Lok Sabha polls highlights: 'Sea of saffron' gathered at MP rally shows what LS results will be, says PM

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5:01 PM

Reality is exact opposite: Cong leader Jairam Ramesh on BJP's '400 paar' slogan for LS polls

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday took a jab at the BJP which has repeated on several occasions that it wants to win more than 400 seats (out of total 543) in the Lok Sabha elections. "In the 2017 Gujarat election, BJP's slogan was '150 paar', seats secured 99. In the 2018 Chhattisgarh election, the slogan was '50 paar', and the seats secured were 15...In the 2019 Jharkhand assembly election, the slogan was '65 paar' but BJP got 25 seats. In the 2020 Delhi assembly election, the slogan was '45 paar', but secured 8 seats. In the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election, the slogan was '118 paar' and secured seat 4. It is easy to give the slogan of 'paar, paar', however, the reality is the exact opposite," Ramesh said.

4:58 PM

General Elections 2024: Cong leader Antony says his son and BJP candidate Anil should lose LS polls

Senior Congress leader and former Union Defence Minister AK Antony stated today that his son, Anil K Antony, who is contesting as a BJP candidate in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, should not win the poll.Antony said that his son's party should lose, and his rival, the Congress candidate in the south Kerala constituency, Anto Antony, will win with an absolute majority.

4:56 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Candidates need not disclose every asset they own, says Supreme Court

The top court today ruled that electoral candidates do not have to disclose in their nomination papers every piece of movable property owned by them or their family members, unless the assets are of significant value or reflect a luxurious lifestyle, according to a report by reported Live Law.

4:52 PM

General Elections 2024: Women 8% of total candidates in phase 1 on April 19

The first phase of the General Elections on April 19 will have 134 women candidates – eight per cent of the total,  a report in the Hindustan Times (HT) stated.

The phase has 102 seats where 1,625 candidates are in contention, including 1,491 males. 

3:47 PM

INDIA bloc leaders abusing, threatening me to stop India's development: PM Modi

At a rally in Balaghat, PM Modi asked people to vote in large numbers and break all polling records. 

3:39 PM

News update: Ensuing Lok Sabha polls a mission for building a new India, says PM Modi at MP rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on the Congress and asserted that the party will be wiped out in Madhya Pradesh on June 4 --the day when the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections is scheduled to take place.

3:33 PM

Members of Congress are not fighting with those in BJP but amongst themselves: PM Modi in Balaghat

"The love from mothers and sisters here clearly hints at the results in Madhya Pradesh on June 4. Four to five months back, you cleared Congress from the state. Now in Lok Sabha elections, people in Congress are not fighting with those in BJP but amongst themselves," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

 

3:30 PM

Polygamy, child marriage not LS poll issues in Assam, says Assam CM Himanta

Labelling  polygamy, child marriage and other subjects related to 'Miya' community as non-issues in General Elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that he was raising these problems as he wants social transformation of the minorities and not their votes. Sarma also stated that there will be "contest" in three out of 14 Lok Sabha seats where the BJP-led NDA is fighting in Assam, while it will be a clean sweep for the saffron party in the remaining 11 seats of the state.

3:18 PM

Under PM Modi's govt, China couldn't encroach even one inch of our land: HM Amit Shah

"People of Assam will never forget how Jawaharlal Nehru said 'bye-bye' to Assam during the Chinese aggression. Under PM Modi's govt, China couldn't encroach even one inch of our land. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh can never forget 1962," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today in Lakhimpur, Assam. 

2:59 PM

Congress' manifesto will take India backwards: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised Congress, stating that while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) wants the country to be a developed nation by 2047, its principal opposition party's manifesto seems to take India backwards. "The vision of the NDA government is to make India a developed nation by 2047. I believe it won't be an exaggeration to say that the Congress' manifesto will take India backwards," the Raksha Mantri said in an exclusive conversation with ANI on Tuesday in Madurai.

2:45 PM

Modi govt secured India's border with Bangladesh, stopped infiltration: Amit Shah in Assam's Lakhimpur

2:45 PM

INDIA bloc doesn't have any ideology: UP minister Jitin Prasada

"PM Narendra Modi came to Pilibhit today and the rally was historic because a large number of people came to listen to PM Modi...INDI alliance doesn't have any ideology," UP Minister & BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Pilibhit Jitin Prasada said today.

2:24 PM

PM Modi, BJP are scared of Bihar elections results: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav

 "We don't have to justify to the people of BJP, we respect everyone, respect every religion...They are not talking about unemployment, inflation, migration from Bihar, eradicating poverty or investment in Bihar...The Prime Minister and the people of BJP are scared of the results of Bihar," Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said today

Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress 

2:22 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress

Former Union minister Birender Singh and his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata joined the Congress on Tuesday, a decade after quitting the party. The development comes a month after their son Brijendra Singh, an outgoing MP from Hisar, joined the Congress after quitting the BJP. Birender Singh (78) is the maternal grandson of farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram. He had quit the Congress in 2014 to join the BJP.

1:51 PM

Centre accords Z-category VIP security cover to CEC Rajiv Kumar ahead of LS polls

In view of potential threats, the government of India has provided Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with a Z-category VIP security cover of armed commandos. The MHA has entrusted the Central Reserve Police Force with providing a contingent of about 40-45 personnel for the task. As per the reports, the armed commandos will accompany the CEC during his travels across the country.