Lok Sabha Election Highlights: Those above 70, whether crorepati or roadpati, won't have to spend a rupee on medical treatment if Modi wins 3rd term: Shah

Poor voter turnout worries all in Bihar

The EC is worried about why there is such a poor turnout of voters. The political parties are worried whether the poor turnout of voters is an indication of a "vote against" them or a vote “actually favouring" them.

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Will a ‘greenhorn’ with family legacy halt BJP juggernaut in Bagalkot?

The Bagalkot constituency will see a new record this election no matter which party wins. If sitting BJP MP P C Gaddigoudar wins, he will be the first in the constituency to win five times in a row. If Congress candidate Samyukta Patil wins, she will become the first woman MP from the constituency.

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In north Telangana, a dent in BRS vote towards Congress may also hurt BJP

Data shows that Congress has gained in north Telangana, which was once a citadel of the BRS, and this is evident with the grand old party winning 33 out of the 51 assembly seats in last year’s assembly polls.

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'PM Modi asked votes for a man who sexually abused women, all while spreading hatred towards Muslims': Owaisi slams BJP-JD(S) combine

100 drones took to the sky in Ahmedabad urging people to vote

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami received a grand welcome in Kolkata late last night. He will be joining the election campaign.

Odisha: 37 candidates in fray for May 13 elections to 4 LS seats

Thirty-seven candidates are in the fray for the elections to four Lok Sabha seats in Odisha for which voting will be held on May 13, EC officials said on Monday.

The nomination process for Nabarangpur, Berhampur, Koraput and Kalahandi Lok Sabha segments started on April 18 and the last date was April 25.

The papers were scrutinised on April 26, while Monday was the last day for withdrawal of nominations.

According to EC officials, the nominations of 38 candidates remained valid during the scrutiny.

UP: SP candidate from Sambhal LS seat booked for 'inflammatory' statements

Samajwadi Party candidate from Sambhal Lok Sabha seat Ziaur Rehman Barq was on Monday booked for allegedly making inflammatory statements regarding gangsters-turned-politicians Atiq Ahmad and Mukhtar Ansari, officials said.

According to police, four to five unidentified people have also been named as accused in the case.

Addressing an election meeting in Sambhal on Sunday, Rehman had appealed to the people not to let the "sacrifices of Atiq Ahmad, Mukhtar Ansari and other leaders go in vain".

Lok Sabha elections are important this time because on one side BJP is fighting to establish dictatorship and on the other I.N.D.I.A. is fighting to save the democracy, says Delhi Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai in Gujarat

AAP leader Gopal Rai speaks during a press conference, in New Delhi.

Atmosphere is 'Modimay', says Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav

"I am happy that the party has given me responsibility and I am going to several places (for election campaigns)...The atmosphere is 'Modimay'. North, South, East, and West, everyone is equally supporting PM Modi. I believe that PM Modi is once again going to establish good governance by forming the government for the third time..."

BJP is getting a good response in South India too: Amit Shah in Guwahati

Home Minister Amit Shah.

"We are witnessing a big electoral success in Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand. Apart from these, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu... according to initial trends, the BJP is getting a good response in South India too,"

Amit Shah accuses Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi of leaving their traditional seats and running away in UP

"I don't know whether they will contest elections or not but the amount of confusion shows that they lack self-confidence. The situation in Uttar Pradesh is that they have left their traditional seats and ran away..."

AAP's South Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Sahiram Pahalwan holds a roadshow ahead of filing his nomination papers today

Congress trying to safeguard its support base through appeasement politics: Amit Shah in Assam

"The Congress is trying to safeguard its support base, whatever is left, through appeasement politics. The BJP criticises this. We have said it in our poll manifesto that we will try to implement the UCC (Uniform Civil Code) across the nation and there's one law for people of every religion."

Congress is incomplete without lies, says BJP leader C T Ravi

C T Ravi

PM Modi to address poll rally in Telangana today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a poll rally at Chilver Village in Medak district of Telangana on Tuesday, BJP sources said. This is Modi’s second meeting in the state after the poll schedule was released last month. 

Why waste your vote by giving it to those who are not contesting even the number of seats needed for majority in Lok Sabha: PM Modi

I have spent each and every moment in the last 10 years in your service: PM Modi at rally in Maharashtra.

Cong leaders only talked about poverty removal, but in last 10 yrs, I have lifted 25 crore people out of poverty: PM Modi in Maharashtra.

