Election Financial News

India, asserting, «India is dreaming of becoming a superpower, while we are begging to avoid bankruptcy. Who is responsible for this?» ARY News reported. He attributed the nation's predicament to unseen forces orchestrating decisions from behind the scenes, reducing elected officials to mere puppets. «There are powers behind the walls controlling us, and they make decisions while we are just puppets,» he claimed.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has vowed to stay in office and govern “with even more strength."

Stocks ticked higher to begin a week packed with potentially market-moving news

South Korea’s opposition leader has pressured President Yoon Suk Yeol to accept special investigations into allegations involving top officials and his wife, as they met for talks on bipartisan cooperation

Bihar deputy CM and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary in an interaction with ET dismissed the notion that low voter turnout would impact the NDA while expressing confidence that the difference between the NDA and the opposition is high. He further added that low voting percentage won't impact the NDA in terms of winnability of seats. «Where is the new vote going to the opposition? In Bihar, the fight is at 80:20. Therefore, low polling is not going to impact us. In fact, we are determined to do better than 2019,» Choudhary told ET. In 2019, the NDA had won 39 of the 40 Bihar seats with JDU and LJP as their allies. The BJP leader said that there are around 20 seats in Bihar where the opposition has almost given a walk over. Talking about JDU joining the NDA again, Choudhary said the alliance is natural with a strong vote bank.

BJP President J P Nadda on Monday asked who the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition bloc would be. Nadda, who addressed election rallies at Kothagudem and Mahabubabad in Telangana, said Narendra Modi would become prime minister if the BJP and its allies win the Lok Sabha polls but nobody knows who the INDIA bloc's PM candidate is. «We have decided that Narendra Modi ji will be our prime minister. But, I want to know who will become the prime minister on behalf of INDI alliance's 'arrogant' coalition. Does anyone know?,» he asked. «Who will become prime minister? Modi ji will become. But, who is the prime ministerial candidate from there (INDIA bloc)? Who is the candidate? God forbid if Rahul Gandhi becomes, if anyone brings him to the front, will he be able to fight with Corona (pandemic)?,» Nadda asked.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Monday claimed the ruling BJP is scared of Mulayam Singh Yadav's family and warned that the more its leaders speak against this family, the more the victory margin of SP will be in the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to PTI, he also expressed confidence that in the third phase of general elections, candidates of the SP and INDIA bloc will win all 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh. «BJP leaders are scared of Netaji's (SP founder late Mulayam Singh Yadav) family. The more they speak against Netaji and our family, the more the victory margin of SP candidates will be,» Shivpal Yadav said when asked about Union Home Minister Amit Shah's allegation that whatever the SP has is not for the party but for «one family». Shivpal Yadav is the younger brother of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Narendra Modi has become worried after learning that the Congress had been ahead in the first two phases of polls, AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge said on Monday, while adding that the PM was attacking the Congress by referring to things the party never said in its manifesto. Neither the Indian Constitution nor the Congress election manifesto said all wealth would be distributed to Muslims, but Modi was saying so in sheer frustration after learning about the Congress party’s leads in the first two phases, the AICC president said, addressing rallies at Sedam, Gurmitkal and Kamalapur. The three assembly segments are part of Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) Lok Sabha seat his son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani was contesting from. Kalaburagi is one of the 14 constituencies in Karnataka that are going to polls on May 7. The Congress has only said the poor would get their due share and there was no mention of Hindus or Muslims in the manifesto. The Congress party, since the time of Indira Gandhi, had worked for the upliftment of poor people and battled poverty. Land reforms, bank nationalisation and programmes like NREGA, and Food Security Act were an outcome of the Congress initiatives, the 81-year old AICC leader said, wondering if Modi could claim credit for any such programme.

BJP on Monday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging that it circulated a «deep fake and morphed» video of Home Minister Amit Shah to derail the poll process, and demanded strict action against the party. A BJP delegation comprising Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and the party's national media department in-charge Anil Baluni also complained against the Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party has been using violence as a weapon, and demanded that the poll panel ensure a free and fair election in the state. «The Congress wants to derail the entire election process through a deep fake and morphed video (of Amit Shah). We raised a complaint before the Election Commission today against it. The Congress has tried to create confusion among people by posting a deep fake video from its official handle,» Vaishnaw told reporters after meeting the poll panel officials. «We requested the Election Commission to take strict action,» he added.

criminal cases against themselves, the ADR said in a new report. Seven candidates have also declared prior convictions, according to an analysis of details of candidates contesting the elections in the third phase by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch. The third phase of the elections will be held on May 7. Among the 244 candidates with criminal records, five face charges related to murder while 24 have been booked in cases of attempted murder.

Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly seeking votes in the name of deities. Justice Sachin Datta said the plea was devoid of any merits.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the BJP for using the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as a political ploy ahead of the elections, asserting that Hindus will not benefit from it. Speaking at a rally in the minority-dominated Jangipur constituency in Murshidabad district, Banerjee accused the BJP of resorting to divisive tactics in the face of anticipated defeat in the initial phases of polling. «Whenever there are elections, they use one issue or the other to flare up communal tensions. This time they are talking about the UCC and are propagating that it is against a particular community. But this UCC is nothing but political rhetoric and Hindus in no way will benefit from it,» she said. Banerjee highlighted a growing anti-BJP sentiment nationwide, especially evident after the first two phases of voting.

BJP President J P Nadda on Monday alleged that the INDIA bloc is an alliance of corruption and 'parivarvaad' (dynastic politics) and that the parties in the coalition are engaged in protecting the children of their families. Addressing an election rally at Kothagudem in Khammam Lok Sabha constituency, he said that leaders of Congress, RJD, AAP and BRS are either on bail or in jail. «Is Rahul Gandhi on bail or not? Is Sonia Gandhi on bail or not? All these people are on bail. P Chidambaram, Karthi Chidambaram, Lalu Yadav, all these are on bail,» he said. He also asked whether Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders and BRS MLC K Kavitha are in jail or not.

reservation in the country for the sake of vote bank politics, but asserted that he will not let it happen. He said this Congress proposal is to appease minorities as the SC/ST and OBC community is now with the BJP. «In Karnataka, Congress has started a campaign to change the Constitution and to snatch away the rights of SC/ST and OBCs. Our Constitution does not accept religion-based reservation. But the Karnataka government has given part of OBC reservation to Muslims,» Modi said. Addressing a mega election rally in this district headquarters town, he said, «they (Congress) will not settle with this. They had earlier too in their manifesto said about coming out with a law to provide religion-based reservation. There is a similar signal in their manifesto this time.»

Congress on Monday announced four more Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab, fielding PCC chief Amarinder Singh Brar (Raja Warring) from Ludhiana and party general secretary Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Gurdaspur. The party has fielded former MP Vijay Inder Singla from Anandpur Sahib and Kulbir Singh Zira from Khadoor Sahib, replacing sitting MP Jasbir Singh Gill. Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari has been shifted to Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency while Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu has joined the BJP. With Monday's list, the party has announced candidates for 12 of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

Prajwal Revanna, who is the grandson of JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda erupted in Karnataka. The scandal involves explicit videos, allegedly shot by the MP himself shows faces of his victims that started circulating widely in Hassan, days ahead of the polling date in his constituency. The 33-year-old Prajwal was contesting from the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on April 26. Even as loads of pen drives containing the explicit clips were being widely distributed in Hassan LS constituency days before the polling, the police had not acted for want of a complaint from victims.

Prajwal Revanna leaving the country, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday claimed that it is Bharatiya Janata Party that has helped Hassan MP escape authorities in the alleged obscene video case. Prajwal Revanna was booked in a sexual harassment case on Sunday following complaints by his former house help. Speaking to ANI, Priyank Kharge said, «They (BJP) ensured that he fled the country. Today, if he's left the country as the rumours are being floated, then how did he leave the country? Who facilitated it? I'm directly blaming the BJP on this front.»

Muslims has dropped, while alleging the Prime Minister is spreading lies to infuse hate among Hindus. “PM Modi says that Muslims have more kids, but the government's data itself reveals that the fertility rate has been declined among them. Muslims use the condoms the most.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed concerns raised by the opposition parties that India is heading towards an autocracy. In an interview with The Times of India, he also took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, referring to him as 'Yuvraj' and saying that the opposition's actions exemplify a scorched earth policy. "This is an example of the scorched earth policy.

Khurshid said, “The announcement will be made soon...Detailed discussions could not happen. Mallikarjun Kharge will announce it," ANI reported. Also Read: Congress struggles to reclaim Rae Bareli, Amethi amid voter disappointment with Rahul Gandhi: ‘Woh zamana gaya…’ It was earlier also stated that a final decision on the party's candidates for Amethi and Raebareli seats, considered strongholds of the Gandhi family, will be taken by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Raghav Chadha with fugitive Vijay Mallya. According to reports, the channel disseminated misleading content concerning the Delhi liquor scam and made claims that AAP sold tickets for elections.