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Lok Sabha Elections: 'Make voters aware about 'jungle raj' before NDA came to power in Bihar', says PM to BJP workers
Lok Sabha Elections: The Congress will release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on April 5 at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi, announced the party's General Secretary KC Venugopal on Monday.
In a post on X, the Congress General Secretary said that after vast deliberations with people from across the country, the Congress will be releasing its vision document, the manifesto.
"After vast deliberations with people from across the country, the Congress will be releasing its vision document, the Manifesto, on 5th April at AICC HQ," Venugopal posted on X.
Income Tax department informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it has no intent of recovering Rs 1700 crore from Congress Party during ongoing elections, citing desire to avoid disruption for the party during polls.
In a post on X, the Congress General Secretary said that after vast deliberations with people from across the country, the Congress will be releasing its vision document, the manifesto.
"After vast deliberations with people from across the country, the Congress will be releasing its vision document, the Manifesto, on 5th April at AICC HQ," Venugopal posted on X.
Income Tax department informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it has no intent of recovering Rs 1700 crore from Congress Party during ongoing elections, citing desire to avoid disruption for the party during polls.
08:43 (IST) Apr 02
BSP national president Mayawati to start her campaign in UP from 13th from Bijnor.
BSP chief Mayawati will begin her Lok Sabha campaign from Bijnor. She will be addressing a gathering today.
07:01 (IST) Apr 02
Earth sciences minister Kiren Rijijusaid on Monday extreme weather conditions were anticipated in upcoming two-and-a-half months that will coincide with Lok Sabha polls. “ It is going to be very challenging for all of us. Since we are the most populous country in the world and face extreme weather conditions, it makes it absolutely necessary for India to prepare in advance,” he said at a press conference where IMD released its seasonal outlook.
06:59 (IST) Apr 02
Bengaluru : Yaduveer Krishnaraja Datta Wadiyar, the titular head of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family and BJP candidate for Mysore Lok Sabha seat, does not own a house, land, or even a vehicle, according to the affidavit he filed with the Election Commission of India Monday. In the affidavit, ‘yuvaraja’ Yaduveer declared assets worth Rs 9 crore — primarily comprising shareholdings and other valuables — with no immovable property or vehicle registered in his name. His wife Trishika Kumari Wadi yar and the couple’s son Aadyaveer own assets worth Rs 1 crore and Rs 3.6 crore, respectively, the affidavit stated. Yaduveer owns gold and silver worth Rs 3.4 crore, while Trishika possesses precious metals worth Rs 1 crore. The couple hold directorial roles in several companies, including Little Buntings Private Limited and the Bherunda Foundation.
06:58 (IST) Apr 02
BJP and BJD's swift transition from would-be allies to poll rivals manifested itself in a tug-of-war over "Odia asmita (pride)" on Utkal Divas, with both parties projecting themselves as the sole custodian of Odisha's culture, history and aspirations. BJP's focus on Odia identity is seen as a veiled attack on CM Naveen Patnaik's aide VK Pandian, whose roots are in Tamil Nadu.
06:56 (IST) Apr 02
Eastern Naga People's Organisation (ENPO), the apex body of seven major tribes of Nagaland, has written to the chief election commissioner reaffirming its decision to abstain from the Lok Sabha elections in protest against non-creation of a separate "Frontier Nagaland Territory". ENPO says Centre had promised the separate zone, with greater autonomy, before the announcement of the model code of conduct.
06:51 (IST) Apr 02
Union home minister Amit Shah launched a scathing critique against "dynastic politics" during the second day of his Lok Sabha election campaign in Rajasthan on Monday, asserting that BJP is the only party prioritising the interests of the nation's youth, unlike INDIA bloc constituents entrenched in familial ambitions.
06:49 (IST) Apr 02
Chhindwara mayor Vikram Ahake, another Kamal Nath loyalist, quit Congress and joined BJP on Monday, just three days after party Amarwara MLA Kamlesh Shah defected to the saffron camp, in Madhya Pradesh. Ahake, a young tribal leader, was given primary membership of BJP by chief minister Mohan Yadav and state BJP president VD Sharma at CM House in Bhopal.
06:46 (IST) Apr 02
Jolt to oppn as Left names nominees for 8 Jharkhand seats
Fissures have appeared in INDIA bloc in Jharkhand, with Left parties announcing candidates in eight of the state's total 14 Lok Sabha seats despite a tentative "seat-sharing plan" formulated by the alliance.
01:31 (IST) Apr 02
Fault lines in the INDIA bloc split wide open in Kerala on Monday after CM Pinarayi Vijayan declared it was "inappropriate" of Congress to field sitting MP Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad against CPI's Annie Raja, defeating the alliance's professed aim of taking on BJP-led NDA.
23:18 (IST) Apr 01
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appoints the presidents of the seven districts in Karnataka ahead of Lok Sabha elections
21:51 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Congress releases a list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.
