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    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: EC bans Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remarks on Hema Malini

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    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: EC bans Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remarks on Hema Malini
    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: EC bans Congress leader Randeep Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remarks on Hema Malini.
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    12:38:44 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP gave reservations to Gujjar, Pahari, Bakarwal, OBC, Dalits and women, says Amit Shah in Jammu

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Under PM Modi, the BJP has given reservations to Gujjar, Pahari, Bakarwal, OBC, Dalits and women."
    12:35:22 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Visuals of non-motorable polling stations at Khasi Hills

    12:25:58 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in J&K

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "If someone has benefitted the maximum in the 10 years of PM Modi's govt then it has been the brothers and sisters of Jammu and Kashmir...There was a time when stone pelting, blasts and 'manhoos saya' of Article 370 loomed over Jammu and Kashmir. Today, it has been scrapped...The youth have laptops instead of stones in their hands."
    12:11:37 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: RSS & the BJP are trying to destroy India's Constitution, says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in Wayanad, Kerala, "The RSS and the BJP are trying to destroy India's Constitution and change India's Constitution. The Congress party and the INDIA alliance are trying to save the Constitution."
    12:09:58 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: "Modi protects the richest people in the country & forgives their bank loans," says Rahul Gandhi

    "He protects the richest people in the country and forgives their bank loans. I don't know if you saw his interview with ANI yesterday. I don't know if you saw his face, his eyes, he was trying to defend the biggest corruption scandal on the planet through which BJP has got thousands of crores of rupees by extorting them from India's businessmen," said Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, Kerala.
    12:07:40 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Narendra Modi is the instrument of 5-6 of India's biggest richest business people, says Rahul Gandhi

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: "Narendra Modi is the instrument of 5-6 of India's biggest richest business people. His goal is to distract India's people from the real issues. That is why sometimes you will see him doing puja underneath the sea...sometimes he tells the people of India we will bring the Olympics to India. Another time he will say we are going to send one man to the Moon. He never talks about unemployment or price rise," said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, Kerala.
    12:00:33 PM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi in Kozhikode

    • PM Modi an instrument of 5-6 big rich businessmen of India. His job is to distract people from real issues, said Rahul Gandhi in Kozhikode.
    • Only one big issue in 2024 LS polls is that RSS and BJP are allegedly trying to destroy Constitution, Gandhi said.
    11:44:45 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Parshottam Rupala files his nomination from Rajkot

    Parshottam Rupala has filed his nomination from Rajkot. Kshatriya community has asked him to withdraw nomination by 19th April.
    11:31:53 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its list of 21 candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its list of 21 candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections
    11:30:23 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its list of candidates for Telangana and Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its list of candidates for Telangana and Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls
    11:29:43 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its 12th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP releases its 12th list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections
    11:27:00 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: AAP releases candidates for Punjab's Ferozpur, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana and Jalandhar

    Aam Aadmi Party released a list of 4 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in Punjab. Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar to contest from Ferozpur, Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) from Gurdaspur, Pawan Kumar Tinu from Jalandhar and Ashok Parashar Pappi from Ludhiana.
    11:24:50 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Nadda in Tamil Nadu

    BJP national president JP Nadda holds a roadshow in support of alliance partner O Panneerselvam in Perambalur, Tamil Nadu. Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam is contesting election from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
    11:14:02 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM Modi on RJD rule

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "RJD has ruled Bihar for several years but they don't have the guts to discuss the work done by their government. RJD is the biggest face of jungle raj in Bihar...RJD has given only two things to Bihar - jungle raj aur bhrashtachar."
    11:11:19 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: I proposed Constitution Day, Congress opposed it, says PM in Bihar

    11:05:41 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM Modi's blistering attack

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "'Ghamandia Gathbandhan' has no vision or trust. When they go on asking for votes, then do so on the work done by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Entire Bihar knows why they try and take credit for the work done by Nitish ji and the central govt."
    11:04:01 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: For next 5 years, Modi's 'guarantee card' has been updated

