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Lok Sabha polls highlights: Not just my party members, even Opposition working for Lotus, says PM

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Azamgarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by BJP leader Dinesh Lal Yadav, during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Lalganj, Azamgarh, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

At a poll rally in Pratapgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the BJP will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the INDIA bloc will disintegrate after June 4.  He added that the Opposition alliance will look for a scapegoat after the defeat.

A day after the Centre issued its first set of citizenship certificates under CAA to 14 people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that he won't let CAA be abolished, at an election rally in Azamgarh.

At a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow,  AAP leader Sanjay Singh stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained his silence on the harassment of women by JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna and the atrocities on women in Manipur, adding that the BJP should not politicise the Swati Maliwal case. 

Ahead of the fifth phase of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold election rallies in Lalganj , Jaunpur, Bhadohi, and Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh today. Thirteen Lok Sabha seats in UP will vote in the fifth phase on May 20.

Speaking at a campaign rally here for his party's candidate from Nashik Lok Sabha seat, Rajabhau Waje, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said Maharashtra's lost glory would be restored if the INDIA block came to power. Thackeray alleged that Maharashtra gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi more than 40 MPs in 2014 and 2019 elections, but got nothing in return. "You promised two crore jobs. Where are those jobs? Some Gujaratis deny Marathi people entry. Shall we bear it? ASHA workers are not getting their honorarium for months. There are no health facilities, jobs, no money to farmers and no crop loans. I promise to regain the lost glory of Maharashtra after coming to power. I also promise farmers MSP for crops. I will cancel the GST on fertilizers, seeds when an INDIA government comes to power at the Centre," he said. 

PM Modi is also set to address an election rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on May 17, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Wednesday.After his meeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who has announced his party's support to BJP-led NDA's candidates in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the BJP leader said, "PM Modi will address a poll rally at Shivaji Park on Friday (May 17). I invited Raj Thackeray for the rally and he has agreed to attend it." "Thackeray's support (to NDA candidates) and his appeal to voters will reflect in the (poll) outcome. We have asked Raj to join us for the poll campaign in the next few days," he added. 
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Not just my party members, but even Opposition working for the Lotus, says PM Modi

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PM Modi attacks Congreess over Constitution

The Supreme Court of India has said almost two dozen times to bring UCC in this country. We should avoid false narratives. Who was the first person to tamper with the Constitution of this country? Pandit Nehru did it. The amendments he brought in the Constitution were those that restricted freedom of speech – which was against democracy and also against the Constitution. Secondly, his daughter brought it... she overturned the judgement of the court, when there was a movement in the country, she imposed emergency. After this his son came, Shahbano's judgment came... he overturned the judgment of the Supreme Court.
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Adhir Ranjan on Mamata Banerjee extending support to INDIA bloc

India General Elections 2024 Live: On TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, "Now, I think she has been able to read the situation which has been changing very fast across the nation. So, now she has been pleading for INDIA alliance because only INDIA alliance can save the country from further destruction and despair. She has woken up from her political slumber. Only by citing the INDIA alliance she can save her face and fortune in West Bengal..."
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PM Modi has lost confidence as people want political change: Sharad Pawar

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has lost his confidence as people want political change this time.
He also hit out at Ajit Pawar-led NCP's leader Praful Patel for placing a 'jiretop', the headgear that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used to wear, on PM Modi's head, stating that it showed the former Union minister's "lachari" (slavish attitude).
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Strict action should be taken against person involved in 'assault' on Maliwal: Congress

Congress Spokesperson Ragini Nayak today stated strict action should be taken against the person who was involved in the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. "If any crime takes place against a woman, whoever is involved in the crime, whether he belongs to any political party or not, strictest action should be taken against him. (AAP MP) Sanjay Singh also said the same thing and the Congress party also said the same," Nayak said.
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BJP will win and INDIA bloc will disintegrate after June 4: PM Modi

BJP will win and INDIA bloc will disintegrate after June 4. They will look for a scapegoat after the defeat, PM Modi stated today at a rally in Pratapgarh. Samajwadi Party and Congress are making an appeal for 'Vote Jihad' against PM Modi, PM Modi said at a rally in Pratapgarh. 
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The INDI alliance's formula to run a government is to make five PMs in five years: PM Modi in Pratapgarh

"In INDI alliance only those people are there who raise question on the valour of the soldiers of the country. Their agenda is to again impose Article 370 in J&K and will they also say that they will abrogate CAA," alleged PM Modi.
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If INDIA bloc wins, which I am sure won't happen, who will be its PM candidate: Amit Shah at Bihar rally

At an election rally in Bihar's Madhubani, Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Opposition INDIA bloc, raising query on who is the alliance's Prime Ministerial face.  He asserted that the country needs strong prime minister, not one  who rotates on a yearly basis.
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Samajwadi Party govt in UP was kind to SIMI: PM Modi

Terrorists got special treatment under the previous governments of Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh,  PM Modi alleged at a poll rally in Bhadohi. “It was kind to SIMI,” he added.
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Every section is fed up with the BJP govt: Haryana Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said people are looking at his party with great hope and it is set for a clean sweep in Haryana in the Lok Sabha elections. Voting for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana will be held in the sixth round of the seven-phase elections on May 25. "People are looking at the Congress with great hope and there is a wave in our favour," Hooda said. Targeting the BJP dispensation in Haryana, the leader of opposition in the Haryana Assembly said it is a "non-performing government" and "every section is fed up with it".
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No right or left stream; only mainstream politics will be allowed in J-K under Modi govt: BJP leader

"This is Modi government and everyone has to believe in only mainstream politics and no right or left stream is allowed. There is no other way," senior BJP leader and in-charge Kashmir division, Sunil Sharma, said.He was referring to the statement of former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Ghulam Qadir Wani that his organisation will participate in the assembly elections if the Centre revokes the ban imposed on the outfit in 2019.



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SP, Cong want to try out 'TMC politics' in UP: PM Modi at Bhadohi rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today slammed INDIA bloc partners Samajwadi Party and Congress for fielding a Trinamool Congress candidate in Bhadohi and said they wanted to try out the TMC brand of politics in the state. "It is difficult for the SP and Congress to even save their deposit, so they are doing a political experiment in Bhadohi. Their experiment is to conduct a trial of TMC's politics of Bengal in UP," PM Modi said.
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Under SP govt, 'one district one mafia' ruled roost: PM Modi at Bhadohi rally

"We are trying everything for vocal for local, one district one product, in SP govt it was 'one district one mafia'... Since Yogi ji has assumed the power 'pura mahaul badal gya hai'," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing a public meeting in UP's Bhadohi.
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Out of jail, he is more a 'goonda' than a CM: BJP attacks Kejriwal for silence on Maliwal issue

The BJP today slammed Arvind Kejriwal for maintaining silence at a press conference in Lucknow on the alleged assault on his party MP Swati Maliwal, alleging the Delhi chief minister is behaving more like a "goon". BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed Kejriwal is the main "criminal" in the complaint that his aide Bibhav Kumar had physically attacked Maliwal at the chief minister's residence.
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Inhuman to hold roadshow where hoarding collapse killed people: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut today stated it was inhuman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to conduct a roadshow in the same area of Mumbai where the hoarding collapse incident claimed the lives of 16 persons. "Never ever has such an incident happened where roads were shut for one person's campaign, causing inconvenience to people. It is inhuman to hold a roadshow where people died after the hoarding collapse," the Sena (UBT) MP said.

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First Published: May 16 2024 | 9:03 AM IST

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