Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 Highlights: PM Modi Reacts To Calcutta HC's Verdict On OBC Certificates, Says 'Slap On INDI Alliance'

Lok Sabha Elections Live Highlights: While Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi is wooing the voters of these states, the focus has shifted to Delhi where out on bail Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has turned the campaign heat against the saffron party.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Updates: With the five phases of the Parliamentary polls concluding, the stage is set for the campaigning and voting for the second last phase - phase 6. In phase 6, a total of 58 seats including Ananatnag-Rajouri are going to the polls from across 7 states and Union Territory. In this phase, eight seats of Bihar, all 10 from Haryana, four from Jharkhand, six from Odisha, 14 from Uttar Pradesh, 8 from West Bengal, and all seven from Delhi are going to the polls. The BJP has expelled Bhojpuri actor and singer Pawan Singh after he opted to contest the Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate.

While Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi is wooing the voters of these states, the focus has shifted to Delhi where out on bail Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has turned the campaign heat against the saffron party. In Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav is leading the INDIA bloc's campaign while the BJP and the BJD are locked in a close contest in Odisha.

22 May 2024

23:47 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Says, 'BJP Is Going To Win All 21 Seats'

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Sambalpur Lok Sabha Dharmendra Pradhan says "People have faith in PM Modi, I am confident that BJP is going to win all 21 seats in the state. BJP will also form its government in Odisha. PM Modi has promised to work to make Odisha, the number one state in the country. People from different political parties are joining BJP..."

23:22 IST

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Says, 'We Will Win All...' 

On the Lok Sabha elections, he said, "I have visited many places in Haryana, we will win all 10 seats in Haryana. We will cross 400 seats in the country..."

22:28 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury Attacks BJP 

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury says, "...Their main motive of BJP behind getting '400 paar' is they want to change the Constitution...It is important to keep the BJP away from power if we want to save the country and the Constitution..."

21:56 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Attacks Amit Shah 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says, "Amit Shah came to Delhi the day before yesterday and said that all the supporters of Aam Aadmi Party are Pakistanis, are you a Pakistani? We got support in Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, so are they Pakistanis?...On June 4, the INDIA coalition government will be formed and AAP will be a part of it and the first task will be to get full statehood for Delhi."

21:27 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Lauds Vande Bharat Train 

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, "Under the leadership of PM Modi, there has been rapid development in the last 10 years. India has made its mark in every field, in the last 10 years, work has been done at an unprecedented pace to strengthen the infrastructure...Today India's Vande Bharat train is making India's mark in the world and the work of bullet train is also going on very fast..."

19:38 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi Lauds Calcutta HC Verdict On OBC Status 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says "Today, Calcutta HC has given a verdict that all the OBC certificates issued after 2010 have been cancelled. This was done because the West Bengal government inexplicably gave OBC certificates to Muslims, only for the Muslim vote bank. This vote bank politics, this politics of appeasement, is crossing every limit. 'Aaj Court ne tamacha maara hai, yeh Khan Market gang paap ki zimmedaar hai'...They say that Muslims have the first right on the country's resources. These people are continuously giving government lands to the Waqf Board and asking for votes in return. These people want to reserve 15% of the country's budget for minorities. They also want to give loans from banks and government tender based on religion. These people are opposing CAA to please their vote bank..."

18:52 IST

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Rahul Gandhi Criticizes Modi Govt. Over Pune Car Accident

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "A 17-year-old boy in Pune drives a Porsche after drinking alcohol, kills 2 people and is asked to write an essay. If he writes an essay, then ask bus drivers, truck drivers, tempo drivers to write essays too..."

18:40 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Haryana CM Saini Conducts Rally In Karnal 

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini says, "The support and blessing that we are receiving from the people of Karnal is overwhelming. I have said to the people of Karnal that the development work which were done done under the regime of Manohar Lal Khattar, we will work to take all that work forward..."

16:15 IST

Lok Sabha Polls: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Takes A Dig At BJD 

He says, "After ruling a stable government for 24 years in Odisha, BJD failed to fulfil basic needs like drinking water and irrigation... There are no doctors in hospitals and no appointment of teachers in primary schools in the state... If BJP comes to power, under the Subhadra scheme, women will be given a voucher of worth Rs 50,000 each. Paddy will be procured at Rs 3,100 per quintal in the state... Only a double-engine government can ensure the rapid development of Odisha... I appeal to replace the corrupt BJD government, and to form BJP's 'double-engine' government in Odisha under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi."

16:08 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: AAP's Atishi Marlena Says, We're 'Providing Electricity Power For 24 Hours' 

AAP Minister Atishi says, "Delhi government is providing electricity power for 24 hours. There is no load shedding or blackouts anywhere. Even in this scorching heat, the power supply has been continuing just like it has been in the last 9 years... In the summer of 2014, Delhi faced heat waves. The peak demand was 5925 MW. There were lengthy blackouts... But today, even after 7717 MW supply, electricity is available in Delhi for 24 hours... In the last three days of the heatwave, the states surrounding Delhi are facing long power cuts... Everywhere there is a BJP government, long power cuts are there..."

