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Amit Shah said that BJP has already scored a century, while the Congress and Samajwadi Party haven't even opened their accounts yet. Further attacking the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of 'family-based politics, Shah asked why SP couldn't find any other 'Yadav' candidate outside their family. Addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri on Sunday, Amit Shah said, «So far, voting for two phases has taken place, do you want to know the result? Modi ji has run past ahead with a century and the two prince (Rahul and Akhilesh) haven't even opened their accounts yet. Keep this writing on wall, BJP is winning 80 out of 80 seats in UP.»

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).

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed the BJP will not win any seat in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls and that the ruling party misunderstood the «direction of the wind» when it made its slogan of «400 paar». Addressing a rally in Sambhal, Yadav also said the Samajwadi Party had an advantage in the third phase, saying that elections on May 7 will be held between Sambhal and «his home» in Etawah and Mainpuri. «BJP people did not know the direction of the wind, so they kept saying '400 paar' (winning over 400 seats) and when they realised the public sentiment after the two phases of the election, BJP forgot its slogan,» the former UP chief minister said. «The wind that came from the west (western UP) in the first phase will change the BJP government. The similar trend was seen in the second phase also. People are not accepting the BJP,» the SP chief said.

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Lok Sabha election 2024: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen dancing with artists in Malda district on Sunday during a public meeting ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024. Mamata Banerjee's public meeting was in support of Maldaha Uttar TMC candidate Prasun Banerjee. The video of Mamata Banerjee's interaction with the artists is doing rounds on social media where she can be seen dancing with the artists, who are dressed in traditional attire.

“Election Pitch" data series, we pick one significant reform from each year the current government was in power, and check where things stand now. A decade after its launch, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has over 520 million accounts with a total balance of around ₹2.32 trillion. The scheme provides a zero-balance bank account, a RuPay debit card and ₹1-lakh accident insurance.

Arvinder Singh Lovely on Sunday said he has only resigned as chief of the Congress' Delhi unit and is not joining any other political party. His clarification came after Congress ex-MLA Asif Mohammad Khan claimed that the BJP would field Lovely from the East Delhi constituency, replacing Harsh Malhotra. «I have only resigned as Delhi Congress chief and I am not joining any political party,» he said at a press conference at his residence. Lovely said his resignation reflected the pain of Congress workers saddened by the fact that the «ideals they had been fighting for during the last seven to eight years» were being compromised.

Trump and poked fun at his age at the annual dinner for Washington's political and media elites, saying «I am a grown man running against a six-year-old». The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner on Saturday night provided the platform for Biden, 81, to continue his criticism of Trump, 77, with cutting humour. The high-profile event came against the backdrop of growing protests over Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

ALSO READ: Heatwave warning: IMD issues ‘red alert’ for Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha Excluding hilly areas, the districts in Kerala are expected to experience hot and humid weather conditions from 28 April to 2 May. Apart from this, the likelihood of heat wave conditions occurring in one or two locations within Kollam, Palakkad, and Thrissur districts are also high during these five days, added the agencies.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday alleged that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government is a “terrorist sympathiser" and wants a central government that is "soft on terrorism". BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday alleged that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee wants a government at the Centre that is "soft on terrorism". Addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in West Bengal's Murshidabad, Nadda said, “We talk about a 'Majboot Sarkar' but Mamata Banerjee wants a 'Majboor Sarkar'.

Bank Holidays in May 2024: Banks will remain closed on THESE 10 days. Check all details here In addition to May 1, the NSE and BSE will be closed on May 20 due to the general elections, specifically when all six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai are contested in the fifth phase of the seven-phase electoral process. In Maharashtra, Lok Sabha elections are scheduled across five phases.

election duty can sometimes mean forfeiting one’s own right to vote. This is what some officials, who helped others vote in Bengaluru on Friday, have learnt the hard way. “All of us on the poll duty were supposed to get the ballot papers at our mustering centre on Thursday (April 25), but only some got and they cast their votes. We were told our slips would come later and we kept waiting. They never came,” said a woman officer who worked as presiding officer at a polling station in Immadihalli in Mahadevapura assembly constituency. She was agitated as well as disappointed that polling officials sometimes don’t get the same treatment they are expected to discharge towards voters. One of them said they never get to experience the EVM, but to be denied even paper ballots was not acceptable.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India will never bow down. Singh, who is in Ahmedabad to campaign for BJP candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections, said India has become a powerful country from a military standpoint and wants to maintain good relations with its neighbours. «India is no longer a weak India. India has also become a powerful country from a military point of view. We want to maintain good relations with our neighbouring countries,» the minister said when asked about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's accusation against the Narendra Modi government over Chinese aggression. Talks between India and China are going on smoothly and in a good environment over whatever issues there are, he said.

NTA) on Sunday announced the likely dates for the announcement of information regarding the city of examination and admit cards for the CUET-UG. The CUET-UG will be held from May 15 to 24 this time. In a shift from the earlier pattern of conducting the crucial exam for admission to undergraduate courses in a Computer Based Test (CBT) mode, CUET-UG for 15 subjects will be conducted in pen and paper mode while for 48 subjects in online mode.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that 'mafias' in the state, who were once protected are now looking to surrender and are pleading for their life under the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. CM Yogi while addressing a public rally in Bareilly, said «This is the govt of BJP, the 'mafia' that used to roam around under the protection of the then govt, today, that mafia is looking to surrender and says 'jaan baksh do ek baar bas'. Ye mafia aparaadhiyon ko thela lagaane ke lie majaboor kar do (These mafias and criminals must be forced for carting as they should be taught hard work),». CM Yogi accused the Samajwadi Party of sympathising with the mafias and criminals.

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.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta is likely to hear the matter. Kejriwal had earlier told the apex court that his «illegal arrest» in the case constitutes an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy based on «free and fair elections» and «federalism». In a rejoinder to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) reply affidavit filed on his petition challenging his arrest in the case, Kejriwal said the mode, manner and timing of his arrest just before the Lok Sabha elections when the Model Code of Conduct had come into play, speaks volumes about the «arbitrariness» of the agency.

Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in the second phase, there were 100 women candidates, bringing the combined total for the first two phases to 235 women candidates. Of the 135 women candidates in phase 1, Tamil Nadu had the highest share at 76, but they account for just 8 per cent of the candidates in the state, while Kerala has the maximum women candidates at 24 in phase 2. Party-wise, the Congress has fielded 44 women till now while 69 women have been fielded by the BJP in the first two phases.

Karnataka's Congress government on Sunday in a rally in Belagavi, saying it has bowed to the pressure of appeasement politics instead of giving justice to the family of Neha Hiremath, the young student murdered in her college in Hubballi two weeks ago. Neha, the daughter of Congress Councillor of Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death on the campus by accused Fayaz Khondunaik. The BJP has been cornering the ruling Congress on the issue, taking the ‘Love Jihad’ angle. “What happened with our daughter in a college campus in Hubli shook the entire nation. They don't value the lives of our daughters like Neha. All they care about is their vote bank…ever since the Congress government came to Karnataka, the situation of law and order in the entire state has deteriorated significantly,” the PM said.

AAP on Sunday claimed the Election Commission (EC) has imposed a ban on the party's Lok Sabha campaign song, 'Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge', stating that it shows the ruling BJP and central investigation agencies in a bad light. There was no immediate response from the poll panel to the AAP's claim. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader Atishi said, «It is probably the first time that the EC has imposed a ban on a party's campaign song.» According to the EC, she said, the song shows the ruling party and investigation agencies in a bad light.