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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns weeks ahead of Lok Sabha polls
09 Mar, 2024 | 11:46:15 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns weeks ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: TMC to launch its Lok Sabha campaign with mega rally in Kolkata on Sunday
The Trinamool Congress is all set to launch its Lok Sabha poll campaign with a grand rally on Sunday at Kolkata's famed Brigade Parade Grounds, where party supremo Mamata Banerjee is set to galvanise supporters and set the tone for the upcoming elections. Christened 'Jana Garjan Sabha', the mega event will feature three platforms, including a cross ramp, with Mamata Banerjee and TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee taking centre-stage as the main speakers.
The political situation in Odisha is changing very fast. The ruling party Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is getting into alliance with the primary opposition party which is the BJP. This is very strange and unnatural alliance and no one is able to digest why the BJD is allying with BJP. Given this political situation, our national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has sent me and the in-charge of Odisha here to Bhubaneswar
- AAP leader & Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: ECI to review J-K's preparedness for Lok Sabha polls next week
Election Commission of India officials will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to review preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections, likely to be held in April-May. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with election commissioners, are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on March 12 and 13, officials said on Saturday.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Everywhere in the state, people are happy with the government led by CM Revanth Reddy. Every survey shows that Congress is going to win at least 14 seats from Telangana in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and we are very confident
- Telangana Congress campaign committee chairman Madhu Goud Yaskhi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: The NDA meeting will take a decision, I cannot say anything on it. If the meeting will not take place then the decision will be taken after that
- On alliance with BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what former Madhya Pradesh CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on TDP re-joining NDA as a regional partner.
“TDP was a part of the NDA earlier too, they are our old friends. Under PM Modi’s leadership, the central government will take appropriate decisions to achieve the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’ and to develop Andhra Pradesh.”
Rumors & lies are the worst elements of politics
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik when 5T Chairman VK Pandian asks him ‘what are the worst elements of politics?’
Under the visionary leadership of PM Modi Ji the NDA is growing continuously as a robust platform for all-inclusive politics. Today, affirming their trust in the leadership of Modi Ji the Telugu Desam Party and the Jana Sena Party have joined the NDA. I welcome N Chandrababu Naidu and PawanKalyan to the NDA. Their association will expedite the fulfillment of the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns weeks ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said on Rahul Gandhi contesting Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Wayanad
“Many things become clear with Rahul Gandhi contesting elections from Wayanad. Firstly, there was never an INDIA alliance, because in Wayanad, two alliance partners will face each other; secondly, Rahul Gandhi is scared of going back to Amethi where he lost to Smriti Irani last time.”
The alliance between BJP, TDP, and JSP isn't just an alliance but rather a partnership between three stakeholders committed to serving Andhra Pradesh and the country. I'm confident that the people of AP will bless this alliance with a historic mandate to serve them. Together, we shall herald a golden era of growth and prosperity for our State. I'm pleased to rejoin NDA today
- TDP chief and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said on disappointment expressed by PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti over his party's decision to go solo in Kashmir
“The National Conference (NC) stands on its own feet and those three seats were won by the NC (in 2019), so why should she have a problem with it? She is also part of the (INDIA) alliance. So if the NC wins, then it is a win for the INDIA alliance.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what Congress leader KC Venugopal said after meeting with Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin earlier today
“We are happy to declare a formal alliance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Congress will fight nine seats in Tamil Nadu and one seat in Puducherry. In the rest of the seats, Congress will support DMK and other alliance partners. I am sure that we will win all the 40 seats in Tamil Nadu.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said on seat-sharing agreement between his party and DMk in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
“We are confident that INDIA Alliance will win all 40 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. They (NDA) can make the perception that they are winning but INDIA Alliance will be ruling the country after this election.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Congress will contest elections on 9 seats in Tamil Nadu and one seat in Puducherry: Congress MP KC Venugopal
On the remaining seats, we will support the candidates of DMK and alliance parties. We will win all 40 seats of Tamil Nadu.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here’s what former Congress leader Manish Khanduri said after joining the BJP in Uttarakhand earlier today
“I believe there is only one political platform (BJP) which can take the country and Uttarakhand forward. It has a vision which will be fulfilled under PM Modi’s leadership. Seeing the current situation, I think the BJP will lead this country forward for a very long time.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: This is a very happy moment for the people of Andhra Pradesh that today NDA and TDP alliance has been finalised. Seeing the development program of Chandrababu Naidu, we can see our vision come to life with double the speed after joining hands with the NDA... The last five years of Jagan Mohan Reddy's government have troubled the people of the state with the rise of land mafia, sand mafia, and all kinds of mafia
- On TDP joining NDA, TDP National Spokesperson Prem Kumar Jain
