Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav are among the 10 Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh retiring on November 25.

In April, Navjot Singh Sidhu had announced he would quit politics if Rahul Gandhi lost election from Amethi.

All eyes, of course, will be on Congress president Rahul Gandhi. On Thursday, as trends for the Lok Sabha polls showed a landslide win for the Narendra Modi-led BJP, the Gandhi scion accepted responsibility for party’s decimation.

Raj Babbar has sent his resignation to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, a spokesman of the party's state unit Rajiv Bakshi said.

PM Modi on Wednesday in a "non-political" interview to actor Akshay Kumar had claimed that he has many "good friends" in the opposition, including Mamata Banerjee who sends him selected kurtas and sweets every year.

BSP candidate Guddu Pandit abused actor-turned-politician, Raj Babbar on a news channel, unfazed by the Election Commission's censure of Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati, Azam Khan and Maneka Gandhi for making hate speeches.

Babbar also said that Congress is working out a way for Mahan Dal to contest on Congress symbol in the Lok Sabha elections.

The second list has named 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and five from Maharashtra.

"Don't trouble Lord Hanuman too much. With a swipe of his tail, the BJP lost elections in three states, Now, their Lanka will be on fire," he told the media on Monday.

"I don't know from where this rumour is doing the rounds. In any case all of us in Congress are party workers, posts and positions are symbolic," said the former actor.