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Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: Chandrababu Naidu meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 20, 2019, 21:47:05 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: Chandrababu Naidu meets Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

The voting for the 17th Lok Sabha ended on Sunday, bringing down the curtains on a seven-phase polling process that began on April 11. The counting of votes will be held on May 23. Stay here for all live updates

21:47 (IST) May 20

Mallikarjun Kharge on third front: I don't want to react on third front. We're only 1 front, Rahul Gandhi will take the decision what is to be done. Sonia Gandhi ji has already called the meeting. Therefore that doesn't arise as far as I'm concerned & my party concerned

21:45 (IST) May 20

Andhra Pradesh CM & TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, along with 21 opposition parties leaders, will meet Election Commission tomorrow at 3 pm

20:46 (IST) May 20

Vivek Dubey, special police observer for West Bengal: A strength of 200 Companies of Central forces will be retained in West Bengal to assist in counting & to handle post-poll violence.

"This force will be deployed all over the state. Remaining 510 companies will move out of the state," said Dubey.

20:16 (IST) May 20

Election Commission: Section 144 has been imposed in Bhatpara for undefined time-period to combat post-poll violence

19:16 (IST) May 20

"They (BJP) have been trying this since day 1, have proved majority at least 4 times in last 5 months.They want to do it again, we have no problem. Govt is ready for floor test," says MP CM Kamal Nath

18:43 (IST) May 20

Andhra Pradesh CM & TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu meets CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

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18:16 (IST) May 20

Commission has taken cognizance of actor Vivek Oberoi's tweet on exit polls and a notice is being issued to him: Chief of Maharashtra State Commission for Women

17:46 (IST) May 20

Leaders of alliance parties from Tamil Nadu will attend the meeting headed by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah at Ashoka Hotel in Delhi on Tuesday : BJP TN president Tamilisai Soundararajan

I invited the alliance parties’ leaders for the meeting on behalf of the party leader, said Tamilisai.

17:09 (IST) May 20

Andhra Pradesh CM & TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu arrives in Kolkata to meet CM & TMC leader Mamata Banerjee

16:24 (IST) May 20

We would probably support some party or some kind of combination, whoever forms the govt at the Centre and agrees to settle some of the unsettled and long pending issues of Odisha: says BJD's Amar Patnaik

16:16 (IST) May 20

Rakesh Singh, BJP: Their govt (MP) won't go on. It'll collapse due to its internal conflicts

15:37 (IST) May 20

RSS general secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi leaves after meeting Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur

RSS General Secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi leaves after meeting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur. #Maharashtra https://t.co/QLFaEObugx
— ANI (@ANI) 1558344560000

15:24 (IST) May 20

In case of mismatch with EVM figures, all VVPATs must be counted, PTI reports, quoting Sitaram Yechury.

15:10 (IST) May 20

RSS general secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi leaves after meeting Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur, reports ANI.

14:09 (IST) May 20

Kamal Nath govt should prove majority in assembly: BJP leader Gopal Bhargava

13:59 (IST) May 20

Exit polls not final decision, but hint at BJP's win: Nitin Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the exit polls are not the "final decision" but indicate that the BJP will once again come to power, riding on the development work done by the NDA government. The senior BJP leader was speaking at the launch of a poster of 'PM Narendra Modi', a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, being released this Friday. Read also

13:56 (IST) May 20

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh leader of opposition and BJP leader Gopal Bhargava: We are sending a letter to Governor requesting an assembly session as there are a lot of issues.

13:47 (IST) May 20

There are many problems in counting process. The EC should take steps to resolve all those problems. There are many rumours regarding EVMs, including that printers may be manipulated and that control panels will be changed. EC has given scope for suspicion: AP CM N Chandrababu Naidu

13:43 (IST) May 20

I am 1000 per cent confident that TDP will win the elections. I don't have even 0.1 per cent doubt, we are going to win: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu

13:29 (IST) May 20

Opposition can daydream till May 23: Ram Madhav on exit polls