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: This will be TMC's historic brigade, therefore, they (BJP) plan to hold a programme in Sandeshkhali, which has no significance while brigade holds more significance. It is going to be one of the largest brigades of the recent past
- On the TMC's brigade rally, party leader Kunal Ghosh
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: After Jana Sena, now TDP is also a part of NDA from today. We are expecting the Election notification within a week. Election meetings will start and we expect nearly 4-5 meetings with the Prime Minister in Andhra Pradesh. The alliance is going to have a tremendous victory
- On TDP joining NDA, suspended YSRCP leader K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: I wholeheartedly welcome the decision of N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan to join the NDA family. Under the dynamic and visionary leadership of PM Narendra Modi, BJP, TDP, and JSP are committed to the progress of the country and the upliftment of the state and people of Andhra Pradesh
- BJP chief JP Nadda
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Here's what TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar said on his party's alliance with the BJP and JSP for Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls
“With regards to the coming 2024 elections, our leader N Chandrababu Naidu, along with Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan, came to Delhi and had a meeting with senior BJP leaders on their invitation. All the three parties have agreed upon a pre-poll alliance and to jointly contest elections in the state of Andhra Pradesh.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Our preparations are underway for the parliamentary elections. Two candidates have been nominated. There is excitement among people as they wish to cherish the peace and progress that has finally come here. They wish to lavish their love and that can be in terms of votes as well
- Chairperson J&K Waqf Board and BJP leader Dr Darakhshan Andrabi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Lucknow is my Lok Sabha constituency and I visit here regularly. I am confident that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister again. I have received a lot of love from the people here
- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: The ECI has clear-cut guidelines that during the elections any officer who has completed 3 years in their place of posting should be transferred outside the Parliamentary segment, additionally, those who are posted in their home district should be transferred outside
- After the BJP delegation met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and submitted a memorandum for free and fair elections, Odisha BJP Vice President Lekha Samantsinghar
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is joining NDA, confirms TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri attacks INDIA bloc
The INDI alliance has broken down... They (Opposition) are trying to find any topic as Lok Sabha elections are going to be held soon...If the women are getting benefits, they should have at least said thank you (to us) for thinking about the women (of the nation). They could have said 'Thank you for doing this, we think you could have done more', but they are not saying this, they are saying that the election is 'jumla'...A yatra was started and it was stopped in between, and then 'sahab' (Rahul Gandhi) went out... now he is only finding issues...: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: BJP team meets Chief Electoral Officer
Prior to Lok Sabha elections, BJP delegation meets Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), submits memorandum advocating for free and fair elections.
N Chandrababu Naidu announces TDP-BJP-Jana Sena to fight together for Lok Sabha 2024
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Another blow to Congress
Congress leader Manish Khanduri joins BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, at the BJP Mahanagar office in Dehradun.
BJP announces candidate for Biennial Election to the Rajya Sabha from JHARKHAND
List of BJP candidate for Biennial Election to the Vidhan Parishad from Bihar & Uttar Pradesh
People of the entire Bihar are with PM Modi, and surely it will be 400 plus (for the BJP-led NDA) in 2024 (Lok Sabha polls)
- BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: TDP MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar on alliance
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar said, "Our party national president N Chandrababu Naidu had a meeting with Amit Shah and JP Nadda along with Pawan Kalyan and came to an understanding that TDP is joining NDA and JanaSena is already part of NDA and will contest the upcoming 2024 elections in Andhra Pradesh in alliance."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Home Minister addresses rally
"I want to thank the people of Bihar. In 2014, people of Bihar helped us win 31 seats, while we won 39 seats in 2019. In 2024, we will win all 40 seats in Bihar," says Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Kejriwal expects to win all seats in Delhi after AAP's recent budget
Delhi budget is such that people are saying AAP is going to win all 7 Lok Sabha seats in city: CM Kejriwal in Assembly
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Big seat-sharing announcement between TDP and BJP expected soon. Here are details
As per sources to ET, BJP is eyeing seven Lok Sabha seats in the state and more than 20 seats in the assembly. While TDP might agree to give seven LS seats, it may want to give lesser assembly seats to BJP.“Primarily, we have agreed to contest the upcoming polls together. TDP will become part of NDA. Right now, seat sharing and other modalities are being worked out. One meeting between our leader Chandrababu Naidu and home minister Amit Shah has already happened. There are certain remaining issues which will be sorted out in the second meeting on Friday evening,” TDP MP K Ravindra Kumar told ET.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Seat-sharing issues will be cleared soon, says Maha DY CM Fadnavis
Lok Sabha elections 2024: "80 per cent of the issues have been resolved. The rest of the 20 per cent issues will also be resolved soon," says Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra in response to a media query on seat-sharing talks held between Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde and NCP president Ajit Pawar yesterday.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: BJP-TDP alliance
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Union Home Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu leave Amit Shah's New Delhi residence.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Major TDP-BJP alliance update coming soon?
