LS polls highlights: EC bans Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remarks on Hema Malini

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7:08 PM

On the upcoming general elections, MNF's Mizoram Lok Sabha candidate K. Vanlalvena said

It's going well and it (Election) is just like a festival for the people of Mizoram. The atmosphere is very well and the people are in favour of us.

7:07 PM

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge talks about winning elections in Karnataka

We are doing our best. Winning (Assembly) elections in Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal (Pradesh) have given a boost to the Congress. People accepted the guarantees we have given, which means people want programmes, benefits, welfare schemes and not other things.

6:53 PM

EC bans Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remarks on Hema Malini

ECI bars Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from holding any rallies, public appearances, or interviews for 48 hours from 6:00 pm on 16th April, in connection with his comment against BJP candidate from Mathura Lok Sabha constituency, Hema Malini.

5:20 PM

Trinamool allowed Rohingyas to change Bengal's demography: PM Mod

The ruling TMC under Mamata Banerjee  has given permission to Rohingyas to change the demography of West Bengal, PM Modi said today at the Raiganj rally. 

5:15 PM

PM Modi has given 'guarantee' to bring UCC in country: Home Minister Amit Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "guarantee" to bring uniform civil code in the country on the same lines as Uttarakhand, Union Minister Amit Shah said at a rally in Kotdwar. "For the first time in the country, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami has introduced UCC in the state. Modi has given a guarantee in our 'Sankalp Patra' (manifesto) to introduce UCC in the whole country on the same lines," Shah said.

5:08 PM

TMC govt doesn't permit Ram Navami rallies: PM Modi

 TMC govt doesn't permit Ram Navami rallies, but allows those who throw stones at religious processions, PM Modi said in Raiganj today. "The ideas of Bengal are a part of BJP's vision. With this vision, BJP has released 'sankalp patra'. BJP's sankalp patra is Modi's guarantee card,"  PM Narendra Modi said.

5:05 PM

Those who ruled Bengal have taken the state backwards: PM Modi at Raiganj rally

5:03 PM

Lok Sabha polls update: poll officials, EVMs airlifted to four remote booths in Arunachal

Forty election officials including police personnel were airlifted to four remote polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh's Kra Daadi district to conduct polling for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the  on April 19. The polling officials along with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) were airlifted on Monday to the polling stations located at Pip-Sorang Circle

4:59 PM

General Elections 2024: Rupala files nomination; seeks support of Kshatriyas 'in country's interest'

Union minister and BJP candidate from the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, Parshottam Rupala, whose statements on Kshatriyas led to protests by the Rajput community, today filed his nomination papers following a two-km long roadshow in the city. Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, BJP's Rajya Sabha member Kesridevsinh Jhala and cabinet minister in the Gujarat government Bhanuben Babariya  accompanied Rupala when he submitted his nomination papers to District Election Officer Prabhav Joshi.

4:57 PM

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti launches election campaign, says 'entire Kashmir has been converted into jail'

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today began campaigning for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency with a road show here with a promise of raising the voice of voiceless people in Jammu and Kashmir. "I have started my election campaign to raise voice against this enforced silence, the wanton arrests and atmosphere of suffocation that prevails here," Mufti told reporters. "Entire Kashmir has been converted into a jail. No one is allowed to talk. Since the elections have been announced, the process of arrests has also started," Mufti added.

4:50 PM

TMC, which has brought tribal women to their knees, will soon bow down: PM Modi

TMC feels that Dalits, tribals and poor are not free to move as per their wish. But this election will tell them that in the democracy of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Dalits, deprived people and tribals are not slaves of TMC. TMC, which has brought tribal women to their knees, will soon come to their knees," While addressing a public meeting in Balurghat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

 

4:49 PM

TMC supports infiltrators, but opposes CAA that gives citizenship to refugees, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that Trinamool Congress has given West Bengal on lease to infiltrators and goons. The TMC supports infiltrators, but opposes CAA that gives citizenship to refugees, PM Modi claimed.

 

4:49 PM

BJP announces 3 more candidates in Punjab; replaces Union minister with wife from Hoshiarpur seat

The BJP today came out with its second list of three candidates in Punjab for the General Elections, replacing Union Minister Som Parkash with his wife from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat. The BJP won the seat in the 2014 and 2019 polls.

4:48 PM

This time victory will be of development: PM Modi at Balurghat rally

"Today this gathering of people in Balurghat, shows that this time victory will be of development. Today the whole state is saying 4 June '400 paar', 'fir ek baar Modi sarkar'," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

2:31 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: 3 legislators fielded as AAP announces 4 more candidates in Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party today announced four more candidates in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu from the Jalandhar reserve constituency. AAP named three party MLAs too: Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar from Ferozepur, Amansher Singh Kalsi from Gurdaspur and Ashok Parashar Pappi from Ludhiana parliamentary seat.