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third phase of voting commenced for 18th Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on casted his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Prime Minister was welcomed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah when he arrived at Nishan Higher Secondary School. «Today is the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. I appeal to everyone to cast their vote in this democracy. The election campaign will run for three to four weeks more. I always cast my vote here in Gujarat. (Union Minister) Amit Shah is contesting the election from here as a BJP candidate. I came here yesterday from Andhra Pradesh and need to go to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Telangana (today),” said PM Modi after casting his vote. Along with rising temperature in the country, PM Modi urged the voters to drink more water. „It will be good for your health and will also give you energy...,“ said the PM.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Monday. She also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his language on the campaign trail. Addressing party workers in the Rae Bareli constituency, the Congress general secretary said, "Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru undertook movements so that the people's rights could be strengthened.

Lok Sabha elections begins on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged ‘active participation’ of voters to make the polls ‘more vibrant’ today, May 7. “Urging all those who are voting in today’s phase to vote in record numbers. Their active participation will certainly make the elections more vibrant," PM Modi wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Arvind Kejriwal while the Karnataka sexual abuse scandal dominated political discourse in some places. Several companies including Godrej Consumer Products and Bombay Dyeing declared fourth quarter results while the Bombay High Court granted Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal interim medical bail for two months. Thousands of Palestinians fled the south Gaza on Monday as the Israeli military prepared for a possible ground invasion.

Andhra Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was taking legal advice on how to return the money of poor people 'looted' in corruption. Referring to the seizure of «mounds of cash» by the Enforcement Directorate from the domestic help allegedly linked to the secretary of a Jharkhand minister, Modi wondered why such persons were «close to the Congress' first family.» «They have made the worker's house a godown of corruption. This is not the first time as a bigger seizure was made from an MP (in Jharkhand) earlier also and it was such a big cache that even machines were tired of counting.» The PM was addressing a rally at Vemagiri here, which was attended by TDP leader Nara Lokesh and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan.

Rahul Gandhi also challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform the people if he increases the reservation limit beyond 50 percent. "This is the main issue in this elections...," he said. In its manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the Congress guarantees that it will pass a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 percent cap on reservations for SC, ST and OBC.

The New Indian Express, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi using words like “infiltrators". In an interview published in The New Indian Express on Monday, Owaisi said, "It is high time Muslims should wake up and learn from how Rajputs have reacted to the same statement issued by Union minister (Parshottam) Rupala.

Top Events on May 6: With phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 nearing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has scheduled election rallies in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on May 6. Alongside the election activities, Indegene Limited and Winsol Engineers Limited are also set to launch their IPOs today. The Supreme Court will hear the petitions filed by ex-Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took dynastic politics head-on and said that much like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who abolished evil practices like sati and child-marriage, he too 'has put an end to the practice of only scions of royal families' holding the posts of chief minister and prime minister, paving the way for any poor man's son to hold these posts. Modi's address in Etawah was also meant to send a message to voters of Mainpuri and Kannauj, with BJP candidates of all three seats present on stage. While Mainpuri has been Mulayam Singh Yadav's Lok Sabha seat, now being contested by daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav, Kannauj is being contested by Akhilesh Yadav. Modi recalled Mulayam Singh's «blessing» to him in Parliament before the 2019 elections when he had said that he hoped that Modi would come back as PM for a second term. «Today, Netaji is not there among us, but look at the coincidence, his brother is appealing to make BJP win. He expressed his heart's desire after all,» Modi said, taking a jibe at Shivpal Yadav's gaffe a few days ago when, in a statement, instead of mentioning SP, he asked people to vote for 'BJP'.

shahzada will lose Wayanad and start looking for a second seat. His supporters were saying he would come to Amethi. But shahzada was so scared of Amethi that he fled to Rae Bareli.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: In a sharp dig at the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Kerala unit of Congress shared a screenshot of an online order and said someone ordered a spine for the EC. The jibe is ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, during which 95 seats spread across 12 states and Union Territories (UTs) will be voting. “Someone ordered a spine for @ECISVEEP.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said even if the BJP opens the door for him, he will not go back to his former ally, accusing the saffron party of sinking his government in 2022 through «treachery». Addressing a rally at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district, Thackeray claimed if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha polls, crackers will be burst in India as well as in China as there will be a «timid» government in New Delhi. He slammed the BJP over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that Pakistan was eager to make Congress MP Rahul Gandhi India's next PM. Thackeray said the former ally resorts to fearmongering using Pakistan's name during polls. Referring to the Poonch terror attack, Thackeray said the PM and Union Home Minister Amit Shah won't go there, but visit Maharashtra to destroy him.

