LS polls highlights: Opposition using fake videos to create social discord, says PM Modi

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8:16 PM

Another identity of Congress was, terrorists were left openly: PM

During a public rally in Pune, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, " Another identity of Congress was, terrorists were left openly...How can we forget those times when there used to be terrorist attacks and bomb blasts everyday...10 years ago, there used to be bomb blasts in Kashi, Ayodhya...but does that happen anymore?... This is Modi, will enter the house (of terrorists) and kill them. PFI used to conspire terror attacks...we banned them and their big leaders are rotting in jail. For votes, Congress went to Kerala to get their help. Can such people provide you security?"

5:54 PM

Opposition using fake videos to create social discord, says PM, warns people against forwarding such videos

PM Modi, speaking in Karad, Maharashtra, raised a red flag about fake videos allegedly circulated by the opposition to stir up trouble among people. He cautioned everyone against sharing these videos, emphasising the harm they could cause to social harmony. With this alert, he set the stage for addressing crucial issues and achievements of his government.

5:06 PM

Congress stages protests against JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna

 Congress workers on Monday protested against Bharatiya Janata Party and JD(S) over the 'obscene videos' involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, news agency ANI reported today. BJP and JD(S) are in a political tie-up in Karnataka for Lok Sabha elections

5:01 PM

Delhi High Court rejects plea seeking PM Modi's disqualification from contesting polls for six years

The Delhi High Court today rejected a plea seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by allegedly seeking votes in the name of "god and place of worship" during his recent speech at Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. The court remarked that the petition is devoid of merits.

4:19 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Two MVA candidates file nominations from Nashik, Dindori LS seats

Two candidates of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) today registered their nomination for the Nashik and Dindori Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, which will go to polls in the fifth phase of the general elections on May 20. The Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Parag Rajabhau Vaje filed his nomination from the Nashik seat, and Nationalist Congress Party (SP) candidate Bhaskar Muralidhar Bhagre filed his candidature from the Dindori constituency.

4:15 PM

Amit Shah fake video: Delhi Police seeks information from social media platforms on source

Delhi Police has written to X and other social media platforms seeking information about the source of a doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah that was shared online, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police had on Sunday registered an FIR after the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), which is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, filed a complaint about the doctored video of Shah where his statements indicating a commitment to abolish quota for Muslim community on religious ground in Telangana were changed to make it seem that he was advocating scrapping of all reservations.

4:13 PM

Chandrababu Naidu, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy stooges of BJP: AP Congress chief YS Sharmila

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief Y S Sharmila on Monday alleged that YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP head N Chandrababu Naidu are stooges of the BJP. Sharmila made the allegation at Kakinada during a public meeting as part of her election campaign for the May 13 simultaneous polls for the 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

3:59 PM

TMC's Sushmita Dev slams BJP over JD(S) MP Revanna's sex scandal

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev on Monday took on the BJP over the alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna of the JD(S), and criticised the saffron party for backing the accused.She said the scandal that unfolded "goes to the top".

"The national media has just revealed that the Revanna sex scandal that has just unfolded in Karnataka of a JD(S) MP, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, actually runs much deeper. In fact, it goes to the top," she said.

3:56 PM

Sunita Kejriwal, Atishi meet CM Kejriwal in Tihar Jail

Sunita Kejriwal and Delhi minister Atishi met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Tihar Jail and shared details of their meeting with the chief minister inside the prison.  Atishi said, "Just now, I came to meet the Chief Minister. I asked him how are you, but he said, don't ask about my condition, tell me how the work is going on in Delhi." 

3:54 PM

PM Modi abusing Gandhi family as he has nothing to his credit: Cong chief Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi abuses the Gandhi family because he does not have any achievements to his credit. Congress is leading in the two phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, which has worried Modi, Kharge said during a public meeting in this town in Yadgir district.

 

 

2:41 PM

Women won't have to sell their mangalsutra anymore, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X that if the Congress forms the government at the Centre, it will provide free medical treatment up to Rs 25 lakh to all Indians. Sixty million Indians are at the risk of falling into the trap of poverty due to the burden of a single medical bill, he said.

2:29 PM

No woman in India will have to mortgage her mangalsutra: Rahul Gandhi

2:12 PM

News update: Today, the truth is unemployment is at 45-year high, says Rahul Gandhi at Gujarat rally

1:49 PM

Congress releases list of 4 candidates for Lok Sabha elections

The Congress has released a list of 4 candidates for the General elections in Punjab. Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has been fielded from Gurdaspur. State Congress chief Amrinder Singh Brar has been fielded from Ludhiana by the party. Kulbir Singh Zira will contest from Khadoor Sahib and Vijay Inder Singla will fight from Anandpur Sahib.

1:46 PM

Congress is planning religion-based quota, I will not let this happen: PM Modi at Bagalkote rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of planning religion-based reservation in the country for the sake of vote bank politics, but asserted that he will not let it happen. He said this Congress proposal is to appease minorities as the SC/ST and OBC community is now with the BJP.

"In Karnataka, Congress has started a campaign to change the Constitution and to snatch away the rights of SC/ST and OBCs. Our Constitution does not accept religion-based reservation. But the Karnataka government has given part of OBC reservation to Muslims," PM Modi stated.