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		Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh files his nomination from Lucknow for Lok Sabha polls 2019: Photo: ANI</div></div>

The second phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 will take place on April 18 to choose 97 members of Lok Sabha across 13 states

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh files his nomination from Lucknow for Lok Sabha polls 2019

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	<strong>Lok Sabha Elections 2019: </strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Bhubaneswar during his visit to Odisha today. He is also scheduled to address two rallies in Bhubaneswar and Sambalpur on the same day. BJP President Amit Shah will address public meetings in Kerala on April 16. He will address an election convention in Kannur and then leave for Thrissur and Aluva to attend public meetings there.</div>
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		Congress Rahul Gandhi was in Kerala today. Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said he has &quot;failed&quot; to fulfil the promises made during the last five years. &quot;The promises Modi has given to you, he has not fulfilled. but Anil Ambani gets Rs 30,000 crore in Rafale deal.</div>
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		&quot;The Prime Minister is speaking of nationalism and he gave the biggest defence deal to a person who has not made a single aircraft,&quot; Gandhi charged.</div>
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		The Congress President was addressing an election rally at the St Stephen college grounds here in Kollam district.</div>
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	The second phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 will take place on April 18 to choose 97 members of Lok Sabha across 13 states.</div>

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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AbHogaNYAY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AbHogaNYAY</a> is not just a slogan, it&rsquo;s the Congress party&rsquo;s commitment to the people of India. Our catchy campaign theme song has become a big hit across India. Here&rsquo;s a new video built around our NYAY theme. <a href="https://t.co/a38EiyvJsO">pic.twitter.com/a38EiyvJsO</a></p>
	&mdash; Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1118030014698541059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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No matter how many times you (BJP/RSS) attack us, we will use love and non violence to convince you are &quot;wrong&quot;: Rahul Gandhi.

Currently our country is &quot;under attack&quot; from BJP and RSS: Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi at rally in Kollam district.

There is an ideological fight going on between the BJP and Congress, says Rahul at an election rally in Pathanapuram.

<strong>Rahul Gandhi in Kollam:</strong> As PM said &#39;Congress mukt Bharat&#39;, meaning we&#39;ll erase idea of Congress from India.What Congress says to Narendra Modi is we don&#39;t agree with you. We&#39;ll fight you to convince you, you&#39;re wrong. We&#39;ll beat you in e election but we won&#39;t use violence against you.

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		Prakash Raj who is contesting from Bengaluru Central LS seat as an independent candidate,says,&quot;I&#39;m not fighting against anyone.I&#39;m fighting for the people. It&#39;s we who are the majority. In democracy,if you choose the right leader,people win,if you choose wrong leader,people lose&quot; <a href="https://t.co/LYA1keGpT2">pic.twitter.com/LYA1keGpT2</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1118029387926994944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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We can&#39;t give Rs 15 lakh to every Indian becasue if we do that the Indian economy will be destroyed: Rahul Gandhi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Kollam, Kerala: Because I wanted to give a message that India is not just one perspective, India is not just one idea, India is million &amp; millions of different viewpoints, different perspectives and all of those are important to us.

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		Lucknow: Union Minister &amp; BJP leader Rajnath Singh holds road show ahead of filing nomination from Lucknow parliamentary seat <a href="https://t.co/pIYVNt02Xm">pic.twitter.com/pIYVNt02Xm</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1118026335006466048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Has the prime minister tried to have a conversation with the people who suffered in Kerala floods? Has to called you to Delhi to discuss woes?: Rahul Gandhi

Brothers and sisters, Rs 30,000 crore is equal to one year of MNREGRA. Lakhs of people get their wages through MNREGA and he gave it to Anil Ambani: Rahul Gandhi

The prime minister speaks of nationalism and then gives Rafale deal to a man like Anil Ambani: Rahul Gandhi

We have the highest unemployment in 45 years: Rahul Gandhi

We have the highest unemployment in 45 years. How many of you can stand in this crowd and says Narendra Modi has given me a job: Rahul Gandhi

How many of you have got Rs 15 lakh in your bank accounts, Rahul asks the crowd.

It seems Election Commission has woken up to its power and taken action against politicians: EC

Supreme Court takes note of action taken by Election Commission against politicians who made statements violating model code of conduct and says, &quot;it seems Election Commission has woken up to its power and taken action against politicians.&quot;