From Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting influential people including celebrities, politicians, sports person to create awareness in participating democracies biggest exercise, which is to cast their vote, to Congress slamming the government on several issues, a number of developments took place on March 13. Take a look.
With each passing day in the run-up to the high stakes Lok Sabha polls 2019, political parties and leaders are intensifying their election campaigns. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting influential people including celebrities, politicians, sportspersons to create awareness on democracy's biggest exercise, which is to cast vote, to Congress releasing its second candidate list, sealing seat-sharing deal with the JDS in Karnataka, a number of developments took place on March 13. Take a look.
PM Modi tweets and tags politicians, celebrities and sportspersons to create awareness about elections and vote
PM Modi on Wednesday took to his Twitter and appealed to a number of influential people, from politicians to media persons, from celebrities to sports people, from musicians to thinkers and appealed them to play their part in creating awareness among the citizens about the electoral process and ask people to participate in the upcoming general elections. Read the full story here.
Congress releases its second list for Lok Sabha polls
On Wednesday, the Congress party released its second list for the Lok Sabha Election 2019. The party-list out 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and 5 from Maharashtra. In its first list, the party had named 18 candidates. Read the full story here.
Congress-JDS seal deal on seat-sharing in Karnataka
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls 2019, Congress and JDS who are already running a coalition government in Karnataka, on Wednesday sealed the deal for the General elections. According to reports, Congress will contest on 20 seats and JD(S) on 8 seats. Read the full story here.
Union Minister Smriti Irani hits out at Rahul Gandhi, Robert Vadra
Following news reports of alleged links of Rahul Gandhi to the arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari who is an aid of Robert Vadra, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday lashed out at Congress president and his brother-in-law Robert Vadra. The Union Minister said that reports indicate how Gandhi-Vadra family described 'parivarik brashtachar' (dynastic corruption). Read the full story here.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal attacks for Nehru, Indira Gandhi, praises PM Modi government for Kartarpur corridor
Union Minister on Wednesday praises PM Modi government for approving the Kartarpur corridor. She also slammed the Congress PMs for working against the causes of Sikhs. "If Punjab was divided it was Jawaharlal Nehru's decisions. The Gurudwara which is 3 kms away, it could have been in India. After Nehru broke Punjab, Indira Gandhi came and attacked the Golden temple. Rajiv Gandhi for his political reasons massacred millions of Sikhs all over. Now Rahul Gandhi speaks the language of Pakistan," the Union Minister added. Read the full story here.
BJP says Bengal should be declared ''super-sensitive zone'' ahead of elections 2019
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and other BJP leaders reach out to the Election Commission and demanded that West Bengal should be put in the "super-sensitive zone" while expressing apprehensions that the Mamata Banerjee government might not allow free-and-fair elections in the state. Read the full story here.
Congress-NCP confident of winning 18-20 seats from Maharashtra
The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are confident that they will win between 18 and 20 seats in the forthcoming general elections. Both the parties are confident after an internal survey was conducted by them. Read the full story here.
Delhi CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal makes another proposal for a tie-up with Congress, this time in Haryana
After Congress said no to an alliance with AAP in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has made another proposal to Congress, JJP in Haryana saying that they can defeat BJP on all the 10 LS seats if Congress, AAP, and JJP come together. Read the full story here.
Union Cabinet approves notifications for 17th Lok Sabha elections
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the issuance of statutory notifications for General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019 under sub-section(2) of Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Read the full story here.
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