LS polls highlights: Congress does not want to include Lingayat, Maratha into OBC list, says PM Modi

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India will go back 15 years if BJP wins, says SP leader Dimple Yadav

Accusing the party of practising "divisive politics" to divert attention from real issues, Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav has said India will go back 15 years if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha elections. "They incite people on caste lines, play with their sentiments and divert attention from core issues," Dimple Yadav, the wife of SP president Akhilesh Yadav, said.

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Congress has only one identity - Betrayal: PM Modi in Dharashiv rally

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Modi works day and night to change lives, INDIA bloc is putting all efforts to change Modi: Prime minister

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General Elections 2024: 16.68% turnout recorded in repolling in Outer Manipur till 9 am

A voter turnout of 16.68 per cent was registered till 9 am at six polling stations in Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, where repolling is underway today, poll officials said. No untoward incident was reported so far and voting, which began at 7 am, is underway under tight security arrangements.

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Why is PM Modi nervous even in BJP bastions, says Congress post Indore setback

The Congress today claimed that its candidates in both Surat and Indore were threatened, intimidated and bulldozed into withdrawing their nominations, and asked why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi "so nervous" and "afraid" even in traditional BJP bastions. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Since 1984 the Congress has not won Surat and Indore Lok Sabha seats. Yet in 2024 Congress candidates in both seats were threatened, intimidated and bulldozed into withdrawing their nominations."

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People are seeing difference between 10 years of Modi govt and 60 years of Cong rule: PM Modi in Madha rally

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General Elections 2024: BJP's New Delhi constituency candidate Bansuri Swaraj files nomination

BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj filed her nomination for the Lok Sabha polls today. Union minister and party leader Hardeep Singh Puri was also present on the occasion.

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In last 10 yrs, I have lifted 250 million people out of poverty: PM Modi in Maharashtra

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Karnataka sex scandal: Amit Shah accuses Congress government of skirting over Prajwal Revanna obscene clips

Home Minister Amit Shah accused the Congress government  of not taking any action over the obscene clips allegedly feature former prime minister HD Deve Gowda's grandson and JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna. Shah stated the BJP stands with the women of  the country. "The BJP's stand is clear that we stand with the 'matrushakti' of the country. I want to ask Congress, whose government is there? The government is of Congress Party. Why they have not taken any action till now? We do not have to take action on this as this is a law and order issue of the state, state government has to take action on it."

11:22 AM

Amit Shah hits out at Congress for fake video on reservations, plays real and doctored videos

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed the Congress after a deep-fake video of him saying he would remove reservations went viral. A Congress worker, Reetam Singh, from Assam's Guwahati was taken in custody yesterday for allegedly making and sharing the deep-fake video of the Home Minister.

The deep-fake video showed Mr Shah talking about scrapping all reservations, when he was emphasizing o removing quota only for Muslims on religious grounds in Telangana.

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News update: BJP in favour of implementing UCC across India, says Amit Shah in Guwahati

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General Elections 2024: Union minister Piyush Goyal to fill nomination for Lok Sabha polls today

Ahead of filing his nomination papers today, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency, Piyush Goyal offered prayers at the Shree Pushtipati Ganesh Temple.

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Lok Sabha polls 2024: BJP's manifesto has vanished without a trace, says P Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday stated that the manifesto of the BJP for the General Elections has vanished without a trace after it was announced. On the other hand, the Congress manifesto has been read extensively due to its promises. In a post on X, Chidambaram said, "Congress' manifesto is based on three driving principles: work, wealth and welfare. There is nothing in the BJP's manifesto that is comparable to the Congress' Manifesto. That is why PM Modi and other BJP leaders do not speak about their manifesto. The BJP's manifesto vanished without a trace. The Congress' manifesto has left a deep impression on the minds of the people and has become a talking point among millions of people of the country."

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AAP-Cong alliance credit goes to Arvinder Singh Lovely, says Sanjay Singh; Cong leader snaps back

AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh praised Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday for the party's Lok Sabha poll alliance with the Congress, a day after he resigned as the Delhi unit president of the grand old party criticising the tie-up.

Responding to the remark's of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Lovely said when the INDIA opposition bloc was formed, he was not the Delhi Congress chief and added that Singh is suffering from "trauma" after coming out of jail.

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General Elections 2024: 37 candidates in contention for May 13 elections to 4 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha

Thirty-seven candidates are in contention for the elections to four Lok Sabha seats in Odisha for which voting will be held on May 13, poll officials stated on Monday. The nomination process for Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput and Kalahandi Lok Sabha segments began on April 18 and the last date was April 25. The papers were scrutinised on April 26, while Monday was the last day for withdrawal of nominations.

 

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