07:01:42 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Election Commission orders repolling at 4 booths of Betul Lok Sabha seat in MP after EVMs damaged in bus fire: Official
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: BJP has said a thousand times that it needs a three-fourth majority to make amendments in the Constitution. Earlier, Mohan Bhagwat also said that there is a need for review. S, RSS and BJP are continuously saying that they need ‘400 paar to make amendments the Constitution
– Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: KCR (former Telangana CM and BRS chief) will get not more than two Lok Sabha seats from the state in the elections. Our high command has given us a target of 14-15 seats, and as of now, I am confident that we are definitely winning 12 seats. A tough competition is there on two seats, but in the coming days, we will figure out those as well
– Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: They (BJP) should talk about the jobs that were provided by PM Modi, and why the poor are getting poorer and the rich getting richer. Why don’t they talk about education, health facilities and development? They can only talk about Hindu-Muslim, Mandir-Masjid and Pakistan
– RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Congress even tries to divide people on the basis of their skin colour and the region where they live. The recent remarks by a Congress leader are not just condemnable, but also reflect the mentality of Rahul Gandhi and his family
– Union Minister Smriti Irani on Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s ‘South Indians’ remark
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Those who indulge in appeasement politics are afraid because they know that everyone Indian has faith in PM Modi’s guarantees. Why don’t the Congress leaders talk about good governance? They should debate on good governance
– Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha
Once again Congress’ real face has come in front of the country…such a racist comment that ‘if you are from Northeast you look like Chinese, if you are from North, you look like a foreigner…’ what kind of a mentality is this, they include ‘tukde-tukde gang in the party and keeps a mentality of dividing the country…what kind of poison are they spitting?…since they couldn’t compete with PM Modi’s development, his sincerity…when they couldn’t see the borders of India secure and our security forces becoming strong, they are making such statements
– On Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda’s controversial “People in East look like Chinese, in South, look like Africans…” remark, Union Minister Anurag Thakur
Mamata Banerjee has proved that she is a political personality who cannot be trusted. She is an unreliable and unpredictable political personality, who changes her opinion like chameleon… My question is very simple – what triggered Mamata Banerjee to leave the INDIA alliance? She must answer this. She was one of the proponents of the INDIA alliance
– Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury when asked why West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee didn’t join the INDIA bloc
05:45:15 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan holds a ‘padayatra’ at Reamal in Deogarh district
Congress is sitting in a train which has no engine, either in front or in back, only coaches are standing on the track… What is the benefit of sitting in such a train?
– While addressing a public meeting in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
After I heard Sam Pitroda’s statement, I looked at myself in the mirror and I appear as a proud Assamese and Indian, not as a Chinese…This is a racist comment. It’s condemnable. I don’t know what he is trying to prove by making such a statement. There is one thing that those who are near Rahul Gandhi always insult the northeast. People of the northeast are proud Indians. You should never challenge our nationalism…Sam Pitroda and Rahul Gandhi are not two separate people. Pitroda is Rahul Gandhi’s friend, philosopher and guide. Why are you (Congress) not disowning him (Sam Pitroda)?…How is this a useless issue? This issue is connected to our sentiments. You are completely advocating racism. If this is useless, then what is useful for Priyanka Gandhi?
– On Sam Pitroda’s statement, Assam CM & BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma
The public support that we are receiving is an imprint of the anger against PM Modi’s unfulfilled promises in the last 10 years. PM Modi has promised to provide 2 crore jobs to the youth, give Rs 15 lakh to everyone. He had also promised a special package for Bihar, but none of his promises were fulfilled
– RJD candidate from Bihar’s Patliputra seat Misa Bharti
05:06:28 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: 5T chairman and BJD leader V.K Pandian addresses an election rally in Padampur assembly constituency under Bargarah Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: People of Andhra Pradesh made the YSRCP govt with a lot of expectation but they betrayed you (people). YSRCP did the development of mafia here not the poor people. YSRCP Minister is running ‘Gunga Raaj’ and everyone has seen it…I want to say to all these Mafias here that, countdown has begun for YSRCP govt to go, NDA will do proper treatment of these Mafias
– During a public rally in Rajampet, PM Modi
04:47:03 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Cong wants to take country in reverse gear; wants to scrap CAA, lock up Ram temple: PM Modi in Andhra rally
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance is an alliance that is tampering with our security, it is an alliance that is robbing every person’s pocket, it is an alliance that opposes the Ram temple…these people release terrorists from jail, you must have seen this in the Samajwadi Party government
– While addressing a public meeting in Etah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
04:26:22 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: BJP’s candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, Sambit Patra says, ” This support (of people) is for BJP and PM Modi’s people welfare policies…there is enthusiasm and excitement in people because of PM Modi…”
03:49:52 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee holds a roadshow in support of party candidate from Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency, Yusuf Pathan
03:48:05 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: YS Sharmila sends radio message to PM Modi
She said, “You are not eligible to enter the state until you apologise to the people of Andhra Pradesh…You have been deceiving the state for ten years, showing hypocritical affection during elections but neglecting development…We are presenting a charge sheet on behalf of the people of Andhra Pradesh. If you dare, write an affidavit promising to fulfill the commitments made to the people of Andhra Pradesh now.”
