Lok Sabha elections Highlights: Maharashtra unit of Congress passes resolution against Sanjay Nirupam

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6:55 PM

Lok Sabha polls: BSP releases list of 12 candidates, fields Sarvar Malik from Lucknow

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday released its third list of 12 Lok Sabha poll candidates for Uttar Pradesh, fielding Nandkishore Pundir from Ghaziabad and Sarvar Malik from Lucknow. With this, the Mayawati-led party has declared its candidates for 37 seats out of total 80 parliamentary seats in the state. According to the latest list released by the BSP office here, the party declared its candidates for Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Mainpuri, Lucknow and Mirzapur seats, among others. In Mathura, the party has changed its candidate and now Suresh Singh will be in the electoral fray in place of Kamal Kant Upmanyu. Singh has been made BSP candidate against sitting BJP MP and actor Hema Malini.

6:24 PM

Election Commission reviews law and order, security situation for Lok Sabha polls

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday directed the chief secretaries and directors general of police of all states as well as the heads of central agencies to ensure peaceful and inducement-free Lok Sabha polls and maintain a strict vigil along the inter-state and international borders to plug the inflow of illicit liquor, cash, drugs and arms. Preemptive measures to address communal tensions based on past experiences and the imperative of securing porous borders against illegal activities were also discussed.

5:37 PM

LS polls: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam posts on X, 'Tomorrow I will take the decision'

5:14 PM

Rahul shifted base "because of heavy concentration of Muslims and Christians" in Wayanad: BJP leader

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today charged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with having "run away from Amethi", the Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh represented by the latter until defeat at the hands of Union minister Smriti Irani.  Prasad also said that Gandhi has shifted base to Wayanad "because of heavy concentration of Muslims and Christians" in the Kerala constituency, but claimed, "he is in for a tough fight there too".

5:09 PM

Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, several others file nominations for LS polls in Karnataka

Several candidates including Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje filed their nominations today for the April 26 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare submitted her papers as the BJP's candidate from Bangalore North. 

4:26 PM

Maharashtra Congress take disciplinary action against Sanjay Nirupam

The Maharashtra unit of Congress has passed a resolution against Sanjay Nirupam for his comments against ally Shiv Sena (UBT) and removed him from 2024 Lok Sabha elections campaigners' list.

4:23 PM

LS polls: 'Modi ki guarantee' unsuccessful, does not reach people, says Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about "Modi Ki guarantee" but it is "unsuccessful" and does not reach people, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on Wednesday as he launched his party's "Ghar Ghar Guarantee" initiative under which it aims to reach out to eight crore households across the country. Kharge launched the initiative from Usmanpur, Kaithwada in the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency and distributed pamphlets on the Congress's "Paanch Nyay Pachees Guarantee"

3:36 PM

Jolt to INDIA bloc, PDP to contest Lok Sabha elections alone in Kashmir

3:10 PM

News update: Boxer Vijender Singh to join BJP ahead of LS polls

Boxer Vijender Singh joined the BJP today ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. 

3:07 PM

Have always been a fighter: DPAP President Ghulam Nabi Azad

3:05 PM

What Congress leader Priyank Kharge said on Ex-Karnataka Deputy CM KS Eshwarappa

2:32 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 updates: Congress launches 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' campaign

The Congress launched its 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' campaign today from Delhi, ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024. The campaign seeks to engage with over 80 million households across the country and spread awareness on the party's five guarantees for the upcoming elections.

2:17 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Denied LS poll ticket, BJP's Jalgaon MP Unmesh Patil joins Sena (UBT)

Unmesh Patil, the BJP MP from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra who failed to get a ticket for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, joined the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) today. The party, however, fielded Karan Pawar from the Jalgaon Lok Sabha seat as it announced his name along with those of the candidates for three other constituencies.

2:14 PM

General Elections 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi files his nomination from Wayanad

Congress leader and incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi today submitted his nomination papers for the Wayanad  constituency in Kerala for the Lok Sabha elections, starting from April 19 in seven phases across the country. "It has been an honour for me to be your member of Parliament. I don't treat you and think of you like an electorate. I treat you and think of you the same way I think of my little sister Priyanka. So in the houses of Wayanad, I have sisters, mothers, fathers and brothers. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that," Rahul Gandhi said.

