his election rallies in Maharashtra and is returning to Delhi due to the volatile situation in Manipur. The home minister is likely to hold a meeting to review the situation in the northeastern state, where irate mobs have set fire to the residences of several BJP and Congress legislators. The incidents follow a series of killings and abductions by militants in the state.