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Rajnath Singh talks about the security situation, political issues dominating the current elections and the BJP government's performance in a freewheeling discussion at the ET Political Roundtable. Excerpts: On the assessment of elections in the first two phases. As per the assessment, it appears that we will achieve the target of 400 seats. Looking at the atmosphere across the country and the response of the masses and the survey agencies which are working for us, we are confident that we will achieve our target.

Adani Enterprises and private data centre operator EdgeConneX, said on Sunday it has secured financing from lenders of up to $1.44 billion to build data centres. Meanwhile, Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk made a surprise visit to China on Sunday to meet Premier Li Qiang.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday appealed to people to put aside other issues and vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he kept everyone alive by making vaccines available during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fadnavis sought votes over vaccines during his addresses at Madha and Barshi towns in Solapur district. The senior BJP leader held his first rally at Barshi, part of the Osmanabad parliamentary constituency, where Archana Patil of the NCP is contesting against incumbent MP Omraje Nimbalkar of the Shiv Sena (UBT). Madha falls under the Madha Lok Sabha constituency, where the BJP has renominated its sitting MP Ranjitsinh Nimbalkar against Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP).

Sri Lanka for the consecration ceremony of Seetha Amma Temple, dedicated to Goddess Sita. The consecration ceremony of Seetha Amma Temple will take place on May 19. The decision came following a letter from Sri Lanka's representatives to the Uttar Pradesh government, requesting Sarayu river water for religious ceremonies and the consecration of Goddess Sita's idol at the temple.

NRIs) held a car rally from Ahmedabad to Surat in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Notably, all 26 parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat will go to polls on May 7. Organized by the Foreign Affairs Department of the BJP, the rally served as a vibrant demonstration of overseas support for PM Modi's leadership.

PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for "select people" in Odisha. Taking a dig at Patnaik, Gandhi said that though he was the chief minister, the BJD government in the state was being run by his aide VK Pandian. Also Read | PM Modi's look-alike sells Pani Puri in Gujarat; netizens react, ‘Low budget Modi’ In an apparent reference to PM Modi, Gandhi said, "Uncle-ji and Naveen-babu have given Odisha PAANN, meaning Pandian, Amit Shah, Narendra Modi, Naveen Patnaik.

Mumbai North Central MP Poonam Mahajan, who has been denied renomination by the BJP this time, has said people from the constituency treated her like a family for 10 years and she hopes the relationship would always continue. In a post on X on Saturday, Mahajan, who has been replaced by prominent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, also thanked the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving her an opportunity to serve the people of Mumbai North Central constituency for 10 years. «I wish to continue on the path of 'nation first' shown by my late father Pramod Mahajan. I hope to walk on that path always,» she said. The BJP on Saturday denied ticket to Mahajan and instead picked Nikam, who was the special public prosecutor in Mumbai terror attack and 1993 serial blasts cases, as its nominee from the Mumbai North Central seat.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk landed in Beijing on Sunday, a flight tracking app showed, as two people with knowledge of the matter said the billionaire was kicking off a surprise visit to the automaker's second-biggest market. Musk is seeking to meet senior Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss the rollout of Full-Self Driving (FSD) software in China and to obtain approval to transfer data collected in the country abroad to train algorithms for its autonomous driving technologies, one of the people said. Tesla has since 2021 stored all data collected by its Chinese fleet in Shanghai as required by Chinese regulators and has not transferred any back to the United States.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the PM has imagined a Congress manifesto written by one of his ghost speech writers and he should debate the real issues included in the document. Chidambaram's remarks come amid repeated attacks by the prime minister over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's 'inheritance tax' comments amid the row on the issue of 'wealth redistribution'. «The Hon'ble Prime Minister continues to discover and read in the Congress' manifesto words and sentences that are not there! He has imagined a Congress' manifesto written by one of his ghost speech writers,» Chidambaram, who was the chairman of the committee that drafted the Congress manifesto, said. The phrase 'inheritance tax' does not occur anywhere in the manifesto, the former finance minister said in his post on X.

Top Events of the Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari on April 28. Orange alert issued over severe heatwave until April 28. Congress in Karnataka to stage protest on Apr 28 against 'paltry' drought relief given by Centre and more PM Modi will begin a full-fledged campaign in parts of Karnataka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari on Sunday.

BJP would change the constitution, senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said that while small time BJP leaders are have been saying that the party would change the constitution if voted into power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps denying the same in his public addresses. Addressing a campaign rally at Dharampur in Valsad district in support of Congress candidate Anant Patel, Priyanka alleged that going by the way BJP has worked over last ten years, it makes the small leaders speak out their intentions initially and then deny the same publicly and then go on to do exactly the same once voted back to power.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Congress on Saturday filed a complained with the Election Commission against Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur for his "outrageous" remarks made at an election rally, alleging that it violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged Thakur's remarks “violates standards of decency and truth" while informing that Congress has sought "immediate and meaningful" action against him, failing which they will "name and shame the offenders".

