Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE | 'Power Supply Steady During Ramzan Not On Janmashtami Under SP...': Shah In UP

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Latest Updates: A total of 904 candidates will be contesting seventh phase across eight states/UTs. The campaigning for the final phase of the elections to conclude tomorrow.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led INDIA bloc are laying the groundwork leading up to the seventh and last phase of the ongoing general elections. The polling is set to commence on June 1, followed by the results announcement on June 4.  

A total of 904 candidates will be contesting in this phase of the Lok Sabha elections across eight states and Union territories. As temperatures continue to rise across the northern states, the campaigning for the final phase of the elections also got heated up, with jibe exchanges at their peak, eyeing the conclusion of campaigning tomorrow (May 30).  

In another development, a video showing VK Pandian, an aide to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, holding and attempting to hide the CM's trembling hands went viral yesterday. The video invited wielded criticism from the BJP, which claimed Pandian’s gesture represents his attempt to seize power in Odisha. In response, Naveen Patnaik released a video countering the BJP's accusation, asserting that these tactics will not work. 

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29 May 2024

22:04 IST

Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 Live Updates: Shah Criticises SP Over Power Shortages In Its Regime In UP

Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday for "power shortages" during its term in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that the supply was uninterrupted during Ramzan but not on Janmashtami. Addressing poll rallies in the state, Shah stated that the Lok Sabha election offers people a choice between those who built the Ram temple and those who opened fire on Ram bhakts. The home minister addressed four rallies, the first in Maharajganj, followed by Deoria, Ballia, and Robertsganj, to campaign for BJP and NDA candidates running in the last and seventh phases of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1.

18:49 IST

Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: PM Failed to Declare National Holiday On Netaji's Birthday, Says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that the BJP-led Central government has not yet declared Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday a national holiday, which has belied the national hero's rightful place in history.

"The prime minister yesterday played to the gallery by garlanding the statue of Netaji but failed to recognise his birthday, January 23, by not declaring it as a national holiday. But our government has already declared it as a state holiday," she said.

"I strongly register my protest against this failure of the Centre. I salute national heroes like Netaji," she said and chanted 'Jai Hind' slogans coined by him.

Had Netaji been not there, India would not have become independent, Banerjee asserted.