Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence after All India Trinamool Congress's (TMC) defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls. Yadav alleged intimidation and “multi-layered mafia tactics” during the elections as senior TMC leaders joined the meeting. (Pics/PTI)

A charged political atmosphere  and contrasting narratives on women’s empowerment in Jammu was seen as BJP and Congress workers held competing protests over the Women’s Reservation Act. (Pics/PTI)