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hitting out at her party over inheritance tax and wealth redistribution and asserted his assumptions were illogical. Addressing an election campaign rally at Udgir in Maharashtra's Latur district, Priyanka claimed that instead of seeking votes for the work the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) did in 10 years, PM Modi is resorting to “illogical talks about a political party". "Instead of seeking votes for the work done in the last 10 years, he is resorting to illogical talks about a political party wanting to steal your ornaments using an X-ray machine," she said.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday claimed that the BJP is conspiring to change the Constitution and abolish reservations in the country and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are doing a "surgical strike" on SC, ST and OBCs. The RSS, when it was founded in 1925, had decided to announce the nation as a «Hindu country» and to scrap the reservations in 100 years (by 2025), he claimed. «The reason for (BJP's slogan of) '400 paar' (above 400) is because they want to change the Constitution completely, abolish reservations and make India free of reservations,» he told reporters here. «Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are doing a 'surgical strike' on the natives of this country, the Dalits, STs and OBCs.They (BJP) have decided to make this elections as the ground for their surgical strike,» Reddy said.

Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of accommodating corrupt leaders and taking no action in cases against them once they join the ruling party. The allegations came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned in Maharashtra and ahead of his rally in Goa. It also raised the plight of onion farmers and giving clearance to projects to select corporate groups, asking if the prime minister is working for the people or his «crony businessmen friends». In a post on X, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the BJP's deluxe brand washing machine has been reserved for Goa.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the Congress-led INDI alliance, saying it is mulling to have five prime ministers in five years if voted to power. Addressing a rally at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Modi said the opposition bloc cannot even reach a three-digit figure or «at the doorstep of forming a government, but has plans to have one prime minister every year if they get a chance». «In Karnataka, Congress has planned to rotate the post of the chief minister by handing it to the deputy chief minister after 2.5 years. They had this arrangement in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan as well,» he said. Modi said the Congress wants to extend the «Karnataka model wherein Muslims were inducted in the 27 per cent quota for OBCs», in the entire country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday received minor injuries while getting into her helicopter on Saturday from Durgapur on her way to a public rally in Asansol Constituency's Kulti for BJP candidate Shatrughan Sinha. Meanwhile, Banerjee slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a «jumla» and «Jhhuta» PM who brought CAA and NRC to Bengal to throw people out of the country. The West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly stumbled on board of her chopper while on her way to a campaign in Kulti on Saturday afternoon from Durgapur. The nature of her injury is not known yet. However, the injury was minor and she went to her scheduled rallies in Kulti and Asansol. Demanding Prime Minister's resignation from her rally, Banerjee said in the Kulti public rally, «I have never seen such a „jhhuta“ (Liar) PM. He wants to malign us. He wants to sell the country. BJP government has brought CAA, NRC and wants to throw people out of the country. But people want 'Roti Kapda Makaan' and jobs for the people, not their lofty speeches.»

boarding a chopper during election campaigning in the state’s Durgapur city. The incident comes in the middle of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections in which Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is involved in a high-stake battle with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress in 42 seats of West Bengal. In 2019 general elections, the TMC had won 22 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nationalist Congress Party-SCP chief Sharad Pawar warned that voting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power for the third term is 'dangerous', claiming that his government will “impose dictatorship" in India. Addressing an election rally in Sangola in Maharashtra’s Solapur on Friday, Pawar said, “It is dangerous to vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi back to power. He will impose dictatorship in the country." The veteran leader claimed foreigners have visited India to "monitor elections" to see if "democracy will survive in India".

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the Centre has approved Rs 3,499 crore as drought relief and released only Rs 3,454 crore and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the balance amount as soon as possible. The chief minister thanked the Supreme Court for warning the Central government and providing some drought relief to the state. «According to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) rules, the state was supposed to be paid Rs 18,171 crore, but the Central government has only approved Rs 3,498.98 crore. This money is not sufficient for the drought relief. Our fight for the arrears will continue,» he told reporters here.

Congress on Saturday slammed as «false propaganda» Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'snatching quotas' remarks and alleged that it was the BJP that was against reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the reality is that since 1950, reservation in education and employment has been possible when there have been Congress prime ministers and Congress governments at the helm. In a video statement, Ramesh said, «The prime minister is repeatedly indulging in the false propaganda that the Congress is against the reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and wants to snatch it away. This is absolutely false.» «The reality is that the provisions in the Constitution for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were made because of B R Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and other Congress leaders. So, this was the contribution of the Congress,» Ramesh said.