Lok Sabha elections: Modi's anti-national acts dividing India, says Rahul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally in Solapur, while Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address rallies in Kerala. Catch Lok Sabha elections live updates

1:58 PM

Modi attacks Sharad Pawar for allegedly raising questions about his family

"We (Modi) are a backward community, we have been subjected to such humiliation by the Congress many times in the past. They have never stopped showing me my caste and hurling abuses, now, he's calling the whole Modi community as 'chors'," Modi pointed out. Read full report here

1:52 PM

BJP won't allow two prime ministers in India: Amit Shah

"No one can take away Kashmir from us. As long as BJP exists, Kashmir will continue to be an integral part of India," Shah said at a rally Maharashtra's Tasgaon

 

His comments came after Omar Abdullah allegedly suggested that Kashmir should have a separate PM. Read more

1:49 PM

Kamal Nath doing politics over natural tragedy: BJP

The BJP Wednesday accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath of doing politics over the loss caused by overnight rains and storm after the Congress leader charged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's concerns were limited to his home state Gujarat.

Kamal Nath had in a tweet taken a swipe at Modi, saying he was the country's prime minister, not of Gujarat and that rains and lightning had left 10 people dead in Madhya Pradesh but Modi's concerns were confined to Gujarat. Read more 

1:14 PM

Congress, BJP spar over 'corruption' in MP

Against the backdrop of Income Tax raids on close aides of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, the opposition BJP says it would make corruption as the main plank of its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.

 

The ruling Congress in the state also said it will probe all scams that came to light during the previous BJP-led government. Read more 

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12:09 PM

Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad

11:52 AM

You can watch Modi's speech in Solapur here

11:46 AM

Modi addresses rally in Solapur

11:27 AM

Rahul Gandhi lays down the 3 main issues in this year's election

Rahul Gandhi said the three key issues ruling the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are destruction of the Indian economy, personal corruption of Modi and the plight of the farmers.

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PM Modi dividing nation, says Rahul

"Today the most anti-national act is the act of Modi who is dividing the nation," said Rahul Gandhi as he kicked off his day-long campaign in Kerala.

"Crippling the agricultural system, leading to farmers suicide is another anti-national act of Modi. Youths loosing their jobs is also another anti-national act. Modi has failed in all these and it's time that he answers," he said 

Read more here

11:05 AM

Rahul Gandhi rallies

Rahul Gandhi is set to address rallies in Wayanad, Kozhikode, Wandoor and Palakkad 

10:51 AM

Rs 300 per voter: Rs 1.5-cr seized in Tamil Nadu

The Income-Tax Department said it has seized Rs 1.48 crore cash allegedly stashed to bribe voters in Tamil Nadu's Theni district, where an assembly bypoll is scheduled tomorrow. 

Unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.48 crore was seized. It was neatly packed in 94 packets and envelops on which the ward number, number of voters and the amount of Rs 300 per voter was written, I-T Director General (investigations) B Murali Kumar said. More details here

10:48 AM

Watch Rahul Gandhi's public address at Thiruvananthapuram

10:47 AM

PM Modi will address four rallies today

10.45 am: Madha, Maharashtra
 

2.35 pm: Himmatnagar, Gujarat
 

4.30 pm: Surendranagar, Gujarat
 

6.20 pm: Anand, Gujarat