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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.

Amit Shah on Saturday said if Narendra Modi continues to be the prime minister for the third consecutive term, he would end terrorism and Naxalism from the country and also make India the world's third largest economy. He was addressing an election rally at Porbandar in Gujarat in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Mansukh Mandaviya. Shah said that when Article 370 was scrapped, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed the move, saying it would lead to a river of blood flowing in Kashmir. «In the last five years, let alone the river of blood, nobody even dared to throw a stone there. PM Modi worked to finish terrorism and Naxalism from the country. When Manmohan Singh was the country's prime minister, anyone could enter the country from Pakistan and blow up bombs,» the senior BJP leader said. «When Pakistan carried out terrorist attacks in Pulwama and Uri, it forgot that Modi was the prime minister. Within 10 days, PM Modi carried out surgical and air strikes to finish off terrorists on Pakistan's soil,» he said.

MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) nominations did not have a single Muslim candidate in Maharashtra. While speaking to reporters today, Arif reiterated his support to the Congress party. He also added that he did receive an offer from AIMIM, however, he affirmed that he will remain with Congress and declined any association with AIMIM.

Central Election Committee (CEC) today to discuss candidates for highly anticipated seats in Uttar Pradesh – Rae Bareli and Amethi. Leaders of the Uttar Pradesh Congress and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of UP, Avinash Pandey, have also been called for a meeting today, sources said. There is a strong buzz that Rahul Gandhi, who contested from Wayanad, will also contest from Amethi seat.

Bachchan seen as serious, I non-serious: Rahul Gandhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continues to target film star Amitabh Bachchan and his actress daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai. While he commented on Bachchan’s presence at the Ram Mandir consecration earlier this year, on Wednesday while addressing the Samajik Nyay Sammelan’ he brought in the Bachchan family again stating that while he is often labelled as ‘non-serious’ and ‘uninterested’ in politics, the Bachchans and Virat Kohli are seen as ‘serious’. 'Must Have Been Son of the Soil In Last Birth': PM Modi

Voter Turnout in Phase 2: Uttar Pradesh Records Lowest, Tripura Highest As the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections unfolded, Uttar Pradesh recorded the lowest voter turnout at 52.64%, while Tripura saw the highest at 76.23% as of 5 pm.

News18 citing sources, Varun Gandhi had been "considering" the offer for more than a week after the party suggested it. Also Read: Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live The BJP's proposal was driven by recurring media reports indicating that the Congress was likely to field Priyanka Gandhi from the seat. The report further stated citing sources that the Uttar Pradesh BJP supported the idea of him contesting from Rae Bareli.

second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, April 26. The seats going to polls today include all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura. Follow Live Updates on Phase 2 Elections Here Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, the BJP's youth icon Tejasvi Surya, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, actor-turned-politicians Hema Malini and Arun Govil, and the speaker in the outgoing Lok Sabha, Om Birla are among 1,210 candidates in the fray in Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 2 voting in which 88 parliamentary constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) are polling. According to RBI's bank holiday calendar, both private and public banks will remain closed today in Bengaluru, Jammu, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram due to the Lok Sabha General Elections 2024. Also Read: Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Voting Live Updates: 88 seats to poll today, Rahul Gandhi, Arun Govil in fray Meanwhile, the voting will begin at 7 am and continue until 5 pm.

Election Commission took note of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks and seved a notice to BJP preseident JP Nadda over the former's «infiltrator» comments during a campaign speech at Banswara in Rajasthan. It has also served a notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for Rahul Gandhi's campaign remarks on allegedly accentuating a «North-South» divide. Both parties have been asked to reply by April 29.

Rahul Gandhi talking about women ‘working at home’ but never getting paid for it. “Aap log jo 8-10 ghante kaam karte ho, stri ko bhi paisa milta hain, purush ko bhi paisa milta hain. Magar har mahila, issh desh ki har mahila, 8 ghante ghar k bahar job karti hain aur, phir 8 ghante ghar mein job karti hain." Rahul Gandhi is heard saying.

Phase 2, elections will be held for 89 Lok Sabha seats spread across 13 states and Union Territories (UTs). The Election Commission (EC) said earlier this month that after the scrutiny of 2,633 nominations filed, 1,428 nominations were found to be valid. "In phase 2, Kerala has a maximum of 500 nominations from 20 Parliamentary Constituencies, followed by 491 nominations from 14 PCs in Karnataka.

Rahul Gandhi appealed to the voters to support the Congress and vote for the 'hand' symbol to form a 'government of the Indians'. In a video message shared on his official 'X' handle, Gandhi said that this election is meant to protect the Constitution and democracy while urging the citizens to «fulfil their duty towards democracy». «This election is an election to save democracy and principles. On one side, BJP and RSS are trying to destroy democracy and the constitution. And on the other side, Congress party and INDI alliance are making efforts to protect the constitution and democracy,» Rahul Gandhi said.

₹218 crore in her nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Hyderabad is all set to vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the fourth phase on May 13. In her election affidavit, Madhavi Latha declared movable assets worth ₹165.46 crore and immovable assets worth ₹55.92 crore.

TimesNow has reported. Irani defeated former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress has not yet declared its candidate from Amethi.

Rahul Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha Elections against Annie Raja, a leader from the Communist Party of India (CPI), which is a key partner in the opposition INDIA bloc. With Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala state President K Surendran in the fray, the contest in the seat has become triangular. Wayanad will vote, along 19 other seats of Kerala, in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Friday, April 26.

Rahul Gandhi of "humiliating" Lord Ram. Amit Shah said, “Uddhav Thackeray, who claims to be the president of Shiv Sena, this fake president of Shiv Sena didn't attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' due to fear of Sonia Gandhi even after being invited.

Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli and Amethi seats, respectively, sources told ANI on Thursday. According to the sources, the final decision will be taken after April 26 and nominations can be filed next week. Phase 2 of the elections are scheduled on April 26. In this phase Wayanad from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting will go to the polls. Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. Irani has again been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party from the seat. As per the seat agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh, Congress will contest 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party the remaining 63 seats in the electorally crucial state. Apart from its traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Congress is also contesting on Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Kanpur.

Traffic advisory in Noida for Lok Sabha polls phase 2 on April 25/26 Congress' Danish Ali is contesting from Amroha and BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad. Incumbent MP Mahesh Sharma of the BJP is contesting again from Gautam Buddha Nagar, bordering Delhi.

Modi takes a swipe at Sonia Gandhi amid LS polls rally: ‘Those who can’t win...’ On September 19, 2008, the Delhi Police carried out an operation in the national capital to arrest Indian Mujahideen terrorists hiding in which Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chandra Sharma and two Indian Mujahideen terrorists Atif and Sajid were killed. The BJP president said that the Congress and its allies always stand in support of those who are anti-national and "weaken" the country. "They (Congress) stand with those and sympathise with those who weaken the country.