16:00 IST

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP's Manoj Tiwari Slams AAP

BJP candidate from North-East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari says, "... The truth is, that providing clean water, providing pensions to senior citizens, providing ration cards, clean stagnant water from colonies, and developing small roads is all a responsibility of the Delhi government... If their candidate has pointed out that the people of Delhi are not getting adequate water, people will give a befitting answer to not just Arvind Kejriwal but also that candidate..."

15:45 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: EC Slams BJP, Cong For Campaigning On Caste, Religious Lines

The Election Commission on Wednesday asked the BJP and the Congress to desist from campaigning along caste, community, language, and religious lines, asserting that India’ socio-cultural milieu cannot be made a casualty to elections.

Nearly a month after it issued notice to BJP president J P Nadda on opposition charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a divisive speech in Rajasthan's Banswara, the poll watchdog rejected his defence and asked him and his party's star campaigners to desist from campaigning on religious and communal lines.

14:28 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: PM Took A Swipe At SP, Congress 

Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday took a dig at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahil Gandhi over their claim of victory on total 79 seats out of 80 Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. He said, “On June 4, the people of UP will wake them and then they will blame the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)." 

12:36 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: Modi Should Talk About Unemployment, Says Owisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that PM Narendra Modi should talk about unemployment and factories that have been shut down. "Why does the PM not speak about factories that have been locked up? When he announced demonetisation, several small and medium industries got locked down...During lockdown, people from Uttar Pradesh were stuck in different parts of the country, several of them died. He does not speak about that lock," said Owaisi.

11:54 IST

Bihar Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 Live: BJP Ousts Actor-Politician Pawan Singh From Party

Bhartiya Janta Party on Wednesday expelled the Bhojpuri actor turned politician Pawan Singh from the party. After rejecting the initial offer made by BJP to contest the Lok Sabha elections, Singh filled his nominations from Bihar's Karkat seat. He submitted his nomination on May 9 as an independent candidate.

11:29 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: Congress Says Tough For BJP To Replicate 2019

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "...It was already very clear when BJP started talking about 'Abki Baar 400 Paar' that this was a complete fantasy. Last time in 2019, thanks to the tragedy in Pulwama and the response in Balakot and the conversion of the election from what should have been a referendum on the economic failures of the first term of Mr Modi, it became a national security election in 2019. As a result, they maxed out in a number of states...In all those 11 states, those results are impossible to replicate and we are already seeing this very clearly....The strongholds of BJP have shows minimal turnout and significant drop in voting figures. Whereas, where the Congress candidates and the INDIA Alliance had attracted enthusiasm, the voting was carried out in good numbers...Our confidence has gone up even further..."

11:23 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: BJP Is Losing, Says Varanasi Congress Canddiate

Congress candidate from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat Ajay Rai said, "They (BJP) are losing. If they were not losing the elections would have PM Modi stayed overnight in Varanasi?... The people are awakened..."

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09:49 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: Rahul Gandhi's 'Fight Againt Injustice' Jibe At Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi amid the Lok Sabha polls. Talking about the Pune Porsche accident case, Rahul Gandhi accusing Modi of creating two Indias where justice is dependent on wealth. "Narendra Modi is creating two Indias - where even justice is dependent on wealth," Rahul Gandhi posted on X. He also spoke about the Pune rash driving case in which two people were killed and said how the accused belonging to a rich family was treated (given bail) while a bus driver or an auto driver was sentenced to ten years in prison in the same case.

09:27 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: Sonia Gandhi Imposing Rahul Gandhi On Rae Bareli, Says Shivraj Singh

Former Madhya Pradesh CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "...She (Sonia Gandhi) is not entrusting but imposing him (Rahul Gandhi) on Raebareli. She imposed him on Congress, and it was defeated. She imposed him on Amethi, Rahul lost there and now she has imposed him on Raebareli, he will lose in Raebareli too..."

08:42 IST

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Tejashwi To 7 Rallies Today

Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav and VIP's Mukesh Sahni will campaign in Motihari, Siwan, Bettiah, Gopalganj, and Muzaffarpur today. He will address the general meeting at Sugar Mill Ground, Motipur, Baruraj, Muzaffarpur at 11:50 AM, at Dronacharya Sports Ground, Doan, Darauli, Siwan at12:35 PM, in Siwan at 1:20PM, at Ratan Shahi High School, Jadavpur, Gopalganj at 2:05 PM, at High School Ground Vishnupurwa, Sugauli, East Champaran at 3.45PM, at High School Kotwa, Kalyanpur, East Champaran at 4:35 PM and in Chirauna High School, Shikarganj, East Champaran at 5:20 PM.

08:36 IST

Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Amit Shah In West Bengal

Union Home Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will be in West Bengal today. He will address a Public Meeting in Contai at 11AM. He will address a Public Meeting in Debra at 12.30PM, in Purulia at 2.30PM and will hold a Road Show in Bankura at 4PM.

08:17 IST

Lok Sabha Election Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi In Haryana

All 10 seats of Haryana will go to the polls in phase 6 on May 25. Eyeing a revival, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will today address a rally in Sonipat's Dadri while later in the evening, he will chair a seminar on ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammean’ at Haryana's Panchkula.

08:09 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: Modi To Woo Voters In Uttar Pradesh, Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold two rallies in Uttar Pradesh - in Basti and Shrawasti. He will hold a road show and public meeting in Delhi's Dwarka at 6pm.

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