Live Updates | Assembly Elections 2024: MVA, Mahayuti Battle For Power With Top Leaders Rallying Today

Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates: Campaigning concluded on Monday for the first phase of Jharkhand's Assembly elections, set to take place on November 13. Voters in 43 constituencies will decide the fate of 683 candidates.

Maharashtra and Jharkhand are set for Assembly elections in November, with Maharashtra voting in a single phase on November 20, and Jharkhand in two phases on November 13 and November 20. Vote counting for both states is scheduled for November 23. As campaigning intensifies, Maharashtra's political landscape is marked by a fierce contest between the ruling Mahayuti alliance, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction, BJP, and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance comprising Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar’s NCP, and Congress.

Key BJP figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, are leading the Mahayuti's campaign with rallies across the state. Modi is set to address crowds in Chimur, Solapur, and Pune, while Amit Shah will rally support in North Mumbai.

On the MVA side, Rahul Gandhi is actively canvassing, with rallies in Buldhana and Gondia districts, supporting Congress candidates and MVA allies. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi will join the campaign with multiple events across Maharashtra, aiming to strengthen MVA’s position before the November 20 polls.

Campaigning concluded on Monday for the first phase of Jharkhand's Assembly elections, set to take place on November 13. Voters in 43 constituencies will decide the fate of 683 candidates, including prominent leaders like former Chief Minister Champai Soren and six sitting cabinet ministers from Hemant Soren's government. Among the seats, 17 are general, six are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC), and 20 for Scheduled Tribes (ST).

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12 November 2024

20:33 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: PM Modi Addresses Rally In Pune

While addressing a rally at Pune Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "The relationship between Pune and BJP is of ideology, culture and faith. Pune has always supported the ideology and vision of the BJP. I am deeply grateful to the people of Pune for this trust. I have come to assure you that the new Mahayuti government will work faster for the development of Pune and Maharashtra. The coming five years will be the years of new flights of development for Pune."

17:22 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: 'Kharge Ji, Don't Get Angry At Me...,' Says Yogi Adityanath 

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath addressed a rally in Maharashtra and said, "These days Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge is unnecessarily getting angry at me, he is furious. Kharge ji, don't get angry at me, I respect your age. If you want to get angry, get angry at Hyderabad Nizam. The Hyderabad Nizam's Razakars burnt your village, brutally killed Hindus, and burnt your respected mother, sister, your family members. Present this truth before the country that whenever they will be divided, they will be divided in the same brutal manner..."

16:30 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Modi Slams Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed a rally at Chimur in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district ahead of assembly elections on November 20. He targeted Congress and said that it has always been the mentality of the 'shahi parivar' that they were born to rule the country.

14:29 IST

Maharashtra Polls 2024 Live: PM Modi Slams Congress’ ‘Shahi Parivar’  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused Congress' ‘shahi parivar’ of having a ruling class mentality, suggesting it believes it was destined to govern the country, reported PTI. 

“That is the reason that after Independence, the Congress never allowed Dalits, backward classes and Adivasis to progress,” Modi stated at a rally in Chimur, Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, as he campaigned for the upcoming November 20 state assembly elections. 

13:09 IST

Maharashtra Elections 2024: Patole Sparks Controversy With 'Dog' Remark Against BJP

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole has sparked a controversy with a provocative "dog" remark directed at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its alleged treatment of the OBC community in Akola district, amid heated campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls.

Campaigning on behalf of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, of which Congress is a member, Patole said on Monday, "I want to ask, will the OBC people of Akola vote for a BJP that has called you dogs? It’s time to turn the BJP into a dog now; they’ve become too arrogant."

12:51 IST

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Aircraft Issue Halts Rahul Gandhi’s Chikhli Rally

Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "I was scheduled to come to Chikhli (Maharashtra) but due to technical problems in the aircraft, I could not come there this morning. I would like to apologise to you. I was scheduled to have a public rally today and interact with soybean farmers. Soybean and cotton farmers face a lot of issues. I know that the BJP doesn't provide right price to these farmers. As soon as INDIA alliance's government comes to power, we will try to find out a solution for you." 

12:30 IST

Jharkhand Elections 2024 Live Updates: Amit Shah Slams JMM

While addressing a poll rally in Jharkhand's Dhanbad, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "...They (JMM-Congress) believe that they have looted the public's money and nothing will happen. Form a BJP government here, those who have looted the money will be hanged upside down..."