03:40:50 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on PM Modi’s ‘Rahul Gandhi stopped abusing ‘Ambani-Adani’ remark
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, “PM Modi is giving a lot of clarifications in the last few days. PM Modi calls my brother ‘Shehzada’ but he is ‘Shehenshah’…He is giving clarifications because people are seeing that the entire country’s property has been given to some billionaires…”
03:24:10 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Political analyst on Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks
On Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda’s controversial “People in East look like Chinese, in South, look like Africans…” remark, political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla said, “The Congress party must take a call on whether Sam Pitroda should speak for them or not… Every time he gives a statement or he gives an interview, there’s a controversy that is generated. Now, what was the use of calling people from south of India as Africans or people from east of India as Chinese? It’s a racist statement… The Congress party’s candidates who are fighting on the ground will face a loss. They have people rejecting them. They have people getting angry with them. Secondly, the media will take it up as an issue only because he’s made the statement. There’s no point in attacking the media on it… I don’t know what action they can take because he is not a member of the party. But they can definitely put out a communication that he does not speak for the party. The party does not endorse his views and asks him to please stop speaking at all times. But definitely during elections, do not speak. Put a gag order on him. I really hope the Congress can do that.”
02:32:54 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Jairam Ramesh on Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks
02:34:15 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: “Rahul talks about Adani every day”
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressed a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. She said, “Today he (PM Narendra Modi) said- “Rahul ji is not taking Adani-Ambani names.” But Rahul ji talks about Adani-Ambani every day, he puts the truth about them before the public. Every day we tell you that they (BJP) have a nexus with big industrialists. They waived off Rs 16 lakh crores of his friends. In UP, farmers are committing suicide but their loans were not waived off….”
01:43:41 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Manipur CM reacts to Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks
On Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda’s controversial “People in East look like Chinese, in South, look like Africans…”, Manipur CM N Biren Singh said, “This is very irresponsible and he exposed that he does not know the geographical composition of India. Congress has been doing this ‘divide and rule’ policy. How can he say that the people from the Northeast are like Chinese? We are a part of India, we do not belong to China. We are just Indians, all the Northeast people live together. How can he give such a racist comment? I highly condemn this type of racist words used by him. I will consult the legal expert if we can sue against the remark given by the Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress…”
02:34:28 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: “My country will not tolerate the disrespect of my countrymen,” says PM Modi on Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks
PM Modi said “…’Shehzade aapko jawaab dena padega’. My country will not tolerate the disrespect of my countrymen based on their skin colour and Modi will never tolerate this…”
01:30:43 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi reacts to Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks
PM Modi said, “I want to ask a serious question today…I am very angry today, if someone abuses me I can take it but this philosopher of ‘Shehzada’ has given such a big abuse that has filled me with anger. Will the potential of the people of the country be decided on the skin colour? Who gave this right to ‘Shehzada’?. The people dancing with the Consitution on their head are insulting my countrymen on the basis of their skin colour…”
01:26:25 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: PM calls out Congress for racist comments by Pitroda, says ‘Shehzada’ takes advice from the third umpire
PM Modi said, “I was thinking a lot that Droupadi Murmu who has a very good reputation and is the daughter of Adiwasi family, then why is Congress trying so hard to defeat her but today I got to know the reason. I got to know that there is an uncle in America who is the philosophical guide of ‘Shehzada’ and just like the third umpire in cricket this ‘Shehzada’ takes advice from the third umpire. This philosophical uncle said that those who have black skin are from Africa. This means that you are abusing several people of the country on the basis of their skin colour…”
01:00:23 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Congress distances itself from Pitroda’s remark
“…Analogies drawn by Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India’s diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies,” Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.