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Suspended YSRCP leader K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju says, "The alliance will be announced very shortly, maybe in the next 20-30 minutes...Everyone will be happy, including the party people..."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Another BJP leader resigns
BJP MP of West Bengal's Jhargram Kunar Hembram says he has resigned from Lok Sabha for 'personal reasons'
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: PM Modi attacks oppn during his visit to Arunachal Pradesh
As Modi is working for development of country, opposition leaders are attacking: PM in Arunachal
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: What is the seat-sharing equation in Maharashtra between BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde's faction) and NCP (Ajit Pawar)?
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, engaged in discussions regarding seat allocation in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with coalition partners. Shiv Sena's chief, Eknath Shinde, and NCP's president, Ajit Pawar, who also holds the position of deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, participated in the talks with Shah on Friday evening. The meeting also saw the presence of senior BJP leader and Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis.
Read More: Lok Sabha elections: BJP discusses seat sharing pact for Maharashtra with Sena, NCP
Read More: Lok Sabha elections: BJP discusses seat sharing pact for Maharashtra with Sena, NCP
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: More leaders to join BJP soon?
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya after several Congress leaders joined BJP claimed that more people, in large numbers, will come.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: 'Rahul Gandhi is running away from Amethi'
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: “It’s visible how much fear there is. He (Rahul Gandhi) is running away from contesting from Amethi. But it’s for sure that Rahul Gandhi will lose the election from Wayanad," said BJP spokesperson RP Singh.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan comments on Suresh Pachouri joining BJP
Former MP CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, "...Former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri has an unblemished record...He left a mark wherever he worked."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live News: Another hit to Congress
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri, ex-MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi join BJP in Bhopal
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Amit Shah to address public meeting in Bihar
Lok Sabha Election Live News Updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will speak at a public gathering for Other Backward Caste (OBC) and Economically Backward Class (EBC) individuals in Paliganj, near Patna, within the Patliputra Lok Sabha Constituency on Saturday, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Prime Minister Modi to visit Siliguri today
Lok Sabha Election Live News Updates: Today, as Prime Minister Modi prepares to visit Siliguri, BJP MP Dilip Ghosh expressed strong sentiments regarding the current state of affairs in West Bengal. He highlighted widespread misgovernance, law and order challenges, and rampant corruption in the region, emphasizing the growing desire for change among the populace. Ghosh asserted that people lack trust in the existing government and seek refuge in Modi's leadership. Additionally, he underscored the Prime Minister's commitment to assuring citizens that only the BJP can deliver effective governance in West Bengal.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Haryana Congress to take out 'Samvidhan Bachao' Yatra from March 13
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Haryana Congress leader Udai Bhan claimed on Friday that the BJP government at the Centre is endangering the Constitution. He declared the commencement of a 'Samvidhan Bachao Yatra' throughout the state starting March 13.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: No BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha?
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Odisha BJP intends to contest in all 147 assembly and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. This decision comes after discussions in Delhi regarding a pre-poll alliance and seat sharing with the BJD ended inconclusively. State president Manmohan Samal and other senior party leaders returned to Bhubaneswar from the national capital on Friday evening, stating that there were no discussions regarding an alliance, and the BJP will contest the elections independently.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Bhupesh Baghel to contest from Rajnandgaon
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: After declaring his candidacy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Bhupesh Baghel expressed gratitude to the party's leadership. He assured that the candidates nominated by the party would honor the trust placed in them. Baghel himself will contest from the Rajnandgaon constituency in Chhattisgarh.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Congress sets up political affairs committee in UP
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: In preparation for the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress established a political affairs committee and a Pradesh election committee on Friday, appointing Avinash Pande and Ajay Rai as convenors, respectively.The political affairs committee consists of 40 members, including leaders of all frontal organizations of the UP Pradesh Congress Committees and AICC secretaries overseeing the state.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Supriya Sule meets Sunetra Pawar
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, potentially competing in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, shared a cordial moment as they met and embraced at a temple in Baramati tehsil. There's speculation that Sunetra Pawar might contest from the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency under Ajit Pawar's NCP leadership, potentially challenging Sule, who is Ajit's cousin and the daughter of party founder Sharad Pawar.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: 25 companies of CAPF arrive in Punjab
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: To ensure the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are conducted freely, fairly, and peacefully, Punjab state has deployed 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to oversee area domination and implement confidence-building measures.
Lok Sabha Election Live News: Maharashtra Lok Sabha seat-sharing
Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened a late-night meeting on Friday with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to deliberate on seat allocation for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