2:06 PM

Alternative to PM Modi is group of experienced leaders not driven by individual ego, says Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today stated that the question of who could be an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "irrelevant" as in a parliamentary system people are not electing an individual but a party or a coalition of parties. In a post on X, Tharoor said, "Yet again a journalist has asked me to identify an individual who is the alternative to Mr Modi. The question is irrelevant in the Parliamentary system."

1:59 PM

Lok Sabha elections updates: Farooq Abdullah not to contest LS polls due to health reasons

National Conference president and sitting MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah will not contest the Lok Sabha polls due to health reasons, his son and former J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said.

 

1:55 PM

NC left us with no option other than to contest all LS seats in Kashmir: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti today stated INDIA bloc partner National Conference has left the PDP with no other option other than to contest the election on the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. The NC recently announced it would field its candidates on all three seats. The NC left two seats in Jammu for the Congress as part of the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing agreement.

1:26 PM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: BJP's Mahesh Sharma to file nomination today

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak accompanied BJP candidate from Gautam Budh Nagar, Mahesh Sharma, in his nominations for Lok Sabha polls.

12:47 PM

Former Bihar Dy CM Sushil Kumar Modi to not participate in LS polls, says suffering from cancer

Lok Sabha polls: Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi announces that he will not be participating in the polls as he is battling cancer. He made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter and wrote that he has been battling cancer since six months. He further added that the Prime Minister has already been informed of his health condition. 

12:22 PM

What Congress MP Amir Chand Nayak said on LS, Assembly polls in Odisha

 

"The people have already understood the false promises of the BJD and BJP in the centre. They have understood their unholy alliances are not working for the people's development but to woo the votes from the public at the time of the elections... We have seen the double-engine government in different states of the country. I don't think those states have ever developed," Congress MP Amir Chand Nayak said.

12:15 PM

General Elections 2024 updates: BJP candidate K Annamalai holds roadshow in Coimbatore

The Tamil Nadu BJP Chief and BJP candidate from Coimbatore, K Annamalai, hit the campaign trail today by holding a roadshow to make preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The roadshow began in Teppakulam Maidanam in Madurai at around 11:00 am. 

12:13 PM

LS polls update: What Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said on the upcoming polls

11:52 AM

Who even believes what Rahul Gandhi says?: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'country will be on fire' remark saying who even believes what he (Rahul Gandhi) says and what Rahul Gandhi says doesn't have any facts or seriousness. CM Yadav made the commentwhile speaking to reporters in Jabalpur district today morning.

11:41 AM

Lok Sabha polls 2024 update: Seven women among 80 candidates in first phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh

Among the 80 candidates in contention for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, just seven or 8.75 per cent are women, according to official data.

The figure is lower than the first phase of the 2019 general elections when 12 of the 91 contenders or 13.18 per cent were women. However, none of those female candidates were victorious.

11:37 AM

General Elections 2024: Triangular fight in the offing in Udhampur

BJP leader and Union minister Jitendra Singh is seeking to retain the Udhampur seat for the third time while the Congress has pitted Choudhary Lal Singh, who is facing ED's investiagtion heat in a money laundering case. The entry of former minister G M Saroori on the ticket of his Democratic Azad Party (DPAP) has made it a three-cornered contest.

10:53 AM

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Rahul Gandhi to file nomination today in Wayanad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. He will also hold a roadshow in the constituency where he had won in the 2019 Parliament polls with a margin of over 400,000 votes.

10:51 AM

Lok Sabha elections: Uttarakhand govt declares public holiday on voting day

Ahead of the General Elections in the country, the Uttarakhand government has declared a public holiday on April 19. The order was issued by the General Administration Department of the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday.

10:30 AM

CPI candidate from Wayanad, Annie Raja conducts a roadshow in the constituency ahead of filing her nomination.

9:48 AM

Lok Sabha polls update: Nine more candidates file nominations from Jammu Lok Sabha seat

Nine more candidates filed their nomination papers from Jammu Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday, an official spokesperson said. The total number of candidates who have filed their nomination papers from Jammu Lok Sabha seat stands at 13, he said. Polling in Jammu will be held on April 26.

9:46 AM

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami distributes party pamphlets in Periyar market area