LIVE Updates | Lok Sabha Elections: Rahul Dares PM Modi For Debate, Says 'I Know He Won't Come'

Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address multiple ralies in support of their party candidates in Haryana and Delhi on Saturday.

Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: The Bhartiya Janta Party-led NDA and Congress-led INDIA-bloc are preparing for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. On May 20, the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election is expected to be held in six states and two union territories. In phase 5, 695 contenders compete for 93 seats. On June 4, the results of all 543 constituencies will be announced.

The fifth phase of voting will take place in Bihar (5), Jharkhand (3), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (7), and the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (2) and Ladakh (1).

The slugfest over the Congress manifesto and the BJP's 'Hindu-Muslim' jibe continues for another round. Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended himself against accusations of inciting a religious divide, saying that the day he says 'Hindu-Muslim', he will be unfit for public life.

Here are major political events in the run-up to the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public meetings in Haryana and Delhi on May 18.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Uttar Pradesh on May 18
• Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold public meetings in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi on May 18.
• Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign for the party candidates in Raebareli and Amethi on May 18.

Stay tuned to Zee News English for live updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2024

18 May 2024

22:54 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Delhi CM Kejriwal Addresses Rally In Delhi 

Addressing a public rally in Mohan Garden, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says, "I am an ordinary man & we have a small party. Why did PM Modi send me to jail? What was my crime? I was sent to jail because I made good schools for your children..."

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rajasthan CM Praises PM Modi  

Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma addresses 'Pravasi Rajasthani Sammelan' at Puri. He says, "After 2014, under the leadership of PM Modi, kind of changes that happened in the country and you (people) have seen these changes, you can speak about it to other people... Congress ruled Odisha for 50 years but the condition of poor people, labourers, women and youth are still the same and BJD ruled for 25 years and they have done the same..."