Supreme Court has rejected all petitions seeking complete verification of votes cast by EVM through VVPAT. The top court, however, gave two directions to the Election Commission. The richest candidate in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections is Congress’ Mandya contender, while the poorest candidate is fighting from Maharashtra’s Nanded. BJP chief JP Nadda repeated Prime Minister’s ‘Muslim appeasement’ charge at Congress after the Election Commission issued a notice to him over complaints against PM’s speech.