Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: BJP releases 5th list of candidates

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• 24 Mar 2024, 10:54 PM

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• 24 Mar 2024, 09:20 PM

  Actress Kangana Ranaut gets Lok Sabha election ticket from BJP

  The actress Kangana Ranaut, who gets the ticket from the Himachal Pradesh seat of Mandi, is one of the new names on the Bharatiya Janata Party's fifth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 09:14 PM

  BJP releases 5th list of candidates

  The 5th list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has been released by the BJP.

   

  BJP releases 5th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
  
  Nityanand Rai to contest from Ujiarpur.
  Giriraj Singh from Begusarai.
  Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib.
  Kangana Ranaut from Mandi.
  Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra.
  Sita Soren from Dumka.
  Jagadish… pic.twitter.com/xQOR2BDpA0

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 08:53 PM

  Congress drops Sunil Sharma from Jaipur

  The fifth list of names of Congress candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 was released by the "Central Election Committee," which is led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Notably, Sunil Sharma of Jaipur is not on the list.

   

  कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित 'केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति' ने लोकसभा चुनाव, 2024 के लिए कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों के नाम की पांचवीं लिस्ट जारी की। pic.twitter.com/ypskx4hoDi

  — Congress (@INCIndia) March 24, 2024

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 08:32 PM

   Union Minister VK Singh to not contest LS elections

  Union Minister VK Singh says, ‘I will not contest the 2024 elections’

   

  मैंने सैनिक के रूप में इस राष्ट्र की सेवा में अपना सारा जीवन समर्पित किया है। पिछले 10 वर्षों से, मैंने गाजियाबाद को एक विश्व स्तरीय शहर बनाने के सपने को पूरा करने के लिए अथक परिश्रम किया है। इस यात्रा में, देश और गाजियाबाद के नागरिकों के साथ-साथ भाजपा के सदस्यों का जो विश्वास और…

  — Gen VK Singh(MODI KA PARIWAR) (@Gen_VKSingh) March 24, 2024

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 07:58 PM

  Tamil Nadu DMK MP A Ganeshamurthi was hospitalised

   

  #WATCH | Erode: Tamil Nadu DMK MP A Ganeshamurthi was hospitalised, earlier today.
  
  He is the sitting Lok Sabha MP from Erode. pic.twitter.com/ydohxZjHFj

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 07:23 PM

  BSP releases second list of 9 candidates

   

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) releases the second list of 9 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/qT9xKpGXCf

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 06:18 PM

  Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Lok Sabha Polls 2024

  Dhar: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav says, "The BJP party workers are working very hard. PM Modi will become the Prime Minister again..." - ANI

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 05:21 PM

  State Congress leader Ajay Rai says ‘ time will tell whether the BJP will cross 10 lakh votes or will lose by 10 lakh votes’

   

  #WATCH | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: State Congress leader and candidate from Varanasi Ajay Rai reaches his constituency.
  
  He says, "...I am from Kashi and I am well aware of every street, house and person in Kashi. The time will tell whether the BJP will cross 10 lakh votes or will… pic.twitter.com/JF9DPI9z5L

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

   

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 05:03 PM

  Congress: INDIA bloc will cross 272 mark

  Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh expressed optimism that the opposition could surpass the halfway point of 272 seats in the elections and remove the BJP from power, even in the face of Mamata Banerjee's autonomous seat announcement.

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 04:19 PM

  FIR registered against former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra

  Karnataka | An FIR has been registered against former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra for violating the Model Code of Conduct, in Chitradurga.
  
  BY Raghavendra is the sitting Shivamogga MP and candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from… pic.twitter.com/I8bb6rVMRJ

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 03:56 PM

  BSP releases names of 16 candidates for upcoming polls

  The list of candidates for 16 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, including the seats for Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Nagina, Muradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Amroha, Meerut, and Baghpat, was announced by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday.

   

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) releases the names of its 16 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/4eSPcQeIS9

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

   

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 01:44 PM

  Former Air chief RKS Bhadauria, YSRCP leader V Rao join BJP

  Adding to the flood of joinees in the BJP going into the Lok Sabha elections, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, and YSRCP leader Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli were formally ushered into the ruling party at the Centre in the presence of the party's national general secretary Vinod Tawde and Union Minister Anurag Thakur.

  Speaking at the induction event, the former Air chief said the last 10 years have seen 'landmark decisions' taken by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 11:22 AM

  Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj says, "... Hiding behind electoral bonds, the BJP took nearly Rs 60 crores from Sharad Chandra Reddy, the biggest kingpin in the so-called Excise Policy case. This is not an accusation, this is a fact and we have shown evidence... After Sharad Chandra Reddy was arrested, BJP took this donation worth Rs 55 crores... ED and the central government have said he is accused under the PMLA..."

  #WATCH | Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj says, "... Hiding behind electoral bonds, the BJP took nearly Rs 60 crores from Sharad Chandra Reddy, the biggest kingpin in the so-called Excise Policy case. This is not an accusation, this is a fact and we have shown evidence... After… pic.twitter.com/y15N6eBnvG

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 11:20 AM

  "Courts believe whatever happened...": Sambit Patra after HC turns down AAP's Kejriwal plea

   

  Taking a fresh swipe at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a day after the Delhi High Court dealt him a fresh blow, turning down the ruling AAP's request for an urgent listing of its plea against the former's arrest in the liquor policy case, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said on Sunday the ruling came as an affirmation that the action against him was consistent with the law of the land.

  Speaking to ANI on Sunday, the BJP spokesman said, "Our courts believe that whatever happened (the action against Kejriwal) was absolutely according to the law."

  On the HC striking down AAP's plea on behalf of Kejriwal, seeking 'immediate relief' from arrest in the liquor policy case, the BJP leader added, "He moved court saying that the granting of his custody to the ED (in the excise policy case) until March 28 was unlawful and he should immediately be granted relief (from arrest). However, the Delhi High Court refused an immediate hearing (as the AAP pleaded), and neither did it put a stay on any order passed earlier."

  "After perusing all the documents and evidence on record, the court determined that whatever happened was absolutely according to the law. Two days ago, they (the AAP) tried to take this case to the Supreme Court at midnight. However, Kejriwal had to later withdraw his petition from the SC as well," the BJP leader added.

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 10:40 AM

  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal sends order from ED custody to Water Minister Atishi

  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal sends order from ED custody to Water Minister Atishi. https://t.co/FcceGPK5Yx pic.twitter.com/iZs4PzHhhR

  — ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

  
• 24 Mar 2024, 08:18 AM

  AAP to hold protest against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest

  
  
  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will hold a candlelight march and effigy burning across Delhi on Sunday in protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

  In a statement issued on Saturday, the AAP said, "There will be a candle march and effigy burning across Delhi tomorrow in protest against the dictatorship of the BJP and the fake arrest of Arvind Kejriwal. Now the people of Delhi have come out on the streets in protest against the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal. We all have to stand together as the shield of Arvind Kejriwal. The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal will prove to be the last nail to oust the Modi government from power."

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case.