12:57:05 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Congress searching for seats using magnifying glass after phase 3, says PM Modi at Warangal rally in Telangana
- In a spirited attack on the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi minced no words during his address in Warangal, Telangana. With the Lok Sabha elections unfolding, Modi seized the opportunity to critique Congress and the INDIA bloc.
- “Two things have become clear after the third phase of elections, first the public is taking NDA’s ‘Vijay Rath’ forward at a fast pace. Second, Congress is searching their seats with magnifying glasses. After seeing your enthusiasm in Telangana, today I can say one more thing, Congress’s usual magnifying glass will not be sufficient to find their seats in the fourth phase. Congress will have to use a microscope to find its seats,” PM Modi said.
- He further said, “No one can forget the sins of the Congress central government of 10 years ago. Every few days, a scam worth thousands of crores of rupees came to light. There were serial bomb blasts in big cities of the country…This time INDI alliance has come up with a formula of 5 years 5 PM. Just imagine what will happen to the country if they get power. Every year there is a new PM, second year, second PM, third year, and third PM? What good can they do for the country…”
12:46:54 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi in Telangana
PM Narendra Modi wrote on X, “This morning at Vemulawada, I prayed at the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam. As the MP from Kashi, the connect with this Temple felt even greater. I prayed for the good health and prosperity of my fellow 140 crore Indians.”
12:39:07 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: BJP on Sam Pitroda remark
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said, “This is a shocking, despicable and disgusting comment made by Sam Pitroda. He is the mentor of Rahul Gandhi. It is the word, spirit, vocabulary and ideology of Rahul Gandhi… First, they divided on the basis of caste, religion and language. Now, they are dividing Indian vs. Indian. And to make a comment like Indians are like Chinese, isn’t it a racist comment?… Isn’t it an insulting and objectionable comment? It shows that ‘Congress ki Mohabbat ki Dukan actually has Nafrat and Racism ka Saman’…”
12:39:03 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Piyush Goyal in scooter
12:34:10 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sam Pitroda remark
“…We are a diverse country – we may look different but we are all one. Hamare desh ke bare mein thoda to samajh lo!,” said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda remark.
12:28:13 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar terms Pitroda’s remark as “Shameless”.
12:14:01 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Rae Bareli is once again ready for Congress leadership, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that her party’s 100-year-old relationship with the people of Rae Bareli has entered a new era and the people of the constituency are once again ready for its leadership.
- Priyanka Gandhi, who is here to bolster Rahul Gandhi’s campaign from the family bastion, also said that the enthusiasm of every Congress worker and the people of Rae Bareli is worth seeing.
- “The Congress relationship of 100 years of service’ with the people of Rae Bareli has entered a new phase and the Rae Bareli family is once again ready for its leadership. Today, I will meet my family members through street meetings in various areas of Bachhrawan, Raebareli,” she said in a post in Hindi on X.
12:10:36 PM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Visuals from the ground where PM Narendra Modi’s public meeting in Jagaddal is scheduled to be held on 12th May
11:22:40 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Here’s what Sam Pitroda said about India’s diversity
11:21:18 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Sam Pitroda mocks India’s diversity
“We could hold together a country as diverse as India — where people on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like maybe White and people in South look like Africa. It doesn’t matter. We are all brothers and sisters,” said Pitroda, during an interview with The Statesman posted on May 2.
11:14:11 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: PM on ‘double R’ (RR) tax
In his address to a public meeting in Telangana’s Karimnagar, PM Narendra Modi said, “From Telangana to Delhi, there is a lot of discussion about ‘double R’ (RR) tax. A film named ‘RRR’ was released a few days back in the Telugu language, someone told me that ‘RR’ has left behind ‘RRR’ in the collection. It is reported that ‘RRR’ has a lifetime collection of over Rs 1000 cr, but this much money is just a few days collection of ‘RR’ tax.”