People are seeing the difference between 10 years of Modi government and 60 years of Congress rule: PM Modi at rally in Maharashtra.

When there is a strong government in the country, its focus is on the present as well as future: PM Modi at rally in Maharashtra.

I have left no stone unturned to empower women; thousands of women have joined Self Help Groups in last 10 years: PM Modi

Be it Vidarbha or Marathwada...this sin of making people yearn for every drop of water has been going on for years: PM Modi in Maharashtra

"15 years ago, a very big leader came here to contest elections. Then he took an oath and said that he would provide water to the drought-affected areas here. But he did not fulfil his promise, and now the time has come to punish him...Be it Vidarbha or Marathwada...this sin of making people yearn for every drop of water has been going on for years. The country gave Congress a chance to rule for 60 years. In these 60 years, many countries of the world have changed completely, but Congress could not provide water to the farmers' fields...In 2014, there were about 100 irrigation projects that were stuck for decades, out of which 26 projects were from Maharashtra. Just think, what a big betrayal Congress has done to Maharashtra..."

Congress party workers detained by police as they staged a protest against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The government is of Congress Party. Why they have not taken any action till now, asks Amit Shah on Prajwal Revanna sex scandal

"BJP's stand is clear that we stand with the 'Matr Shakti' of the country. I want to ask Congress, whose government is there? The government is of Congress Party. Why they have not taken any action till now? We do not have to take action on this as this is a law and order issue of the state, state government has to take action on it...We are in favor of the investigation and our partner JD(S) has also announced to take action against it. Today there is a meeting of their core committee and steps will be taken..."

"We welcome SIT against Prajwal Revanna. We've taken a decision to recommend our party's national president to suspend him from the party till the SIT investigation is completed, "says, JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda

Prajwal Revanna suspended till the investigation is completed, says former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy

File Photo: JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Party leaders H D Kumaraswamy, H D Revanna, legislator C N Balakrishna and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna are seen.

Odisha CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik files his nomination papers from the Hinjili Assembly seat

If BJP is not against reservation, then why it is privatising Railways and other PSUs, asks Rahul Gandhi at rally in Madhya Pradesh

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a rally for Lok Sabha polls.

Will a weak government, which can collapse any moment, be able to build a strong nation, asks PM Modi at poll rally in Maharashtra

BJP wants to throw away the Constitution which granted rights to people, claims Rahul Gandhi at rally in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh

PM Modi wrote to the candidates of the third phase and requested them "to spread the word against the regressive politics of Congress and INDI alliance including their agenda to give reservations to Muslims by snatching it from SC/ST and OBC."

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Congress appoints Devender Yadav as Delhi unit's interim president after Arvinder Lovely's recent resignation

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Scuffle breaks out between Congress and JD(S) workers outside hotel where latter's Core Committee meeting under way

“TMC and Congress were dilly-dallying this (Ayodhya Ram Temple) issue for 70 years. You gave 18 seats (in West Bengal) to PM Modi and made him the Prime Minister for the second time. In just five years, he won the case and did the Pran Pratishtha of Ram Temple in Ayodhya," says Amit Shah

BJP candidate from Hooghly Constituency Locket Chatterjee files her nomination in the presence of Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

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"We will prepare a list of crores of families which are below poverty line, identify one woman from each of those families, and we will give them Rs 1 lakh per year," says Rahul Gandhi in MP

Arvind Kejriwal gave the message that people should vote to save the Constitution, says Bhagwant Mann after meeting Arvind Kejriwal in jail

"His health is fine and he is also getting Insulin. He asked me about wheat produce in Punjab and the status of electricity-power supply in the state. He was very happy to hear that 158 students from Punjab govt schools have cleared JEE Mains exam. About my recent visit to Gujarat, I told him that there was a mind-blowing response for AAP. Arvind Kejriwal gave the message that people should vote to save the Constitution. All our leaders will campaign for the party."

BJP will 'throw away' Constitution if it returns to power, claims Rahul Gandhi

 Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that if the BJP returns to power at the Centre, it will "tear apart" and "throw away" the Constitution which granted rights to the poor, Dalits, STs and the OBCs.

Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, Gandhi, while holding a copy of the Constitution (book), said the ongoing Lok Sabha poll is not a normal election, but a fight between two ideologies.

