Lok Sabha elections highlights: It's an election between stability and instability, says PM Modi in Maharashtra

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1:54 PM

People have seen BJP's report of 10 years, we will get maximum seats in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot said, "We are contesting elections with all our strength. Results weren't good for us last time but people have seen the report of 10 years of this govt. We will win the maximum seats in Rajasthan. BJP has always done politics of polarisation and emotional issues... Congress and INDIA alliance are fighting well and I believe on June 4, the results will be in our favour...",  according to a report by ANI.

1:50 PM

Credit for excitement and enthusiasm among people goes to PM Modi's work for poor: Haryana CM Saini

Speaking to the members of the press, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said, "The enthusiasm I am seeing in party workers, the way common people are excited, these all are because of the policies of PM Narendra Modi and the way double-engine govt has worked for the poor. The people of Haryana will give all 10 seats to PM Modi and make him the PM again, for the third term... Congress party think that the people should vote for them, but they do nothing for the welfare of the poor. The poor were becoming poorer. When policies are made for the poor under PM Modi, results also come, 25 cr people have been uplifted from poverty..."

1:42 PM

BJP minister's picture on banner at Rahul Gandhi's rally in MP; Cong calls it 'human error'

The Congress faced embarrasment after a video surfacrd on social media which showed a picture of Union Minister and BJP candidate Faggan Singh Kulaste on a banner at Rahul Gandhi's rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla Lok Sabha seat on Monday.

1:39 PM

People across the country are saying 'my choice Modi': Anurag Thakur

BJP leader and Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that "The response BJP is getting across this country, the voice which comes from each nook and corner of the country today is "my choice Modi".

1:25 PM

News update: Ahead of LS elections, AAP launches 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' campaign

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday launched the 'Jail Ka Jawaab Vote Se' campaign for Lok Sabha polls.

1:06 PM

Who is stopping Jitendra Tiwari from filing defamation case: Trinamool leader Panja dares Bengal BJP leader

West Bengal minister Shashi Panja slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jitendra Tiwari for allegedly threatening to file a defamation case against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has accused him of 'meeting a National Investigative Agency (NIA) officer and furnishing him with a list of names to take action.' "Who is stopping Jitendra Tiwari from filing a defamation case?" Panja said, speaking to reporters in Howrah on Sunday.

The TMC claimed that on March 26, BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari visited an NIA SP-level officer's residence and handed him a list, based on which the NIA is planning their investigation, spreading terror, and arresting TMC booth-level workers.

12:52 PM

Situation 'serious' in UP, Adityanath should stay back: SS (UBT) leader Raut ahead of CM's rally in Maha

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath should stay back in UP, claiming the situation there is "serious". His statement comes ahead of Yogi Adityanath's rally in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region on Monday. Five Lok Sabha seats in the Vidarbha region, including Nagpur from where Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari is contesting, will go to polls in the first phase of parliamentary elections on April 19.

12:14 PM

General Elections 2024: Three-way battle among Cong, BRS, BJP to woo voters in Telangana

The ruling Congress, BRS and BJP are engaged in a 3-way fight for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls in Telangana. The southern state that saw a change of guard last year after a decade. Congress, fresh from its victory in the 2023 Assembly polls, is keen to repeat the good show while BRS that ruled the state for 10 years and now suffering defections, is striving hard to turn the table. 

12:00 PM

General Elections 2024: Atishi embarks on 3-day visit to Assam to campaign for AAP

AAP leader Atishi will be on a three-day visit to Assam starting Monday to campaign for her party ahead of the General Elections 2024. She will be campaigning in Dibrugarh and Tezpur districts, according to the AAP.

11:45 AM

Rs 5 crore in cash, 106 kg jewelry caught by Karnataka cops ahead of LS polls

Rs 560 crore in cash, 3 kg of gold, 103 kg of silver jewellery, and 68 silver bars were seized by cops in Karnataka in a raid ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The raid was conducted in Bellary town of Karnataka.

11:12 AM

News update: PM Modi to address LS poll rally in Udhampur on Apr 12

10:58 AM

We are always ready for the elections: BJP MP Maneka Gandhi

"We are always ready for the elections. We never stop after the election, we are connected to the people and hence we try to work all five years and not like those who have done nothing for four years," BJP MP and party's candidate from Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency Maneka Gandhi said today.

10:19 AM

LS polls news updates: Tripura braces for General Elections with enhanced security and voting arrangements

Tripura is making comprehensive preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal told news agency ANI. "The wide guidelines given by the Election Commission of India have been followed, and in all the districts having different constituencies, the ARO (assistant returning officers) are working. In the two parliamentary constituencies, Tripura 1 West and Tripura 2 East, the ROs (returning officers), District Magistrates of West Tripura and Dhalai Tripura have taken the necessary action to arrange a fair election procedure," Agarwal stated.

9:53 AM

News update: PM Modi to address rally in Chhattisgarh's Bastar today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is will kick-off the Lok Sabha campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh by addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday. Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap on Sunday stated that the PM Modi would start the Vijay Sankalp Shankhnaad rally from Bastar.

9:02 AM

Lok Sabha polls update: Congress announces three more candidates for West Bengal

The Indian National Congress (INC) today announced the names of three candidates for Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. The Grand Old Party announced the names of Pradip Biswas for the Bangaon Lok Sabha seat, Azahar Mollick for Uluberia and Papiya Chakraborty for the Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency.