03:44:21 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: After joining BJP, actor Shekhar Suman & former Congress leader Radhika Khera meet the party’s national president JP Nadda
03:43:11 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Modi & BJP consider only themselves as Hindus, they don’t think about other communities, says Mamata Banerjee at Purulia rally
03:40:31 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voter turn out till 3 pm in different states
- West Bengal- 63.11%
- Madhya Pradesh- 54.09%
- Chhattisgarh- 58.19%
- Maharashtra- 42.63%
- Gujarat-47.03%
- Bihar-46.69%
- Assam- 63.08%
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu-52.4%
- Goa- 61.3%
- Karnataka- 54.2%
- Uttar Pradesh- 46.7%
03:38:57 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voter turnout till 3 pm in Uttar Pradesh
03:23:35 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Defer payments under Rythu Bharosa scheme till completion of polls in Telangana on May 13, says EC Telangana govt
03:20:05 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: PM insulted President Murmu, a tribal, by not inviting her to new Parliament building inauguration, Ram Temple consecration, says Rahul Gandhi
03:15:15 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting in Basia, Jharkhand
“In these elections, the INDIA alliance is protecting the Constitution, while the BJP is attacking it. Their (BJP’s) leaders are openly saying that they will finish the Constitution. BJP leaders are making statements that once they get elected, they will finish the Constitution and reservation,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing a public meeting in Basia, Jharkhand.
03:15:13 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: BJP hell bent to handover PSUs, railways to industrialists, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Gumla
02:50:28 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: This is what actor Shekhar Suman said after joining BJP
After joining BJP, actor Shekhar Suman said, “…I have come here with a clean slate. You don’t raise questions when you completely surrender. We all have a social responsibility, that’s why I have come here… We discuss a lot about what’s right and wrong but we need to join the system… I have come with this thought.”
I came to meet him. He is improving and I wish him all the best and he should speedily recover
– Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge after meeting Union Minister & former Karnataka CM SM Krishna
02:28:19 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: This election is crucial for the future of Dalits, Adivasis and backwards, says Rahul Gandhi
“This election is crucial for the future of Dalits, Adivasis and backwards. Congress, INDIA alliance, Champai Soren and Hemant Soren – all of us are fighting these elections unitedly to save the Constitution. This is not an ordinary book, this is the Constitution – the voice of Adivasis, Dalits, backwards and poor,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while addressing a public rally in Singhbhum, Jharkhand.
02:28:31 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: West Bengal records 49.27 pc voter turnout; Goa inches closer at 49.04 pc till 1 pm
- West Bengal is still leading the voter turnout at 49.27 per cent while Goa, is inching closer to it at 49.04 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm, as per the data provided by the Election Commission of India.
- Chhattisgarh is also witnessing a high voter turnout of 46.14 per cent. Maharashtra has the lowest turnout till 1 pm at 31.55 per cent.
- Voting percentages for other states participating in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls as of 11 am are– Assam–45.88 per cent, Bihar–36.69 per cent, Gujarat–37.83 per cent, Karnataka–41.59 per cent, Madhya Pradesh–44.67 per cent and Uttar Pradesh–38.12 per cent.
- Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu recorded 39.94 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm.
01:53:52 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Radhika Khera alleges mistreatment over Ram temple visit
After joining BJP, Congress leader Radhika Khera said, “I have always heard that Congress is anti-Ram. But I am a living victim of this. The way I was treated when I went to Ram Temple to offer my prayers and later, I was denied justice. Even today, no action has been taken… The Congress party is not able to give justice to its own daughters and workers, The public is watching how they will run a nation. I want to tell the public that when they (Congress) are not able to give respect to women, they will not be able to give justice to anyone… It will become a matter of concern if the nation goes into the wrong hands.”
01:50:40 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live Updates: Kharge approves candidature of Sher Singh Ghubaya
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the candidature of Sher Singh Ghubaya as party candidate from the Firozpur parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections.
01:42:11 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Bengal nears halfway mark while Maharashtra continues at bottom
01:30:44 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Disabled voter casts ballot with feet, urges others to vote
01:18:21 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: “Congress is silent but today one of its allies confirmed the intentions of INDIA bloc,” says PM
During a public gathering in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Congress is silent but today one of its allies confirmed the intentions of INDI alliance. Their leader who is in jail in connection with the fodder scam and has been punished by the court…He has just come out on bail…He said that Muslims should get reservation and not just reservation, he says that Muslims should get complete reservation. What does this mean? These people want to snatch away all the reservation that SC, ST and OBC community have and give complete reservation to Muslims…”
01:16:18 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Adani Group MD on polls
Pranav Adani, Managing Director (Agro, Oil and Gas) Adani Group wrote on X, “India’s elections aren’t just the world’s largest. They are a remarkable showcase of diversity and unity, where every vote counts. I just voted, fulfilling my constitutional duty. Now it’s your turn! Make your voice heard. Cast your vote.”
01:09:13 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: CM Yogi Adityanath condemns disrespect to Indian culture at Sitapur Rally
Addressing a public rally in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said, “It has become a fashion to abuse the Santana culture of India, to challenge the existence of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna. And about this, I will only say that ‘Vinash kale viprit buddhi’…”
01:08:08 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Five generations of a family voted together
Five generations of a family voted together at a polling station in Semli, Balrampur of Chhattisgarh.
01:02:52 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: World knows activities Akhilesh Yadav and his party have been involved in, says Acharya Pramod Krishnam
Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam said, “The world knows the activities Akhilesh Yadav and his party have been involved in. They think everyone is like them. I pray to God that Akhilesh’s future is bright. But his uncle is trying to destroy him. He should fight with them, not me…”
01:00:11 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: INDIA bloc spreading rumour that if Modi gets 400 seats, he will change the Constitution, says PM
During a public gathering in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Congress and INDI alliance are spreading a new rumour that if Modi gets 400 seats, he will change the Constitution. It seems as if the Congress people’s intelligence has been locked by the vote bank. Hey, they should know that from 2014 to 2019 and 2019 to 2024, Modi had the support of 400 seats in the form of NDA and NDA+.
12:57:55 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Acharya Pramod Krishnam casts his vote
Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam casted his vote at a polling booth in Sambhal. BJP’s Parameshvar Lal Saini is contesting against Samajwadi Party’s Zia Ur Rehman Barq at the Sambhal Lok Sabha Constituency.
12:57:49 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Congress wants that Baba Saheb should not get credit for making Constitution, says PM Modi in MP’s Dhar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Congress wants that Baba Saheb should not get the credit for making the Constitution. Congress has started saying that Baba Saheb’s contribution in making the Constitution was less, Nehru ji played the biggest role in making the Constitution…They first distorted the history of the country and made people forget the great Sons of Independence. They wrote false history to glorify themselves and now they have started fabricating lies about the Constitution as well.”
12:56:49 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: PM Modi in Dhar
During a public gathering in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The third phase of voting is underway. The opposition was defeated in the first phase and decimated in the second phase and today whatever is left in the third phase will also be destroyed. The whole country has decided ‘Phir ek baar Modi Sarkar’…”
12:51:15 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Verbal spat occurred between CPI(M) candidate from Murshidabad, Mohammed Salim and TMC supporters at polling booth in CPI(M) in LS constituency
12:49:22 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: People trust Congress’ manifesto, ‘Nyaypatra’, says Bhupesh Baghel
Former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress candidate from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat, Bhupesh Baghel said, “… I am going to cast my vote. The people are frustrated with inflation and unemployment. The BJP has no solution for these issues… Now, the people trust Congress’ manifesto, ‘Nyaypatra’…”
12:43:51 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Khera, Suman in BJP now
- Popular actor Shekhar Suman on Tuesday joined ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Radhika Khera who recently left Congress joined BJP.
- Earlier, actress Rupali Ganguly joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of prominent party leaders in New Delhi.
- “The manner in which I was misbehaved with on the land of Kaushalya Mata for being a devotee of Ram, for having darshan of Ram Lalla, I would not have been able to reach here if I had not got the protection of the BJP government, the Modi government. Today’s Congress is not Mahatma Gandhi’s Congress, it is anti-Ram, anti-Hindu Congress..,” said Khera.
12:32:40 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Actor Shekhar Suman joins BJP
12:32:38 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Radhika Khera joins BJP
12:20:39 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: ‘Obscene videos’ case involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
- Former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said, “I’m addressing this PC over a dirty incident which shouldn’t have happened in society. On 21st April, a pen drive was circulated throughout the state. It was done by Police officers. They circulated it in Bengaluru Rural, Mandya and also in Hassan intentionally.”
- “Hassan JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna’s election agent Poornachandra filed a complaint with the Hassan DC and Police on 22nd April. At 8 pm on the night of 21st April, a person called Naveen Gowda tweeted to watch Prajwal Revanna’s videos. I am not defending anything in those videos. Law has to take its own course, punishment must be given. There is no question of safeguarding anyone, irrespective of who they are,” he said.
- “Complaint filed against Naveen Gowda, Karthik Gowda, Chetan and Putti/Purtaraju. No action has been taken against any of them though FIR was filed on 21st April. On 26th April, Returning Officer replied and closed the complaint.”
- “No action has been taken by the Police or Election Returning Officer till now. Who shared the videos and pen drive? When the voting was happening, CM told at least 100 times that HD Kumaraswamy and JD(S) candidates will lose for sure and JD(S) will lose.”
- “Truth has to come out. DK Shivakumar had said that Kumaraswamy you cannot win. On 26th April, elections concluded (second phase). Still, no action has been taken against anyone. On 26th April, a letter was written to CM by Nagalakshmi Chowdhary, chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Women, mentioning “powerful leaders involving in it.” On 28th, a complaint was prepared and typed in Bengaluru and sent to Holenarasipura and FIR was lodged there, no issues with that. So, CM formed the SIT quickly. I understanding what’s happening. I thought SIT would do free and fair investigation. But I readied it’s not special investigation team, it’s a Siddaramaiah investigation team and Shivakumar investigation team.”
12:14:25 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Akhilesh Yadav cast their votes
Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, along with his wife and SP candidate from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha Seat, Dimple Yadav, exercised their democratic right by casting their votes at a polling station in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh.
12:02:47 PM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Narhari Amin optimistic about BJP’s performance in Gujarat
Narhari Amin said, “…Voting is being held on 25 seats of Gujarat today. One of our candidates has already won from Surat. In 2014 and 2019, we won all 26 seats. But in 2024, we will get a lead bigger than what we got in 2019 on all seats. Our target is to win all seats with more than 5 lakh votes…”
11:58:32 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: KS Eshwarappa and his family cast their vote
- Expelled BJP leader KS Eshwarappa and his family casted their vote in Shivamogga.
- He is contesting as an independent candidate from the Shimoga constituency. BJP has fielded party MP B.Y. Raghavendra as its candidate from here while Congress has fielded Geetha Shivarajkumar.
11:54:29 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Voter turnout till 11 am
11:48:30 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Bengal sees busy poll booths while Maharashtra records lowest turnout
- West Bengal- 32.82%
- Madhya Pradesh- 30.21%
- Chhattisgarh- 29.9%
- Maharashtra- 18.18%
- Gujarat- 24.35%
- Bihar- 24.41%
- Assam: 27.34%
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu-24.69%
- Goa- 30.9%
- Karnataka- 24.4%
- Uttar Pradesh- 26.12%
11:39:42 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: BL Verma cast his vote in Ujhani
He said, “I appeal to every voter to cast their vote. This election of 2024 is for making the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’ come true and to make PM Narendra Modi Prime Minister for the 3rd time. The polling of the third phase will be in the favour of the BJP… In UP, we will win all the 80 seats…”
11:37:30 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Gautam Adani encourages voter turnout
After casting his vote in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Adani group chairman Gautam Adani said, “Today is the festival of democracy and I appeal to people to come out and vote. India is moving forward and will continue to do so.”
11:35:36 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: PM Modi slams INDIA bloc
Addressing a public rally in Khargone, PM Modi said, “Congress and INDI alliance are not concerned about our faith or national interest. There is competition amongst them to make anti-national statements. After every phase, Congress’ love for Pakistan is increasing… A former Congress CM said that our army does terror attacks and Pakistan is innocent… Another Congress leader said that Pakistan was not behind the Mumbai terror attacks… Another leader of the alliance said that Pakistan is not wearing any bangles… I want to ask Shehzade what is the intention of his partners who are making these statements… So much love for Pakistan and so much hatred for our army?…”
11:31:33 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: BJP MP Narhari Amin shows indelible ink mark on his finger
11:28:03 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Gautam Adani arrives at a polling booth in Ahmedabad
11:25:49 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: In Pakistan, terrorists threatening to do Jihad against India, says PM in Khargone
PM Modi said, “In Pakistan, terrorists are threatening to do Jihad against India. Congress is also asking certain people to Vote jihad against Modi. They are asking the people of a certain religion to vote against Modi. To what level has the Congress stooped? They are surrounded by hopelessness… Is vote jihad acceptable? Can this be allowed in a democracy?…”
11:15:02 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Royal polling booth with king, queen thrones set up in Shimoga Zilla Panchayat
- In an innovative bid to entice voters to exercise their democratic right, the Shimoga Zilla Panchayat in Karnataka has unveiled a polling booth that has majestic thrones reserved for voters.
- Mooting the idea that in a democracy citizens are the lords, the unique polling station has put up thrones for voters depicting them as Kings and Queens.
- The exercise seemed to be a hit with voters who posed for pictures on the ‘thrones’ with crowns on their heads after casting their votes at the polling booth.
11:09:43 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: South Goa BJP candidate Pallavi Dempo calls for voter participation
BJP candidate from South Goa Lok Sabha seat, Pallavi Dempo said, “… I would like to urge everyone to exercise their democratic right to vote… We will definitely come out with a lead, and we are positive.”
11:07:57 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: BJP candidate from South Goa Lok Sabha seat, Pallavi Dempo cast her vote along with her family
11:05:25 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: “We voted to save the Constitution and Democracy,” says Mallikarjun Kharge after casting his vote in Kalaburagi
11:03:50 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Mainpuri candidate Dimple Yadav criticises BJP
Samajwadi Party MP and candidate from Mainpuri Dimple Yadav said, “People of every section are feeling neglected and the way unemployment is continuously increasing, the way inflation is continuously increasing, the way the value of rupee is continuously falling in the international market, I think there is a huge deficiency and a huge flaw in the Bharatiya Janata Party…I think it is a fight of political ideology, fight for the protection of the Constitution and the protection of democracy.”
11:01:49 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: One vote of yours made India 5th largest economy, says PM Modi in MP
Addressing a public rally in Khargone, PM Modi said, “One vote of yours made India 5th largest economy, increased India’s global influence, abrogated Article 370 after 70 years, made an Adivasi daughter the President, gave reservation to women, sent the corrupt to jail, gave the guarantee of free ration and treatment, elevated the future of the youth, created unlimited opportunities, got 25 crore people out of poverty. One vote of yours ended the 500-year-long wait and made the grand Ram Lalla temple…”
10:49:24 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: PM Modi addresses a public rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone
10:48:23 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Akhilesh Yadav predicts BJP’s “very bad defeat”
BJP is going to have a very bad defeat because farmers, youth, businessmen, people of every section are upset with them, he said.
10:45:40 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over voting timing
BJP people should also be punished for this, although they will say that this is the decision of the Election Commission, BJP people deliberately make you vote in the summer to hurt you. This voting could have taken place a month earlier. I appeal to all my colleagues and voters to vote in large numbers, said Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav.
10:41:21 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Everyone is upset with the 10 years of ‘anyay kaal’, says Jairam Ramesh
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh said, “…After the first phase itself, it became clear that decisive mandate will be with the INDIA Alliance. The same will be seen even after the third phase of polling…We never won Surat seat in Gujarat after 1984. There, our candidate was made to withdraw nomination by force and threat. The Independent candidates were also made to withdraw their nominations. BJP is so rattled…even at the seat where we never won after 1984. This shows the ground reality…everyone is upset with the 10 years of ‘anyay kaal’.”
10:36:59 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Delhi LG VK Saxena casts his vote in Ahmedabad
10:26:48 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Gujarat’s Porbandar seat Mansukh Mandaviya casts his vote at a polling booth in Bhavnagar
“I have voted in the ‘mahaparv’ of democracy for development, for a ‘viksit Bharat’ and make Modi the prime minister for the third time. There is an excitement in entire Gujarat, and on its basis, I can say that the BJP will win over 370 seats and the NDA 400 plus seats,” said Mansukh Mandaviya after casting his vote.
10:22:51 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Basavaraj Bommai casts his vote
10:19:30 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Bihar polling booth officer passes away
Doctor said, “He passed away in the morning…This happened where he was posted. He was rushed to PHC where he was declared dead. Body has been brought here to Sadar Hospital for postmortem. His relatives were informed and they too have reached here. Postmortem has been done. It was found that he was diabetic.”
10:12:05 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: “Last 10 years of Modi’s tenure have been disastrous,” says Priyank Kharge
Congress leader Priyank Kharge said, “I am very confident that the Congress government is going to be extremely triumphant… The last 10 years of Modi’s tenure have been disastrous for India and for Kalaburagi. The people are quite disappointed and this time they will vote for progress.”
10:10:51 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Women voters sing folk songs
10:10:12 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife Radhabai Kharge cast vote in Kalaburagi, Karnataka
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “All the businessmen and the poor people will together make Congress win this time. People are regretting that they made a mistake last time and they will elect Congress party with a huge majority…”
10:06:09 AM IST, 07 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3 Live Updates: Supriya Sule stresses Constitution-centric democracy
After casting her vote, NCP-SCP MP and candidate from Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Supriya Sule said, “In a strong democracy, the Constitution should be kept at the centre and third phase of voting is taking place, it should be done peacefully.”