11:13:17 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Biennial elections in Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ constituency
BJP fields Gujjula Premender Reddy as its candidate for the Telangana Legislative Council biennial elections in Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates’ constituency.
10:57:36 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: PM Modi accuses Congress of disrespecting PV Narasimha Rao
In his address to a public meeting in Telangana’s Karimnagar, PM Narendra Modi said, “Due to this policy of ‘family first’, Congress has disrespected PV Narasimha Rao, even after his death, they denied the entry of his dead body in the Congress’ office. BJP-NDA govt respected PV Narasimha Rao by awarding Bharat Ratna to him…”
10:44:39 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: PM launches verbal attack on Opposition
- In his address to a public meeting in Telangana’s Karimnagar, PM Narendra Modi said, “Yesterday, the third phase of elections in the country has been completed. ‘Congress aur INDI alliance ka teesra fuse ud gya hai’…”
- “BJP always works on the ‘nation first’ policy whereas Congress and BRS work on the principle of ‘family first’. Their political parties are like ‘by the family, for the family, of the family’. Congress and BRS are no different and what connects them? Corruption, appeasement politics and the model of zero governance connect these two parties…”
10:29:55 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Setback for AAP in Punjab
- In a major setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, former Amritsar Deputy Mayor, Avinash Jolly resigned from the party and joined the BJP in Amritsar on Tuesday amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
- In a post on X, BJP National Secretary Narinder Singh wrote, “Avinash Jolly, former deputy mayor (Amritsar) along with hundreds of supporters joined BJP at Amritsar, Punjab.”
- In Punjab, voting for its 13 seats will take place in a single phase, the seventh and final phase on June 1 will see voting in Gurudaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala constituencies.
10:28:03 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: “ECI committed to BJP,” says Kapil Sibal
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said, “ECI will never take action. ECI is committed to this government, it is committed to this party (BJP). Look at the notice that the ECI has sent. It sent to the party and not the individual who made that statement – the ‘mangalsutra’ statement. Why did ECI not send the notice to him (PM), the notice is not even to the BJP…It is not even a notice. What can you expect from such an ECI? It is shameful that the ECI has people who do such things, who are not carrying out their duties.”
10:26:46 AM IST, 08 May 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Manohar Lal Khattar on 3 independent MLAs withdrawing support from Haryana Govt
“We can’t do anything about the independent candidates. Several leaders are standing in our support and they should keep their leaders safe, it will be known soon how many are in contact with us. Many people are also in contact with us be it the main opposition party which has 30 members. What do they want to do with 30 members? Even if 30 members bring a no-confidence motion, nothing is going to happen. They don’t know how many leaders of the other parties will stand with us..,” he said.
10:24:52 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi in Telangana
10:23:12 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Kapil Sibal raises concerns over PM’s remarks on Babri Masjid
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said, “…Prime Minister not should make statements. He said that he wants 400 seats as only then would Congress not be able to put up the locks of Babri Masjid on Ram Mandir…What kind of statement is this?… What is the need for you to make such a statement? It seems your expiry date is here too otherwise you would not make such statements…You make such statements as you are worried about your expiry date…”
10:07:51 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi offers prayers at Telangana’s Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam
10:06:20 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: RK Singh files nomination
09:22:51 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Phase 3 voter turnout stands at 64.5%; highest in Assam, lowest in UP
09:12:28 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Grandson of former PM PV Narasimha Rao, NV Subhash on meeting PM Modi
“We were very happy when PM Modi called all the members of the family of former PM PV Narasimha Rao, after conferring the Bharat Ratna to PV Narasimha Rao. Yesterday, all our family members met PM Modi. It was a great occasion and a wide range of discussions took place. The type of discussions we had, I felt PM Modi was like my grandfather and we never felt that there was a difference between Narasimha Rao and PM Modi. We discussed not only political issues but also discussed science, technology, health and education for about 30-45 mins,” he said.
08:51:21 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Economist Gautam Sen on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s idea of redistribution of wealth
08:43:54 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Here’s what economist Gautam Sen said on Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda’s remark regarding ‘Inheritance Tax’
- First of all, there is no Inheritance Tax in the US. They don’t have Inheritance Tax, it is called Estate Duty and Gift Tax.
