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Congress claimed EC is 'super, super cautious' when it comes to complaints against PM Modi
PM lying since election slipping away from BJP grasp: Rahul Gandhi
He said the Congress' actions betrayed that it didn't respect either the Constitution or B R Ambedkar, while he was dedicated to protecting the sanctity of that document
Urges people to vote in large numbers on Friday
Of the 87 seats, the BJP and its former allies won 62, or 71% of the seats, and another seat was won by its current ally, the JD(S) in the previous general election
The Vokkaliga dominated seat has sent leaders such as former Karnataka CM SM Krishna to the parliament
The decline in voter turnout in the Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency was over 25 per cent because of calls for a poll boycott across six districts
Polling in Barmer-Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) Lok Sabha seat will be held on April 26
The insistent requests from candidates for more Congress guarantee cards is reinvigorating strategists and war room leaders. With plans to distribute 30 million cards, the Congress aims for 80 million
In a bypoll in 2002, after the sitting Congress MP passed away, Deve Gowda defeated Shivakumar from the seat. The constituency votes in the second phase on April 26
In 2019, turnout in the first phase comprising 91 seats was 69.43 per cent, suggesting a dip in total voting percentage this time
Assemblies in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh to also hold elections
Also talks about amending the Constitution to ensure that governors are appointed in consultation with state legislatures
According to ADR analysis, 574 (48 per cent) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, 363 (30 per cent) candidates have announced their age to be 25-40 years
When the BJP won the Assembly elections again in 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma succeeded Sonowal, who was sent to the Rajya Sabha and inducted in the Union Cabinet
Rahul says key issue of LS polls is RSS-BJP's intent to change Constitution
The Nilgiris constituency, reserved for Scheduled Castes, is one of the few, such as Kanniyakumari and Coimbatore, where the BJP has had electoral success in Tamil Nadu in the past
Modi said the next govt will share these drafts with the states, and invite their inputs, which he hopes to discuss threadbare with the CMs at a NITI Aayog meeting to be called after Lok Sabha polls
The manifesto states that the NDA would implement the 'one nation, one election' initiative
For 2024, Balyan would expect an easier contest than five years back when the RLD, SP, and Bahujan Samaj Party had an alliance