reservations and sexual harassment charges against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna concluded on Sunday evening in 92 seats spread over 11 states and Union Territories. The stakes are significant for the BJP in this round as the party had in 2019 won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, that will go to polls on May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP charge, asking the Congress to give in writing that it will not hand over the quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes to Muslims. The Congress and its allies accused the BJP of trying to tamper with the Constitution and do away with reservations. The principal opposition party, which has promised to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations, also asked the BJP to clear its stance on the issue.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Samajwadi Party (SP) founder, late Mulayam Singh Yadav, had predicted in 2019 that Modi would become the prime minister again. Addressing a Lok Sabha election rally at Uttar Pradesh's Etawah, the home turf of Samajwadi Party supremo, PM Modi said, “It was Mulayam Singh's blessing for me." The prime minister also attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress, and termed them “liars" and “thieves". He said the slogans of both the SP and Congress are "lies" and their “intentions are also not good".

NewsX. The prime minister’s last term had been beneficial for the people of the country. It aided people and provided them with employment opportunities leading to several developments in the country without any descrimination towards people, said NewsX report citing Ansari.

Kshatriya leaders associated with the BJP in Gujarat on Sunday appealed to the community to forgive Union minister Parshottam Rupala for his remarks and vote for the saffron party in the nation's interest. Rupala is the BJP candidate from Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency. Barring Surat, where the party nominee has won unopposed, the other 25 seats in the state will go to polls in the third phase on May 7. Kshatriyas, also known as Rajputs, have been protesting in different parts of Gujarat over Rupala's alleged derogatory remarks about former rulers, urging people to vote against BJP candidates across the state. With just two days left for polling, BJP's Kshatriya leaders on Sunday issued a joint statement appealing to the community to show a big heart and embrace the Sanskrit verse «kshama virasya bhushanam» (forgiveness is the ornament of the brave).

Karnataka will give financial assistance to victims of alleged sexual assault by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, AICC general secretary RS Surjewala announced in Belagavi on Sunday as the Congress regime sought to speed up investigations into the reports of sexual abuse of women as revealed by leaked video clips. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar accompanied Surjewala when the latter made the announcement at a media conference. Belagavi is among the 14 Lok Sabha seats that will face polls on May 7. The AICC leader said the government would give financial assistance to the Hassan rape victims as it was an unprecedented case.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Digvijaya Singh, ended on Sunday evening. More than 1.77 crore voters will decide the fate of 127 candidates in the fray amid intense campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah from the BJP, and Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Congress. The constituencies which will vote on Tuesday include Morena, Bhind (SC-reserved), Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh and Betul (ST-reserved) constituencies.

Pakistan, some others mocked, saying he should fight elections from Italy. On Sunday, Rajasthan BJP MLA Swami Balmukundacharya said Rahul Gandhi should contest elections from from his "maternal home" in Italy. "He must visit his maternal home and contest the elections there.

Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek votes in the name of Lord Ram but will not speak on development, inflation and jobs. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Raut claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trailing after the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. The third phase of polls will take place on May 7. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Sunday and hold a roadshow.

BJP leader Narendra Modi said, "INDI Alliance is asking Muslims to do 'vote jihad'. This is new because we have so far heard about 'love jihad' and 'land jihad'," said Modi, referring to a string of Islamophobic conspiracy theories, before emphasising to his audience why they needed to be fearful. "I hope you all know what the meaning of jihad is and against whom it is waged," This statement came after Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam, while addressing a gathering in Uttar Pradesh, urged Muslim voters in India to carry out 'Jihad' of 'votes' as the 'only' method to usurp PM Modi.