LIVE Updates | Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NCP (SP) Announces Candidate List For Maharashtra

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on thursday kicked off the NDA campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with a public rally in Jamui, Bihar. He also addressed a rally in Bengal's Coochbehar.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday kicked off the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with a public rally in Jamui, Bihar. This marks his first electoral event in the state post the election announcement. Addressing the huge crowd at the Jamui Rally, PM Modi hailed Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag paswan and likened him to his late father Ram Vilas Paswan. PM also condemned the historical injustice done to Bihar after independence.

Chirag Paswan, a BJP ally, has passed the baton to his brother-in-law, Arun Bharti, after representing Jamui, a reserved seat, twice consecutively. Paswan has been vocal in his appreciation for the Prime Minister’s decision to kickstart his campaign in Bihar from Jamui. Jamui is one of the four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, along with Aurangabad, Gaya, and Nawada, that will participate in the first phase of polling on April 19.

The BJP is also contesting in Aurangabad, where Modi held a rally a week prior to the Election Commission’s announcement of the Lok Sabha poll schedule, and Nawada, where he is scheduled to hold a public meeting on Sunday.

Congress Raises Concerns Over Caste Census, APMC Act

Ahead of PM Modi's rally in Jamui, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has posed a series of questions for him. The party challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to share his views on the caste census carried out by his “recently rekindled ally” Nitish Kumar in Bihar, urging him to end his “quietude” on the matter.

NCP (Sharad Pawar) today announced its canddiate list. It fielded Suresh Mhatre from the Bhiwandi. Bajrang Sonawane will be the candidate from the Beed seat.

04 April 2024

18:48 IST

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Polls Live: Sharad Pawar's NCP Announces Candidate List

NCP (Sharad Pawar) announced the name of its candidate from Bhiwandi seat; Suresh Mhatre will be the candidate from Bhiwandi. Bajrang Sonawane will be the candidate from the Beed seat. pic.twitter.com/vH5ALrVH1m

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18:38 IST

Live Lok Sabha Polls: CPI(M) Says Aim Of Manifesto Is To Protect Country

On CPI(M) manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, party's general secretary Sitaram Yechury said, "The main intention behind this manifesto is that today, our country's history itself is in danger. In the constitution, it is clear that this is a secularistic democratic republic. Attempts are being made to erase this history and make this a fascistic dictatorship. This needs to be stopped and the nation needs to be saved and for that PM Modi and BJP should be stopped from coming to power."