Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress releases list of candidates for Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand

Congress releases list of candidates for Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand

Congress releases list of Lok Sabha Candidates for Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand.

Congress declares Pradeep Yadav as its candidate for Jharkhand's Godda in place of Deepika Singh Pandey pic.twitter.com/vo5VhDhOGV

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INDIA bloc leaders attend rally in Jharkhand's Ranchi

#WATCH | INDIA alliance leaders, Delhi CM's wife Sunita Kejriwal attend rally in Jharkhand's Ranchi today

"INDIA alliance will work for India and Modi ji will work for Adani...BJP mislead people by giving slogans like '400 paar', '200 paar' in Bengal, '35 paar' in Delhi, '65… pic.twitter.com/gVb0Fjuixu

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 Live: PM Modi to address public meeting in Jalore today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting in Rajasthan's Jalore today.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Live: ‘We will repeal, review laws of CAA 2019,’ says Congress leader P Chidambaram 

Congress leader P Chidambaram says that if the party is voted to power, they will repeal, amend, and review five laws including the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

"...We will repeal, amend and review the following sets of laws- CAA 2019, it is top of the list. The Farmers Produce, Trade and Commerce Promotion of Facilitation Act 2020, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita that is equivalent to IPC, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita that is the CrPC and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) act that is the evidence act. These five will be totally repealed. Then we have eight laws which will be repealed and new laws will be made. Then we have 25 laws which will be amended and brought on par with the Constitution. So we are absolutely clear that the Citizenship Amendment Act will be repealed," says P Chidambaram according to ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Live: Here's what Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said on INDIA alliance's rally

In view of INDIA bloc's rally in Jharkhand today, Shiv Sena (UBT) senior leader Sanjay Raut says,""...On behalf of Hemant Soren, his wife has spoken to me and Uddhav Thackeray as well." 

As you can see the campaigning is at its peak in Maharashtra, today also Uddhav Thackeray is going out of Mumbai, however, we have decided that someone from our party will surely go there (INDIA Alliance Jharkhand rally)," he further said as reported by ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 Live: INDIA bloc leaders to hold mega rally in Ranchi today, Sunita Kejriwal, Kalpana Soren to take centre stage

Top INDIA bloc leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge to hold the 'Ulgulan (uprising) Nyay' rally in Ranchi on Sunday. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren are also expected to take centre stage in today's event.

Re-polling announced at 11 polling booths in Manipur on April 22 after incidents of firing, clashes reported

After the conclusion of first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced that re-polling would be conducted at the 11 polling booths of the inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat. Voting will be held again at these stations on April 22, according to Manipur Chief Electoral Officer. 

This decision was made following a directive from the Election Commission, which declared the initial polls held on April 19 as void.

Manipur saw a voter turnout of 69.18 per cent till 7 pm on Friday.According to CEO's order, "The Election Commission of India has, under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, directed that the poll taken on April 19 (Friday) in respect of 11 polling stations listed in the table below of 1-inner Manipur parliamentary constituency to be void and appointed April 22, 2024 (Monday) as the date for taking fresh poll at the said polling stations with hours of poll from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM." (ANI)

'Guwahati will record highest winning margin' says Assam CM Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma exuded confidence in the BJP sweeping all five seats that went to the polls in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Assam has 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, of which five--Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Jorhat--went to the polls on April 19. "We will win all five seats in the first phase. We will also win the Karimganj seat in the second phase. In the third phase, except for Dhubri, we will win other seats. A good campaign is going on in Dhubri. So far, I have not visited Dhubri and I will come to know the situation there after visiting Dhubri," Sarma told reporters. "The highest winning margin will be from Guwahati. In the second phase, earlier Nagaon and Karimganj seats were tough, but now it has become easy for us," he added. He said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam on Sunday and will hold a roadshow in Silchar. (ANI)

'BJP will sweep all five seats in Assam': CM Sarma exudes confidence in party victory

With an end to the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP is exuding confidence in sweeping away all five seats in Assam that went to polls on Friday. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that the BJP will win all five seats in the first phase of the polls. "We will win all five seats in the first phase--five out of five clean sweeps. We will also win the Karimganj seat in the second phase. In the third phase, except for Dhubri, we will win other seats. But there will be a contest in Dhubri and a good campaign is underway," said the Assam Chief Minister."So far, I have not visited Dhubri and I will come to know after visiting Dhubri. The highest winning margin will be from Guwahati because I am an MLA for the Guwahati parliamentary constituency. In the second phase, earlier Nagaon and Karimganj seats were tough, but now it has become easy for us," Himanta Biswa Sarma told the media in Karimganj. (ANI)

People will teach Congress a lesson in Lok Sabha elections, says Haryana CM

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said that Congress has always criticized the schemes introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last ten years, and people will teach them a lesson during the general elections. "Congress has always criticized all the schemes introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi (in the last ten years) because they never thought about schemes like that and did nothing... Is there any such scheme that was brought in by PM Modi and that Congress has not criticized?" CM Saini told reporters in Karnal. "The people of this country will teach them a lesson (in the Lok Sabha elections)," he added.Earlier, CM Saini said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has worked day and night for the last ten years to empower farmers and women."In the last 10 years, the BJP has worked day and night to empower the farmers and women of the country and to bring smiles to the faces of the youth and the poor," Haryana CM said while addressing a rally in Palwal on Thursday. (ANI)

In a strong swipe at Rahul Gandhi, who is re-contesting Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that another parliamentary seat is expected to be announced for the Congress leader after April 26, indicating that the Congress is not confident of retaining the key constituency in Kerala. Polling in Wayanad will be held on April 26. 

In an interview with Asianet News Network, PM Modi also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi over the delay and indecision on Amethi seat, considered a stronghold of Congress family, which the Congress leader lost to union minister Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Rahul Gandhi had contested from two Lok Sabha seats in 2019. (ANI)

PM Modi delivered a scathing critique of governments in south India on Saturday while expressing confidence that the BJP's vote share in the south would increase in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections compared to previous polls.