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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 17, 2024, 22:52:43 IST
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Lok Sabha Election Date 2024 Live Updates: Congress has only one agenda - to 'use and throw' - its alliance partners says, PM Modi

Lok Sabha Election Date 2024 Live: A day after announcing poll dates for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Election Commission on Sunday released new information on electoral bonds, previously submitted to the Supreme Court in sealed covers. This data is related to transactions before April 12, 2019. The details of electoral bonds post this date were disclosed by the Election Commission last week. Political parties complied with the Supreme Court's directive from April 12, 2019, by submitting electoral bond data in sealed covers. The received data was sent to the Supreme Court without being opened. Following the Supreme Court's order from March 15, 2024, the physical copies along with a digital record were returned by the Supreme Court's Registry in a sealed cover. The Election Commission of India has now published this digitized data on electoral bonds from the Supreme Court's registry on its website.Earlier on Saturday, Election Commission announced the schedule for upcoming elections to Lok Sabha and Andhra, Odisha, Arunachal and Sikkim assemblies. Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be held in 7 phases from 19th April and the counting of votes will be done on June 4. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha assembly elections will be held on May 13 and Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim assembly polls will be conducted on April 19. Stay with TOI for live updates-
19:22 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said
The BJP has captured the institutional framework of the country. This is the biggest anti-national activity which is going on. CBI, ED, and Income Tax departments are being used, big companies are extorted, shares of big contracts are being taken and before taking the contracts electoral bonds are being given."
19:00 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: Rahul Gandhi at rally in Thane said
Electoral bonds was biggest extortion racket in world
18:35 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: On being fielded by AAP from Amritsar for Lok Sabha elections, Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said
I came here (Golden Temple) to seek God's blessings. Our national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann have given me the duty to serve Amritsar. I have to win this seat.
18:29 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: After tendering his resignation from Congress, former party leader Abdul Khaleque said
"It is true that I have tendered my resignation from the party but the top leadership of the party is in touch with me. I have a specific complaint against the PCC president and AICC general secretary in charge. My resignation is in the public domain, hence at this time, I don't want to say more."
16:52 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: 'Corrupt tactics of BJP': Opposition alleges quid pro quo, seeks special probe into electoral bonds 'scam'
A day after Election Commission published the details of electoral bonds, opposition parties trained their guns at the BJP, which got Rs 6,060.5 crore, which is more than 50% of the total donations received by political parties since 2019. The Congress on Friday alleged that the electoral bonds data has exposed "corrupt tactics" of the BJP such as quid pro quo, seeking donations for company's protection, kickbacks and money laundering through shell companies.
16:52 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: EC must restore democracy in J-K, announce dates for LS, assembly polls: Omar
The Election Commission of India (ECI) should play its role in restoring democracy in Jammu and Kashmir and announce dates for both Parliament as well as assembly polls in the Union Territory, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said here on Friday. "We have no expectations from the Election Commission. The EC should play its role as part of its mission of maintaining democracy. It has been 10 years that J-K has not seen an assembly election," Abdullah told reporters here.Referring to the submission of a report by former President Ram Nath Kovind-led committee on 'one nation one election, the former J-K chief minister said it was a golden opportunity to start the policy from J-K."The former president has submitted a report on 'one nation, one election'. What can we hope for from them: drum-beating 'one nation one election' if you do not start from J-K. Is it to fool the people?"There have to be elections in J-K and it is a golden opportunity. Let them restore democracy fully here and announce the dates of both Parliament as well as assembly elections," he added.

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16:51 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: TMC writes to EC protests against newspaper advertisements by Centre
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission, objecting to the BJP-led Centre's advertisements boasting about funding allocation to the West Bengal government for different central schemes, which have been a focal point of the BJP's campaign efforts. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal on Thursday, the TMC pointed out that the central government had inserted advertisements in some papers at the cost of public exchequer saying how much money had been given to the state and also cited certain points pertaining to central schemes like PMAY, MGNREGA and some others.The advertisement said the Centre had released Rs 5.36 lakh crore to West Bengal in the last five years and also committed to the development of the state, while also mentioning "non-adherence" of the state government to follow guidelines which are meant to reduce corruption and ensure benefits reach the right beneficiaries.
16:51 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: Assam: AAP withdraws candidate from Guwahati, demands from Congress to withdraw 2 candidates
The Aam Aadmi Party withdrew its candidate from Assam's Guwahati Lok Sabha seat and demanded that Congress withdraw their candidates from Sonitpur and Dibrugarh.Earlier, on February 8, AAP MP Sandeep Pathak announced that AAP candidate Manoj Dhanohar will contest from Dibrugarh, Bhaven Chaudhary from Guwahati and Rishi Raj from Sonitpur.
16:51 (IST) Mar 15
Lok Sabha Elections News Live: Raj Kumar Chabbewal quits Congress, joins AAP
Yet another Congress leader left the grand old party ahead of Lok Sabha elections and joined Aam Aadmi Party. Senior leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal, an MLA from Punjab, made the announcement on Friday.
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