Lok Sabha polls highlights: DMK never focused on Tamil Nadu's development, says PM Modi

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik seeks public opinion for preparing BJD's poll manifesto

Odisha Chief Minister and ruling BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today asked people to provide inputs for preparation of the party's manifesto for the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the state. Patnaik also constituted a 38-member 'manifesto committee' headed by Berhampur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu.

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Lok Sabha polls update: Amit Shah to address 3 rallies in MP, Maharashtra tomorrow

Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra tomorrow during which he will address three rallies to campaign for BJP candidates and attend other programmes. Shah will first travel to Mandla in Madhya Pradesh. In the afternoon, he will travel to Katni in Madhya Pradesh. Then in the evening, Shah will travel to Nanded in Maharashtra where he will address a rally for the BJP candidate.

4:45 PM

Lok Sabha polls update: BJP confident of securing 25 seats in Rajasthan, says party leader Nayab Singh Saini

Haryana Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini said today: "You are seeing the 'josh' of people, it is the result of PM Modi's schemes. The 'josh' I have seen in Alwar and Tijara shows we will get 25/25 seats in Rajasthan. Congress's game is over. Now people are coming together to make India a developed nation.

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Cong will consider backing seer who vowed to take on Pralhad Joshi, says Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar

Karnataka Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today did not rule out the possibility of the party backing a seer who announced that he would take on Union Minister Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad in the forthcoming General Elections.Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math had accused Joshi of "suppressing" Veerashaiva-Lingayat and other communities, and also misusing and causing disrepute to the Lingayat 'maths' to stay in power.

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Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: BJP replaces Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher, fields Sanjay Tandon

The Saffron Party today announced that it is fielding Sanjay Tandon as the party candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher. Chandigarh, which will go to polls in the last phase of general elections on June 1.

3:54 PM

BJP chief Nadda releases party manifesto for Arunachal Pradesh

BJP President JP Nadda has released the party manifesto for Arunachal Pradesh, promising 'Gati Shakti' plan for state.

3:36 PM

Congress and DMK family parties, keen to stay in power by uttering lies: PM Modi in Mettupalayam rally

Everyone is saying DMK's exit will be by BJP and NDA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said  at rally in Tamil Nadu's Mettupalayam. Congress and DMK are family parties which are keen to stay in power by uttering lies, PM Modi added.

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DMK has never focused on Tamil Nadu's development: PM Modi at Mettupalayam rally

"DMK has always does politics of hate and division. The focus of DMK has never been the development of Tamil Nadu. But I assure you that in its third term, the NDA government will work more vigorously for the development of the Nilgiris, this is Modi's guarantee," PM Narendra Modi said today. 

2:29 PM

WB CM Mamata Banerjee facilitating infiltrators: HM Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah today accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "misleading" people on the CAA and "facilitating" infiltrators for vote bank politics, adding  that refugees should apply for citizenship without apprehension. While addressing an election rally in Balurghat, Shah critcised the TMC government "for trying to save the culprits in the Bhupatinagar bomb blast case" and for filing cases against NIA officials.

 

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History doesn't change by 'spewing lies': Rahul Gandhi's barb at BJP

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today stated that history is witness as to who joined hands with the forces that wanted to divide the country and asserted that history does not change by "spewing lies" from political platforms. "This election is a fight between two ideologies! On one side there is the Congress, which has always united India, and on the other side there are those who have always tried to divide people," the former Congress chief said in a post in Hindi.

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General Elections 2024 LIVE updates: Cong MP files complaint against Assam CM over MCC 'violation'

Alleging that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a public meeting in Lakhimpur made a promise to transfer Rs 10,000 to the bank accounts of every ration cardholder after the election, Congress MP and Lok Sabha poll candidate from Nagaon constituency in Assam, Pradyut Bordoloi, has filed a complaint against Sarma. He filed the complaint to the chief election commissioner on Tuesday night, stating that Sarma violated the model code of conduct.

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SP manifesto: Samajwadi Party releases manifesto for Lok Sabha polls 2024

The Samajwadi Party promised to conduct a caste-based census by 2025 and fill all government jobs vacancies.

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BJP releases tenth list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today released its tenth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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'Wanted to test IQ of BJP and its followers': RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on ‘Seasonal Sanatani' uproar

Reacting to the criticism, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said he wanted to "test the IQ" of the BJP and its followers. A video of Yadav having his lunch kicked up a storm on social media after, on the first day of Navratri, he posted a video of him eating fish during his campaign. 

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BJP goes after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for eating fish

On Tuesday, Bihar's former deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav shared a video on X, in which he is seen having lunch in a helicopter with Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni, eating fish. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Yadav for eating non-vegetarian food during Navratri.