Abhay Kashinath Patil to contest from Akola, Maharashtra and Kadiyam Kavya to contest from Warangal, Telangana.
21:10 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha elections: Congress to release manifesto on April 5; hold mega rallies in Hyderabad, Jaipur
Congress will release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on April 5 at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi, announced the party's General Secretary KC Venugopal on Monday.In a post on X, the Congress General Secretary said that after vast deliberations with people from across the country, the Congress will be releasing its vision document, the manifesto.
17:51 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Kangana Ranaut interacts with locals in the constituency
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Actor and BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Kangana Ranaut interacts with locals in the constituency.
15:35 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Kendrapara Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty, who resigned from BJD recently, joins BJP
15:26 (IST) Apr 01
NHAI officials had verbally asked toll operators not to hike the user fee, which is a routine annual exercise.
14:58 (IST) Apr 01
PM Modi has worked to make India prosperous. I want to talk about 'Modi's guarantee', make PM Modi the PM again and he will make India the third largest economy...PM Modi has fulfilled all the promises that we made since the foundation of the BJP. Former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru committed a mistake by having Article 370 in Kashmir. PM Modi ended Article 370 on August 5, 2019, and raised the Indian flag in Kashmir. For 70 years, the Congress party has diverted from the issue of the Ram Temple at 'Ram Janmbhoomi' but PM Modi has not only laid the foundation stone but also did the 'Pran Pratistha' on January 22.
Home Minister Amit Shah
14:55 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Home Minister Amit Shah addresses rally in Rajasthan's Jodhpur
14:03 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha polls: Liquor shops to remain closed for three days from April 17 in Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam regions
14:00 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Congress leaders discuss candidates for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
13:42 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on SC's decision against Congress plea on tax notice
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal says, "We are welcoming the Supreme Court's decision on that. But it is clearly a conspiracy to stop the financial sources of the Congress party to deny the level planning field for the Congress party to fight elections...Supreme Court had already given a stay till the elections. But actually, they have already seized our accounts. I don't know what is the status of that thing. They have taken our money from our account. They have to give it back to Congress party. Then only we can fight the election."
12:49 (IST) Apr 01
The Commission, in its order after the receipt of their replies to notices issued to them over MCC violations, said they are convinced that they made a personal attack and thus violated the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. They have been warned to remain careful in public utterances during the Model Code of Conduct period. Their election-related communications will be specially and additionally monitored by the Commission from this time onwards.
12:39 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut offers prayers at Bhimakali Temple in Himachal Pradesh
BJP candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat, Kangana Ranaut, former CM Jairam Thakur and BJP leaders arrive at Bhimakali temple complex for a party meeting, in Mandi.
12:34 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri arrives at the Election Commission office in Delhi.
12:32 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Former AAP MP from Patiala Dharamvir Gandhi joins Congress ahead of LS polls
12:26 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: BJP president and party's Coimbatore candidate K Annamalai holds a roadshow
12:24 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: The bench posted the Congress' plea against the tax demand notices for July.
At the outset, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, "I want to make a statement in this matter. The Congress is a political party and since elections are going on, we are not going to take any coercive action against the party."
12:13 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live: Tax demand notices of approximately Rs 3,500 crore
A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih recorded the statement of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the I-T department, that no precipitative action will be taken in the prevailing circumstances till the final adjudication of the matter.
12:02 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live: I-T department says that it does not want to create problems for any party during elections.
11:56 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: BJP's manifesto committee meeting under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is underway at the BJP headquarters in Delhi
11:51 (IST) Apr 01
11:37 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: IT department on Congress plea against tax notice
As Congress Party alleges that total demand raised by IT department is around Rs 3500 crore. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for IT dept, assures that no coercive action would be taken to recover the amount from the Party.
11:27 (IST) Apr 01
Income Tax department tells SC that it will not take steps to recover Rs 1700cr from Congress Party during the ongoing elections.
11:23 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Union home minister will hold a road show at Channapatna on the evening of April 2.
11:09 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live: Amit Shah to launch poll campaign in Karnataka from April 2
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to kick off his Lok Sabha poll campaign in Karnataka starting April 2, as announced by BJP state general secretary V Sunil Kumar on Saturday. Shah will convene a meeting with BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) leaders at 9 am on April 2. Later at 11 am, he will meet with party workers from Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru Rural, and Chikkaballapura Lok Sabha constituencies at the Palace Ground.
10:55 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: BJP's election manifesto committee to hold first meeting today.
10:41 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold roadshow in Ghaziabad on April 6.
09:37 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Chhindwara Mayor Vikram Ahakey leaves Congress, joins BJP in the presence of Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav.
“After being influenced by PM Modi and work done by MP CM Mohan Yadav, I have decided to join BJP. I am thankful to them. ‘Lotus’ will surely bloom in Chhindwara this time,” says Chhindwara Mayor and BJP leader Vikram Ahakey.
