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• 06 May 2024, 10:31 PM

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• 06 May 2024, 09:07 PM

  EC adds new feature to voter turnout app to show aggregate polling numbers

  
• 06 May 2024, 08:54 PM

  EC directs former CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu to be careful with his speeches against Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy

  
• 06 May 2024, 08:54 PM

  MCC violation case filed against BJP Kaiserganj Lok Sabha candidate Karan Bhushan Singh

  
• 06 May 2024, 06:48 PM

  EC bats for ethical use of social media platforms, asks political parties to remove fake content within 3 hours of coming to their notice

  
• 06 May 2024, 05:42 PM

  BJP releases a list of 40-star campaigners for Delhi Lok Sabha elections

   

  BJP releases a list of 40-star campaigners for Delhi Lok Sabha elections
  
  PM Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Defence Min Rajnath Singh, HM Amit Shah, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Assam CM HB Sarma, Arvinder Singh Lovely, and other leaders have been named as star campaigners. pic.twitter.com/ZRs3UczEVn

  — ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2024

   

   

  
• 06 May 2024, 05:41 PM

  Lok Sabha elections Phase 3: PM Modi to cast vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad tomorrow

  
• 06 May 2024, 05:41 PM

  'PM Modi wants to make Constitution redundant; we are trying to stop him': Rahul Gandhi

  
• 06 May 2024, 03:10 PM

  NDA will certainly create a record in Lok Sabha polls, will also form government in Andhra Pradesh: PM Modi

  
• 06 May 2024, 03:08 PM

  'Congress, TMC didn’t utter a word when...': Amit Shah at Durgapur rally

  Amit Shah attacked Opposition at a Durgapur rally on Monday saying, Congress and TMC didn’t utter a word when terror struck during UPA rule because of their vote bank politics: 

  
• 06 May 2024, 01:40 PM

  Rahul Gandhi addresses election rally in MP's Ratlam

  VIDEO | Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Here's what Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in an election rally in MP's Ratlam.
  
  "This is an election to save Constitution. BJP and RSS want to finish it, change it. We're trying to save it. They want to take away your rights of water, forest and… pic.twitter.com/BY2xNaF9OO

  — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 01:29 PM

  PM Modi addresses public gathering in Nabarangpur

  #WATCH | Odisha: At a public gathering in Nabarangpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says "40 years ago, a Prime Minister had come to Odisha. He had said that I send one rupee from Delhi but only 15 paise reaches the poor. That means out of 100 paise, 85 paise was looted by the… pic.twitter.com/elhbi6Kymv

  — ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 12:45 PM

  Here's what SP Anoop Kumar Singh said about the attack on Congress office in UP's Amethi.

  "District Congress Chief informed about breaking of glass of cars in front of the party office. Police force was sent on the spot. Police were deployed there. Saddam Hussain informed that his car was damaged and he got injured in stone pelting. A case has been registered. Investigation is going on. Required action will be taken."

  VIDEO | Here's what SP Anoop Kumar Singh said about the attack on Congress office in UP's Amethi.
  
  "District Congress Chief informed about breaking of glass of cars in front of the party office. Police force was sent on the spot. Police were deployed there. Saddam Hussain… pic.twitter.com/aRq8wmQbHG

  — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 12:44 PM

  Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah holds roadshow for party candidate Amrita Roy in Krishnanagar, West Bengal.

  VIDEO | Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah holds roadshow for party candidate Amrita Roy in Krishnanagar, West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/9bZwDyisqW

  — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 11:33 AM

  Uttar Pradesh: On vandalism of vehicles parked outside Congress office in Amethi, Congress candidate from Amethi, KL Sharma says, "This has never been the culture of Amethi. Several democratic elections have taken place here. But we are seeing this for the first time. Who are such people who have come to contest elections and are giving rise to such culture?...We are not going to be scared of this. I have been in Assam too where the situation was worse. But I think it will be their loss. This is not Amethi's culture, people are not used to this..."

  #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: On vandalism of vehicles parked outside Congress office in Amethi, Congress candidate from Amethi, KL Sharma says, "This has never been the culture of Amethi. Several democratic elections have taken place here. But we are seeing this for the first time.… pic.twitter.com/SWtIa0ziZE

  — ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 10:10 AM

  Pune, Maharashtra: Actor and Shiv Sena leader Govinda held a roadshow in Pimpri-Chinchwad for Shiv Sena candidate from Maval Lok Sabha constituency Shrirang Appa Barne, yesterday.

  #WATCH | Pune, Maharashtra: Actor and Shiv Sena leader Govinda held a roadshow in Pimpri-Chinchwad for Shiv Sena candidate from Maval Lok Sabha constituency Shrirang Appa Barne, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ldNo3hXK0x

  — ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2024

  
• 06 May 2024, 08:19 AM

  Ruckus after Akhilesh roadshow in Mainpuri, FIR filed against 100 SP workers

  
  
  Police registered an FIR against 100 Samajwadi Party workers for allegedly damaging the statue of Maharana Pratap in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri.
  
  According to the police, the incident occurred after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh held a roadshow in support of his wife and Lok Sabha candidate Dimple Yadav on Saturday night.
  
  "After the roadshow, some party workers came here and tried to raise their party's flag at the statue of Maharana Pratap. We are looking at the CCTV footage," Mainpuri Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar said.
  
  A BJP worker present at the spot of the incident said that Samajwadi Party workers are aware of the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls and cannot digest the imminent defeat.
  
  "SP goons came here, and after drinking alcohol they tried to damage the statue, Samajwadi party workers know they are being defeated and that's why they have resorted to such tactics," he said.
  
  It is noteworthy that Dimple Yadav of the Samajwadi Party won the Mainpuri parliamentary by-election in December 2022, defeating Raghuraj Singh Shakya of the BJP by a margin of 2,88,461 votes.
  
  Considered the SP's bastion, the seat was held by party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and it was vacated after his death on October 10. The date of voting for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha Constituency Election is May 7 (Phase 3).
  
  In the 2019 elections, turning the arithmetic of the SP-BSP 'Mahagatbandhan' in Uttar Pradesh upside down, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal (S) won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats. The partners in the alliance, Akhilesh Yadav's SP and Mayawati's BSP, could only muster 15 seats.
  
  The Lok Sabha polls is being held in seven phases to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The results will be announced on June 4.

  -ANI

  
• 06 May 2024, 06:20 AM

  In the 2019 Assembly election, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won 112 out of 146 seats, while Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 23 seats and Congress won 9.In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the majority of seats in the state, while the BJP and the Congress brought up the rear. The BJD won 12 seats, the BJP finished a close second at 8, and the Congress bagged just a lone seat. 

  
• 06 May 2024, 06:19 AM

  The Assembly elections will be held in Odisha in four phases, from May 13 to June 1, along with the Lok Sabha elections.