Regarding the Prajwal issue, even though there is no direct allegation against him till now, only suspicion is there: HD Kumaraswamy after the JDS core-committee meeting concluded

"We have discussed the further fourteen Parliamentary segment election issues. How to coordinate with BJP friends from our party, we discussed in length. A new membership drive has to be conducted by the party workers. In our next meeting in Bengaluru, all these discussions will be continued. Regarding the Prajwal issue, even though there is no direct allegation against him till now, only suspicion is there. Given the suspicion, we have recommended the suspension of Prajwal Revanna from the party. HD Devegowda accepted the recommendation of the core committee and suspended Prajwal Revanna from the party..."

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our inspiration: PM Modi at election rally in Latur, Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath & BJP leader addresses a public rally in West Bengal's Birbhum

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat, Piyush Goyal filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls

Some people want to have PM in instalments; they have decided to have a PM each year: PM Modi at rally in Latur, Maharashtra

6-time MLA Ramniwas Rawat quits Congress and joins BJP

6-time MLA Ramniwas Rawat quits Congress and joins the BJP, in Sheopur, in the presence of CM Mohan Yadav.

I.N.D.I.A. govt will be the world's first to give right to apprenticeship to every graduate and diploma holder: Rahul Gandhi

"The INDIA (alliance) government will be the world's first government to give the right to apprenticeship to every graduate and diploma holder. They can ask the government for guarantee of job for a year. You will get training for a year in private sector and public sector organisations," says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Bhind, MP.

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'He says something every day, should not take him seriously': BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Rahul Gandhi

BJP president J P Nadda holds roadshow in Byadgi Rural, Karnataka

TDP, JanaSena Party and BJP alliance releases manifesto in Andhra Pradesh

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday released its joint manifesto for the upcoming polls in the state wherein they promised to offer Rs 1,500 monthly pension to eligible women.

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'Impressed by Rahul Gandhi's leadership' : Former IPS officer Gurinder Singh Dhillon joins Congress

False slogans and promises, vote bank politics, encouraging mafias and criminals, dynasty, and corruption make Congress hand: Modi in Telangana

Addressing a public rally in Zahirabad, PM Narendra Modi says, "Wherever Congress forms government, they have five markers of their governance. False slogans, and false promises, vote bank politics, encouraging mafias and criminals, dynasty, and corruption. These five markers make the Congress hand. People in Telangana can also experience these traits of the Congress."

Congress will bring inheritance tax if it comes to power, says Modi in Telangana

"Congress has found another way to loot the people. If it comes to power (at the Centre), they will bring the inheritance tax. This means that people will not be able to give their savings to their children. More than half of people's savings will be taken away by Congress," says PM Modi in Telangana's Zaheerabad.

Vote for I.N.D.I.A. alliance and we will oust BJP from the country, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Malda

Neither did I allow the implementation of NRC, CAA, and UCC nor will I let it be implemented. Not even one vote should go to BJP. Vote for INDIA alliance and we will oust BJP from the country, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Malda

FIR against Salman Khurshid and Maria Alam Khan for allegedly asking for votes on religious lines

FIR lodged against Congress leader Salman Khurshid and SP leader Maria Alam Khan under sections 188 and 295A IPC in Kayamganj PS in Fatehgarh district for allegedly asking for votes on religious lines.

Almost all problems of Assam resolved after Modi became the Prime Minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma

More than 7000 youths who had taken up arms have joined the mainstream... PM Modi visited Assam 27 times. Earlier, Dr Manmohan Singh rarely visited Assam... Almost all the problems of Assam have been resolved after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, ANI quoted Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma as saying in Guwahati.

ECI publishes voter turnout data for Phase 1 and Phase 2 elections

The Election Commission on Tuesday put the polling in first and second phases at 66.14 per cent and 66.71 per cent, an announcement that came after Opposition I.N.D.I.A. leaders questioned the delay in providing the data even after completion of the polls days ago.

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ECI reschedules polling in J&K’s Anantnag-Rajouri seat

The elections to the redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, which was slated to go to polls on May 7, was postponed to May 25 by the Election Commission.         

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Modi makes false promises and never fulfills them: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar

"In 2014, Modi had said that inflation was on the rise, it was true. In 2014, Modi promised to reduce petrol prices within 100 days but it's been more than 3000 days now but the price has not been reduced. Same with LPG cylinder. He makes false promises and never fulfills them."

Sharad Pawar

Those above 70, whether crorepati or roadpati, won't have to spend a rupee on medical treatment if PM Modi wins 3rd term: Amit Shah