Lok Sabha Highlights: Rahul promises to fill 22 lakh posts lying vacant

Polls for 91 seats in 20 states and UTs will take place tomorrow. Catch LIVE updates as Rahul files nomination from Amethi and Modi visits Gujarat

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat and also held a road show in the constituency. He was accompanied by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi.

Priyanka said the constituency was her father's "karmabhoomi" and its land was sacred for her family.

Elections for 91 seats in 20 states and Union Territories will take place Thursday. The states and UTs are: Andhra and Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bengal and 2 UTs. The campaigning for first phase ended on Tuesday with leaders putting their best foot forward to woo voters.

The general election will take place in seven phases. The polling dates for national election 2019 are: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. This election will choose the 17th Lok Sabha. Elections 2019 result will be announced on May 23.

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Will fill the 22 lakh post lying vacant in India, says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi in his public meeting in Raiganj, says that he will fill the 22 lakh posts lying vacant in India and give employment to the youth

6:16 PM

Narendra Modi wants to make two Hindustan: Rahul Gandhi

Modi wants to make two Hindustan. One of the rich, one of the poor-I will not allow this. More money will be spent on education and health. We are going to deliver 'universal healthcare' throughout the country: Gandhi

6:02 PM

Modiji could not give you 15 lakh but put 30,000 crore in Anil Ambani's bank account, says Rahul Gandhi 

5:31 PM

For 5 years, Modi has given to thieves like Anil Ambani, Mehul Vigil, Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi by stealing money from farmers, labourers, unemployed youths of the country: Rahul Gandhi

5:27 PM

Rahul Gandhi addresses public meeting in Raiganj, West Bengal

NYAY is a surgical strike on poverty. We will provide Rs 72000 per year to 20% of the poorest families, and the money will go into women's accounts: Rahul Gandhi 

 

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Rahul Gandhi's total assets grew from Rs 9.4 crore to over Rs 15.8 crore in five years

As per the affidavit filed by Rahul Gandhi while submitting his nomination for Amethi constituency, it was recorded that he has movable assets to the tune of Rs 5,80,58,799 and immovable assets worth Rs 10,08,18,284, taking the total worth of his assets to Rs 15,88,77,083.

 

However, Gandhi does not own a car.

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Amethi was my father's karmabhoomi, it is sacred for us: Priyanka Gandhi

As Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Amethi, his mother Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and brother-in-law Robert Vadra accompanied him.

Rahul Gandhi, a three-term MP, will take on Union minister and BJP candidate Smriti Irani in what is seen as a direct contest with the SP-BSP-RLD alliance taking the decision to not field any candidate from the constituency, seen as a Congress bastion

3:23 PM

A vote for Modi is a vote for Pakistan: Congress on Imran's remarks

The Congress and other opposition parties said that a vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a vote for Pakistan as they seized on Imran Khan's remarks that there may be a better chance of Indo-Pak peace talks and settling of the Kashmir issue if the BJP is voted back to power.

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SC has accepted that there is some form of corruption in Rafale deal & that 'chowkidaar ne chori karwayi hai': Rahul Gandhi

1:47 PM

PM Modi accuses Congress of election scam, looting money of poor Junagadh

Modi accused the Congress of a 'Tughlaq road election scam' where money meant for poor, pregnant women was looted from people.

1:45 PM

Pakistan 'officially' allied with Modi, says Congress

The Congress cited a media report to claim that Pakistan has 'officially allied' with PM Narendra Modi and said a vote for him would be a vote for the neighbouring country.

12:54 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi for Lok Sabha elections 2019

12:27 PM

Sonia Gandhi arrives at District Collector office in Amethi

11:26 AM

PM Modi in Junagarh, Gujarat: A new name has been added to the list of corruption by Congress. Congress' identity is linked to corruption under many names. But now a new scam, along with evidence, has been added to the account of Congress leaders - Tughlaq Road Chunavi Ghotala.

11:25 AM

Pakistani PM Imran Khan sees better chance of India-Pak peace talks if Modi wins polls

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP wins the general election.

 

Khan said that if the next Indian government were led by the opposition Congress party, it might be too scared to seek a settlement with Pakistan over Kashmir, fearing a backlash from the right.