2019 polls highlights: BJP rejects Rahul's plan, says Cong failed the poor

Congress President Rahul Gandhi announced minimum income guarantee scheme assuring Rs 72,000 a year for 20 per cent of India's poorest. Catch LIVE updates on Lok Sabha polls 2019

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PM Modi to campaign in Bihar from next week

BJP-led NDA's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections is set to gain momentum in Bihar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies next week in Jamui and Gaya parliamentary constituencies.

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Lok Sabha polls: Over 100 candidates file nomination for first phase in UP

As many as 123 candidates filed their nominations for the first phase of Lok Saha polls in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, taking the total number to 146, EC officials said.

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19 nominees file papers in Meghalaya, Manipur

Ninteen candidates on Monday filed their nominations in two states of Meghalaya and Manipur for the first phase of seven-phased Lok Sabha elections.

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45 candidates file nominations for five Lok Sabha seats in Assam

Altogether 45 candidates have filed their papers for the five Lok Sabha seats in Assam till Monday, the last date for the filling of nomination for the first phase of parliamentary polls in the state, officials said. The five Lok Sabha seats that goes to polls in the first phase on April 11 are Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur.

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Nearly 700 nominations filed for Lok Sabha polls in Telangana

Filing of nominations for the April 11 Lok Sabha elections in Telangana came to a close on Monday. A total of 699 nominations had been filed for the 17 constituencies in the state. he final tally may go up as the process of compilation was on.

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Prominent Congress, BJP leaders file nominations in Uttarakhand

Five candidates from the Congress, three from the BJP and one from the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party filed their nominations on Monday for the five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand going to polls in the first phase on April 11

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BJP's Central Election Committee meeting, underway

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Mukul Sangma files nomination for Tura Lok Sabha seat

Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma Monday filed his papers for the Tura Lok Sabha seat on Monday, the last date for filing of nomination, officials said.

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EC observers meet CRPF brass on holding J&K Assembly polls

Three special observers appointed by the Election Commission (EC) to help it decide on holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday met top officials of the CRPF and state police.

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EC to deploy more special expenditure observers, 120 sensitive seats identified

According to PTI, the Election Commission (EC) is set to increase the number of 'special expenditure observers' to monitor illegal cash and inducements being given to voters during the Lok Sabha polls as it has identified about 120 expenditure sensitive constituencies till now in the country.

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Congress' income guarantee promise to bust fiscal discipline: Rajiv Kumar

Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar Monday said Congress party President Rahul Gandhi's promise of providing Rs 72,000 annually to five crore families if voted to power will create strong incentives against work and burst fiscal discipline.

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Milind Deora replaces Sanjay Nirupam as Mumbai Congress chief

Congress on Monday appointed former union minister Milind Deora as Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief, replacing Sanjay Nirupam.

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Modi govt giving farmers Rs 75,000 crore under PM-KISAN scheme: Jaitley

Modi govt giving farmers Rs 75,000 crore under PM-KISAN scheme, Rs 60,000 crore under MNREGA per year against UPA's one-time waiver of Rs 52,000 crore, said FM Arun Jaitley

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Congress has history of swindling people in name of poverty alleviation: Jaitley

Congress has history of doing politics over removing poverty, swindling people in name of poverty alleviation, said Arun Jaitley.

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Elections LIVE: Jaitley rejects Rahul Gandhi's Rs 72,000 scheme as 'bluff'

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rejects Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s promise to give Rs 72,000 annually to the poorest as "bluff announcement". Pandit Nehru's economic policies were ridiculed as Hindu rate of growth. Indira Gandhi's garibi hatao slogan only redistributed poverty. Rajiv Gandhi and UPA govts failed on poverty too: Arun Jaitley.

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Can't allot 'pressure cooker' symbol to Dhinakaran-led unregistered party, EC tells SC

The Election Commission (EC) told the Supreme Court that it can allot a common symbol of "pressure cooker" to an individual but not to an unregistered group led by former AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and V K Sasikala in Tamil Nadu.

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UP CM Adityanath to start Gorakhpur campaign tomorrow

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will begin campaigning in Azamgarh and Gorakhpur from Tuesday. Adityanath will address a public meeting in Gorakhpur, whereas Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will speak at a rally in Azamgarh on Tuesday, said Bharatiya Janata Party zonal vice-president Satyendra Sinha. The CM will address the people at the 'numaish' ground in Gorakhpur, in which a large number of people are expected to participate.

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PM Modi to address rally in Jammu on March 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in the outskirts of Jammu city on March 28 in support of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during an election campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and sitting MP Hema Malini, for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, in Mathura

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I've worked as Lok Sabha MP for 29 years: Deve Gowda

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Deve Gowda, grandson file nominations for Lok Sabha polls

Karnataka's ruling coalition partner Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and his grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy have filed their nominations from Tumkur and Mandya Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.

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Karti Chidambaram files nomination papers for Sivaganga constituency

Karti Chidambaram filed nomination papers to contest from Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency and slammed the BJP-led Centre for 'imposing Hindi, Hindu and Hindutva' and 'ignoring' the interests of Tamil Nadu.

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BJP declares nominees for 2 Lok Sabha seats, 19 Assembly constituencies in Odisha

BJP has announced the names of candidates for two Lok Sabha seats and 19 Assembly constituencies in Odisha, which is set to go for simultaneous polling in four phases between April 11 and 29.

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Odisha CM, BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik files nomination for Bijepur assembly constituency