LS polls highlights: Cong releases 1st list, Rahul to contest from Wayanad

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8:12 PM

Our priority is to win maximum seats, defeat PM Modi in Lok Sabha polls 2024: Congress leader KC Venugopal

After releasing the first list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that the party's priority is to win maximum seats and defeat PM Modi in the election.

8:04 PM

Honoured, humbled that Congress once again fielded me from Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor

"I am honoured and humbled that the Congress party has give me an opportunity to defend my seat...I look forward to a fair and effective contest. In 15 years of politics, I never needed to spend one day of negative campaigning," said Shashi Tharoor after being fielded once again by Congress from Thiruvananthapuram.

8:00 PM

Lok Sabha polls: Congress first list covers all 16 seats that party is set to contest in Kerala

7:56 PM

Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar's brother DK Suresh to contest from Bengaluru Rural seat in LS polls

Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar's brother DK Suresh is set to contest from Bengaluru Rural seat in LS polls. Congress has named its candidates for seven seats in Karnataka, including JD(S) bastions like Hassan, on Friday.

7:51 PM

Congress first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha polls 2024

7:43 PM

Congress first list: KC Venugopal to contest from Alappuzha, Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram in LS 2024

K C Venugopal to contest from Alappuzha in Kerala, Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram

7:41 PM

Lok Sabha 2024: Congress releases first list; Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad, Baghel from Rajnandgaon

Congress announced first list of 39 candidates for LS polls on Friday. The list revealed that Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad in 2024 LS polls. Also, ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel will contest Rajnandgaon, said Cong general secretary K C Venugopal.

6:16 PM

'PDP may be down, but we are not out': Mehbooba Mufti responds to Omar Abdullah's jibe

After National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced his party would contest all Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir region, The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti stated that she was disappointed with the decision.

 

“I am disappointed with the National Conference’s decision. We were part of PAGD, formed for a larger cause, and Farooq Abdullah would always consult for many decisions. Today I am sad his party made a major decision without consulting us,” said Mehbooba Mufti.

 

6:12 PM

Would have never joined INDIA bloc: Former J-K CM Omar Abdullah

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today stated he would have never joined the Congress-led opposition alliance INDIA bloc if he knew that he would have to weaken his own party for another member (Mehbooba Mufti's PDP) of the alliance, the party that came at No. 3 in the last election. "I have already told you that the party that stands on number 3 has no right to ask for a seat. How many people are there with PDP today who brought them to the third place? If I had been told before joining INDIA alliance that we would have to weaken ourselves for another member of the alliance, then I would have never joined the INDIA alliance."  

6:09 PM

Lok Sabha polls update 2024: BJP, TDP, Jana Sena to work together for upcoming polls, says TDP leader

Telegu Desam Party's (TDP) Member of Parliament K Ravindra Kumar on Friday that the BJP, TDP, and Jana Sena will work together for upcoming elections.

4:43 PM

4 assembly constituencies to be reserved for tribals in 2027 Goa polls, says CM Sawant

A day after the Union cabinet gave the nod to the bill to implement reservation to scheduled tribes (ST) in the Goa Assembly, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today stated that four assembly constituencies would be reserved under this category for the 2027 Assembly polls. The central cabinet on Thursday approved the ‘Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes Bill, 2024', which will empower the census commissioner to notify the population of STs in Goa.

4:25 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 LIVE: 'Kejriwal has looted the people of Delhi', says BJP leader

The BJP launched verrbal attacks on AAP's new slogan for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said that the slogan should be 'Kejriwal ke 9 saal; loot, bhrashtachar aur Dilli behaal'. "Kejriwal has looted the people of Delhi," Sachdeva claimed.

4:23 PM

INDIA alliance updates: Disappointed with NC's decision, says Mehbooba Mufti

4:17 PM

Lok Sabha polls updates: Kharge has to decide whether he will contest or not, says Cong leader Shivakumar

"I met Mallikarjun Kharge as he is our national president. As far as tickets for Lok Sabha are concerned, we have discussed 50% (14 seats). Ultimately party high command will decide. Mallikarjun Kharge himself has to decide whether he will contest or not. He has to travel around the country to ultimately decide this," said Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar.

3:30 PM

Lok Sabha polls LIVE: Congress lacks a strong leader like PM Modi, says Padmaja Venugopal

Padmaja Venugopal, who joined the BJP a day ago, said on Friday that the Congress lacks a strong leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Padmaja, who was accorded a grand welcome at the airport here by BJP leaders, including its state president K Surendran, and party workers, later said at a press conference that it pained her to leave the Congress, but she was not ready to put up any longer with the "insults" she has been suffering. She said that someone asked her why she joined the BJP as she has stood strong with the Congress even when facing problems from within the party. "After seeing Prime Minister Modi's style of functioning for some time, I realised that every party needs a strong leader. The Congress does not have any such strong leaders," she said.