- In the US, it is paid by 0.14% of the deceased till 2022 – of 2.5 million deceased only 0.14% i.e., 4000 people in the entire US are subject to Estate Duty.
- Most estates are exempt because the exemption limit is very high, 13.6 million dollars and also the really wealthy have their money in Trusts.
- So, the US example is not a good analogy for India at all…
- The proposal made to survey all households and businesses is impractical for many reasons. In India, 2.4% or a little bit less people pay Income Tax.
- In that group, I think not more than 1.2 million have personal assets which are mainly in their own residence…In order for them to be forced to surrender, you have to close their businesses down. That means the following year, there will be economic chaos…Whoever thought of this idea was not thinking very realistically, what we have now is a very vast improvement on what we used to have before – we have this incredible combination which has almost never been achieved, of combining wealth creation through investment, infrastructure with redistribution…
- Even if you were to gain something from this not-very-sensible idea, you are going to be taking away from your children and grandchildren.
- Nobody who wants to do this is a friend of India…India’s political and economic chaos will immediately invite Sino-Pakistani invasion because they are waiting for opportunities to settle scores with India and seize Indian territory. So, whoever wants to do this is not a friend of India.
08:25:48 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi to hold road show in Varanasi on May 13 before filing nomination
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on May 14 and before filling his nomination papers, he will hold a road show in his parliamentary constituency on May 13.
- Before starting the roadshow, PM Modi will first pay tribute to the Madan Mohan Malviya statue at the main gate of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Lanka.
- The roadshow will go until Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
- The high-voltage roadshow is likely to see the participation of lakhs of workers from the party.
- Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the PM’s roadshow. In the Lok Sabha management committee meeting held in Varanasi, regional president Dilip Patel said that PM Modi’s roadshow will start by garlanding the Malviya statue in Lanka.
- “It will go to the Vishwanath Corridor via Assi, Sonarpura, Jangam Bari, Godaulia, and Bansphatak,” he added.
- PM Modi will be given a grand welcome during this. Responsibilities are being assigned to the workers to make the road show historic.
- Meetings of all the assembly constituencies in the Varanasi parliamentary constituency have been organised for tomorrow. After this, meetings will be held with workers in all 21 divisions in one day. The organisation is busy preparing with the target of participation of lakhs of workers in this roadshow.
- Varanasi is the stronghold of the Prime Minister. He won the seat twice – the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
- Congress has pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi. This is the third time Ajay Rai will face PM Modi in a Lok Sabha contest
08:28:20 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: District administration organised a lucky draw yesterday at a polling booth in Bhopal in an attempt to increase voter turnout in the third phase
08:23:47 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Former Amritsar Deputy Mayor Avinash Jolly resigned from AAP and joined BJP, yesterday, in Amritsar
08:30:41 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: PM Modi’s schedule
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin his Lok Sabha election campaign in Telangana with a visit to the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple in Karimnagar on Wednesday.
- Following his prayers, he will address public gatherings, starting with one in Karimnagar at 10 a.m., followed by another in Warangal at noon.
- Later in the day, he will head to Andhra Pradesh, where he is scheduled to speak at a public meeting in Rajampet at 3:45 p.m. and conduct a roadshow in Vijayawada at approximately 7 p.m.
08:28:39 AM IST, 08 May 2024
India General Elections 2024 Live: Major political developments that will unfold across the country today
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah will campaign in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh, he will address public meetings in Lakhimpur Kheri at 12 noon, Hardoi at 1:30 p.m. and Kannauj at 2:45 p.m. From there, the Home Minister will go to Maharashtra to hold a rally in Jalna at 6 p.m.
- BJP President J.P. Nadda will attend the party’s ‘Panna Pramukh Conference’ in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur at 11:30 a.m. From Bilaspur, the BJP chief will proceed to Mandi to address a public meeting at 2:30 p.m.
- Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will address a public meeting in Bihar’s Matihani at 2 p.m.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address public meetings in Akbarpur at 12:40 p.m., Farrukhabad at 2:25 p.m., and Shahjahanpur at 3:55 p.m.
- Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will attend several campaign programmes for her brother Rahul Gandhi in Raebareli.
- Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav will hold election rallies in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi and Farrukhabad.
- BSP supremo Mayawati will hold a public meeting in Hardoi at 11 a.m.
