LS polls highlights: BJP's Mukesh Dalal set to get elected unopposed from Surat

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Andhra Pradesh has future only if NDA comes to power: Chandrababu Naidu

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said Andhra Pradesh has a future only if the National Democratic Alliance comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena comes to power. The opposition leader made this observation at a public meeting in Jaggampeta in Kakinada district as part of his Prajagalam election canvassing tour.

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PM Modi to hold two rallies in Sagar and Betul, roadshow in Bhopal on April 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will address two rallies in Sagar and Betul Lok Sabha constituencies and hold a roadshow in Bhopal, Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries said on Monday. Sagar, Betul and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in the third phase on May 7. The BJP had won these three seats in the 2019 general elections.

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Lok Sabha polls update: NCP releases poll manifesto, supports demand for caste-based census

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar today released his party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, highlighting that it will support the demand for a caste-based census, an issue its ally BJP has been side-stepping.

 

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UP minister Sanjay Nishad beaten at wedding in Sant Kabir Nagar

Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad was allegedly roughened by some people when he was visiting a village in the Khalilabad Kotwali Police Station area to attend a wedding, police today. The incident took place late Sunday night in Mohammadpur Kathar village, where Nishad was confronted by a group of people with questions about his work and his MP son's absence from the constituency. Nishad was rushed to a local hospital with a bloody nose.

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We've given full opportunity to youth: DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on party's Srinagar candidate

"Amir Bhat is our party's candidate from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat...I have full hope that the people of Srinagar City will like him. We've given full opportunity to youth,"  Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Monday.

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Panic in BJP camp after sensing defeat in phase 1, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Addressing a rally in Raiganj, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the BJP is in panic mode after sensing defeat in the first phase of polling last week, adding that the rout of the saffron camp across the country is imminent. "Fear and panic have gripped the BJP. After the first phase of polling in nearly 100 seats across the country, they have sensed defeat. That is why they are making baseless statements. The rout of the saffron camp is only a matter of time," she said.

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BJP's Mukesh Dalal set to get elected unopposed from Surat

BJP's Mukesh Dalal set to get elected unopposed from Surat after all other candidates withdraw: Party's Gujarat chief C R Paatil.

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PM has called a spade a spade: BJP on Opposition's criticism of PM Modi's remarks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a spade a spade and has echoed people's sentiments, the BJP claimed today after the Opposition termed his remarks at a poll rally in Rajasthan as communally divisive. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that that the Opposition is in pain as Modi has showed them the mirror about its past.

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Central government decimated MSMEs across country, Aligarh is no exception, says Congress

The Congress today alleged that the PM Modi-led government has "decimated" MSMEs across the country and asked why is Aligarh's 100-yr old lock industry struggling under his dispensation. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh had posed questions to the prime minister ahead of his rally in Aligarh, and asked why has the BJP failed to deliver justice to the Hathras rape victim. "This government has decimated MSMEs across the country, and Aligarh is no exception. When he campaigned in Aligarh in 2014, PM Modi had made small businesses the focus of his speech. Yet, 10 years later, Aligarh still does not have a government depot where lock makers can purchase raw materials at reasonable rates," he said.

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Congress' eyes are on women's 'mangalsutras', alleges PM Modi at Aligarh rally

At an election rally in Aligarh, PM Modi said that the Congress talks of redistributing the property of people and its eyes are on women's 'mangalsutras': 

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Congress did nothing to improve social, economic condition of Muslims: PM Modi at Aligarh rally

The Congress followed the policy of appeasement but did nothing to improve the social and economic conditions of Muslims, PM Modi said at an election rally in  Aligarh on Monday.

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Aligarh has put 'lock' on SP, Congress factory of corruption, appeasement: PM Modi

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We say poor, adivasis and Dalits have first right over country's resources: Home Minister Amit Shah

Congress says minority has first right over country's resources, but we say poor, adivasis and Dalits have first right, Home Minister Amit Shah said today.

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PM Modi has eliminated terrorism from the country; Naxalism is on verge of ending: Amit Shah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has eliminated terrorism from the country; Naxalism is on verge of ending, Home Minister Amit Shah said today at a rally in Chhattisgarh's Kanker.

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Lok Sabha polls: Election Commission holds meeting to discuss measures to mitigate risks due to heatwave

The Election Commission today held a meeting with different stakeholders, including officials of the Met department, after forecasts of above-normal temperatures and heat waves in parts of the country. Steps to mitigate risk occurring out of heatwaves during the Lok Sabha polls were discussed during the meeting. Six more phases of the seven phased exercise are yet to be held in the country. Officers of the Indian Meteorological Department, National Disaster Management Authority and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare attended the meeting.