Lok Sabha Election Live Updates:

Congress releases list of candidates for Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh

Sapna Chaudhary joins Congress

BJP releases list of candidates

Jayant Sinha to contest from Hazaribagh, Arjun Munda from Khunti, Vidhyut Varan Mahatao from Jamshedpur, Pashupati Nath Singh from Dhanbad: BJP

We will support Sumalatha as the independent candidate from Mandya: BJP

Uma Bharti Anurag Thakur to contest from Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), Suresh Kashyap from Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Kishan Kapoor from Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), Nishikant Dubey from Godda (Jharkhand): BJP

Jayant Sinha to contest from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand: BJP

We will declare 46 seats today. Shripad Naik to contest from North Goa, Narendra Singh Tomar from Morena, Janardan Mishra from Reva, Rakesh Singh from Jabalpur: JP Nadda, BJP

What is the Rahul Gandhi model of development? BJP would like to know what were the factors that led to mere member of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi witness an extraordinary jump in income from 55 lakhs to 9 crores: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Congress to contest on 24 seats, NCP on 20 seats, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi on 1 seat, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana on 2 seats, Yuva Swabhimani Paksha on 1 seat: Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan

HD Deve Gowda will contest from the Tumkur parliamentary constituency as the combined candidate of JDS & Congress: Ramesh Babu, JDS spokesperson

Abhay Chautala resigns from the post of leader of opposition Haryana

BJP releases list of 11 candidates

Congress will ensure minimum income once it comes to power and change the Gabbar Singh Tax of Narendra Modi to GST with nominal rates: Rahul Gandhi

PM Modi keeps telling lies all day. He was the chowkidar of Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and Mehul Choksi : Rahul Gandhi

We're requesting Rahul Gandhi to contest from south India. We requested him to contest from Wayanad constituency. We hope decision will be positive. I've discussed it with the proposed candidate for Wayanad constituency & he welcomed it: Oommen Chandy, AICC general secretary

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will contest Wayanad apart from Amethi

Digvijaya Singh to be Congress's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal

Chowkidars are only for the rich. The Prime Minister too is a chowkidar, but of Anil Ambani's: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul takes a dig at PM Modi over Chowkidar campaign