09:32 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha polls: BSP Lok Sabha candidate Kankar Manjare, from Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat constituency, says
“Our aim is very clear and pure. We are taking donations from people. This will lead to clean politics with no corruption.”
09:11 (IST) Apr 01
08:53 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: BJP supporters in the US held car rally in 20 different American cities to express their support for PM Modi.
08:35 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Officials destroyed posters of Kottayam BDJS candidate, alleges NDA
The BJP-led NDA filed a complaint with the Kerala Chief Election Officer, alleging that government officers had damaged posters and banners of its candidate Thushar Velappally in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. The complaint, lodged by the district chairman of the NDA on Sunday, claimed that officials had destroyed posters displaying an election symbol not officially allocated to the candidate.
08:32 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections: Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin holds roadshow in Puducherry
In a post on X, Stalin wrote, "We campaigned today in Willianur, Puducherry, asking for votes for the hand symbol in support of Annan V. Vaidhyalingam, the Congress candidate who is contesting in the Puducherry parliamentary elections in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."
08:30 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Mahua thrown out of Lok Sabha for speaking against BJP, said Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that her party's firebrand leader, Mahua Moitra was thrown out of the Lok Sabha because she used to speak against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"Have you seen what they (BJP) did with Mahua (Moitra)? She has been thrown out of the Lok Sabha because she used to talk loudly (in Parliament). She used to speak against the BJP," the Chief Minister said addressing a public meeting at Nadia.
Mahua was known for her fiery speeches at the Parliament in which she sharply attacked the ruling BJP.
"Have you seen what they (BJP) did with Mahua (Moitra)? She has been thrown out of the Lok Sabha because she used to talk loudly (in Parliament). She used to speak against the BJP," the Chief Minister said addressing a public meeting at Nadia.
Mahua was known for her fiery speeches at the Parliament in which she sharply attacked the ruling BJP.
08:24 (IST) Apr 01
Kathua: At the Jammu & Kashmir election rally ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
Union Minister and Udhampur constituency BJP candidate Dr Jitendra Singh says, "We are not competing with anyone. There is no one in our opposition. But it is people's enthusiasm that such a crowd gathers for PM Narendra Modi and the development... Every developmental work is done after 2014..."
08:23 (IST) Apr 01
Lok Sabha elections: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said, "Under the leadership of PM Modi, Dindori district will get a huge majority percentage. I hope that all records will be broken."
06:56 (IST) Apr 01
A large hoarding showing Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal standing behind bars, propped in front of the speaker’s podium at the centre of the stage was suddenly removed and put away on the side as top leaders started to gather at the INDIA blloc rally, triggering speculation.
06:20 (IST) Apr 01
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, sharing the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at NDA's rally in Meerut on Sunday, said that "this election is about family first versus nation first, mafia raj versus rule of law, corruption versus zero tolerance, appeasement versus 'sab ka saath sab ka vikas.' "Now, you have to decide whether you want curfew or kanwar yatra," the chief minister told the gathering.
05:32 (IST) Apr 01
Congress stalwarts' offspring have crossed party lines to bolster BJP's youth brigade in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, marking a significant shift in political allegiance from the legacy of their fathers. Among these emerging leaders is Angkita Dutta, former Assam Pradesh Youth Congress chief and daughter of PCC ex-chief Anjan Dutta. Alongside her is Manash Borah, son of two-time MLA Akan Borah and Assam PCC general secretary. Both are actively involved in mobilising support for BJP, heralding a generational shift in Assam's political landscape.
04:49 (IST) Apr 01
PM Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his govt would continue to take action against the corrupt and any attempt to scare him will not succeed, framing once again the LS contest as a battle between the "corrupt" and those making efforts to remove corruption.
04:47 (IST) Apr 01
In a show of unity, 'INDIA' bloc leaders came together at 'loktantra bachao' (save democracy) rally here on Sunday and attacked the NDA govt for being "dictatorial" and "misusing" ED and other central agencies to "rig" Lok Sabha polls by getting its opponents jailed and bank accounts of parties sealed.
At the Ramlila Maidan rally - almost all 'INDIA' parties attended it - held against the backdrop of Arvind Kejriwal's arrest and amid tensions in some states over alliance seat-sharing, leaders demanded immediate release of the Delhi CM and Jharkhand ex-CM Hemant Soren, an SC-monitored SIT probe into BJP's "extortion" through electoral bonds and a "level playing field" for upcoming elections.
At the Ramlila Maidan rally - almost all 'INDIA' parties attended it - held against the backdrop of Arvind Kejriwal's arrest and amid tensions in some states over alliance seat-sharing, leaders demanded immediate release of the Delhi CM and Jharkhand ex-CM Hemant Soren, an SC-monitored SIT probe into BJP's "extortion" through electoral bonds and a "level playing field" for upcoming elections.
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