Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE | PM Modi Holds Roadshow In Kolkata Ahead If Final Phase Of Polls

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: The BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc are intensifying their efforts for the final phase of polling on June 1, 904 candidates will be contesting in the seventh phase across eight states and Union territories.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: The BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc are pulling out their final strategies for the last and seventh phase of polling on June 1. With the scorching heat wave gripping the northern states, all six phases have concluded with Jammu and Kashmir representing notably stronger voter turnout.

The Electoral Commission has announced that 904 candidates will be contesting in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections across eight states and Union territories. 

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat set to vote in the seventh phase. PM Modi won the Varanasi constituency in both 2014 and 2019, establishing it as a strong hold for the BJP. The Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, Ajay Rai, was the Congress candidate against the Prime Minister in Varanasi in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, where he came in third on both elections. 

In another development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the INDI alliance's upcoming meeting in Delhi on June 1. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is the second-largest member of the INDIA bloc. 

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28 May 2024

23:39 IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live| CM Naveen Patnaik Takes Dig At BJP Over Statements Of Winning In Odisha

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik says, "BJP said they will form govt in Karnataka, they failed, they said the same for Telangana and Himachal Pradesh and failed. I'm certain that the same repetition of the same will happen in Odisha. Senior BJP leaders such as CMs and cabinet ministers visit Odisha as guests, we expect them not to use poor language and make false allegations. This is not appreciated by the people of the state. I pray to lord Jagannath that better sense prevails with them"

#WATCH | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik says, " BJP said they will form govt in Karnataka, they failed, they said the same for Telangana and Himachal Pradesh and failed. I'm certain that the same repetition of the same will happen in Odisha. Senior BJP leaders such as CMs and cabinet… pic.twitter.com/gTq7PUUVYf

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23:35 IST

2024 Polls Live| 'Akhilesh Saying Since 2014..' Ravi Kishan Takes Dig At 'INDIA Bloc Winning 79 Seats' Remark

On SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's "INDIA bloc winning 79 out of 80 UP seats" statement, BJP MP and candidate from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan says, "He has been saying this since 2014. He is habitual of saying this." On Congress and INDIA alliance leaders, he says, "...They are all shaken. They have inside reports that they are going to pack up on 4th June. When a person is shaken up, he says nonsense." 

#WATCH | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh: On SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's "INDIA bloc winning 79 out of 80 UP seats" statement, BJP MP and candidate from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan says, "He has been saying this since 2014. He is habitual of saying this."

On Congress and INDIA alliance… pic.twitter.com/eaLN51uHer

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