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "For the next five years, Modi's 'guarantee card' has been updated. Three crore houses will be made for the poor, the poor will get free ration for the next five years, those above 70 years of age will receive free treatment upto Rs 5 lakhs, PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi will be continued. All these are Modi's guarantees."
    11:03:01 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM highlights achievements and criticises Congress

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "...Our Constitution is pure. The framers of the Constitution dreamt of a prosperous India. However, the Congress party that ruled for decades in the country lost the opportunity...25 crore poor have been brought out of poverty by your 'sevak' - Modi."
    10:44:56 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM Modi in Gaya

    • During a rally in Bihar's Gaya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the BJP's recently released manifesto, emphasising its unique portrayal as a 'guarantee card' – a first in Indian politics.
    • "Two days ago, the BJP released its 'Sankalp Patra'. This is the first time, some party's 'Sankalp Patra' is being called a 'guarantee card'," he said.
    • He contrasted this with the Congress, stating that while the Congress promised dreams of food and housing to the poor, the BJP has delivered on its promises by providing houses to them.
    10:41:17 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM felicitated during his public meeting in Gaya

    10:35:41 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: PM Modi to campaign in Bihar, West Bengal

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has scheduled four public meetings on Tuesday, with two in Bihar and two in West Bengal, as part of the BJP's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The Prime Minister will first address gatherings in Gaya at 10 a.m. and in Purnea at 12:30 p.m. Following these events, he will travel to West Bengal to hold public meetings in Balurghat at 2:30 p.m. and Raiganj at 4:15 p.m.
    10:31:02 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: It's looking like a big win for the LDF in Kerala, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan

    Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said "With only 9 days remaining until the election, I've campaigned in 13 constituencies so far. It's looking like a big win for the LDF in Kerala. It is expected that the exact opposite result of 2019 will happen in Kerala this time. The BJP and the NDA front, led by BJP will be relegated to third place or negligible status in all constituencies. The Congress-led front has adopted an anti-Kerala approach. So the people of Kerala will give severe punishment to that front (UDF) in this election"
    10:29:37 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Chhattisgarh Elections

    Narayanpur SP Prabhat Kumar said, "In the first phase of voting, there are about 33 polling stations. The polling teams have been sent. Voting will be conducted successfully...Forces have been deployed for area domination..."
    09:56:37 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Polling teams leave by helicopter to Naxal-hit areas, in Narayanpur

    09:55:09 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, polling teams leave by helicopter to Naxal-hit areas, in Gadchiroli

    09:54:21 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BSP announces new list of 11 candidates

    Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's BSP on Tuesday released a fresh list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.The Mainpuri Lok Sabha ticket has been changed and given to Shiv Prasad Yadav. Athar Jamal Lari has been fielded from Varanasi against PM Modi.The BSP also has challenged the SP with whom it contested in an alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The BSP candidates will face 0ff against SP candidates in traditional strongholds such as Mainpuri and Budaun.
    09:53:47 AM IST, 16 April 2024

    Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP's manifesto on UCC will create divisions among communities, says Chidambaram

    Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'sultan of tukde-tukde gang' jibe against Congress at a rally in Karnataka, former Union Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the BJP's manifesto, especially on the Uniform Civil Code, will create divisions between communities in India."Every time they (the BJP) are faced with a concrete set of plans and programmes from the Congress, they will accuse the Congress of being a gang that is trying to break up the country," Chidambaram told ANI."In fact, it is the BJP's manifesto, especially on the common civil code, that will create divisions between one community and another, and these divisions will eventually lead to hate speeches, resentment, anger and conflict," he added.While addressing an election rally at Mysuru in Karnataka, PM Modi dubbed Congress as "the sultan of the tukde tukde gang," alleging that the party harboured dangerous intentions to fragment, dismantle, and debilitate the nation.
    09:52:50 AM IST, 16 April 2024

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