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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday filed his response on the Enforcement Directorate’s affidavit in the Supreme Court. He said that the mode, manner, and timing of his arrest just before when the schedule of the Lok Sabha elections had been announced and the Model Code of Conduct had come into play, speaks volumes about the arbitrariness of the ED. Kejriwal also said that there exists no proof or material demonstrating that the AAP received funds or advanced kickbacks from the South group, let alone utilising them in the Goa election campaign.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that the names of party candidates for prestigious Amethi and Rae Bareli seats in Uttar Pradesh will be announced in a «few days». Addressing a press conference here, he claimed that though the BJP says the corrupt must be put in jails, when leaders facing corruption charges join the saffron party, they are «put on the lap» and sent to Rajya Sabha or assembly. «You have to wait for a few more days… when the names of candidates come from people to me and I sign the notification, it will be announced,» he said when asked about candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies. «Those questioning Congress leaders for changing constituencies must also tell me how many times have (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee and (Lal Krishna) Advani changed their seats,» Kharge said, when asked about the BJP criticising Rahul Gandhi for fighting the elections from Kerala's Wayanad instead of Amethi.

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.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee encountered a minor injury while boarding her helicopter on Saturday in Durgapur. This incident occurred as she was enroute to a public rally in Asansol. Banerjee proceeded with her scheduled activities after receiving first aid.

‘Arvind Kejriwal is only interested in power,’ HC raps Delhi govt Delhi CM is currently lodged at the Tihar jail. he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. Sunita Kejriwal is slowly emerging out of the shadows to assume a bigger role to give a fillip to the AAP's campaigning which has been affected by the chief minister's arrest in a money laundering case in March.

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.

Deve Gowda slams Rahul Gandhi over Cong manifesto: 'Never coming to power...' Chidambaram also asked on the social media platform about the changes in promotion of the saffron party amid the Lok Sabha election. "Modi Sarkar has gone. It was BJP Sarkar for a few days.

Delhi HC to hear plea seeking disqualification of PM Modi from elections for six years: What's the case against him? As reported by Hindustan Times citing senior officials national capital goes to polls on a Saturday has raised "concerns". Given that May 23 (Thursday) is a gazetted holiday for Buddha Purnima and May 26 is a Sunday, officials are concerned that many people might take May 24 (Friday) off to create an extended long weekend.

Trinamool Congress has lodged a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal stating that the CBI had «deliberately carried out an unscrupulous» raid at an «empty location» at Sandeshkhali during the second phase of polling in the state. The TMC said that while elections were going on at Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday, the central agency carried out an «unscrupulous» raid at an empty location at Sandeshkhali. The CBI on Friday seized arms and ammunition, including a police service revolver and foreign-made firearms, during searches at two premises of an associate of now-suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali. The searches were conducted in connection with the January attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team by a mob that was allegedly instigated by Sheikh, who was arrested by the West Bengal Police on February 29 in the case.

Bengaluru's apathy towards voting continues in 2024 as well. On Friday, nearly half of the voters in India's Silicon Valley did not turn up to cast their franchise despite numerous efforts by the Election Commission. Voting for Lok Sabha polls was held in 14 constituencies in Karnataka on Friday, where a 69.23 percent voter turnout was recorded. However, the percentage dropped significantly in three urban constituencies in the city, namely Bangalore Central, Bangalore North, and Bangalore South. The approximate voter turnout in Bangalore Central was 52.81 percent, in Bangalore North it was 54.42 percent, and in Bangalore South it was 53.15 percent. However, the voter turnout in Bangalore Rural was approximately 67.29 percent. Mandya and Kolar had a voter turnout of 81.48 percent and 78.07 percent, respectively.

Markets always tend to climb a wall of worry. And in 2024, investors are grappling with abundant worries. Alongside the looming elections, they now must contend with a fresh geopolitical outbreak in the Middle East. Despite this, most international markets are trading within 5% of their all-time highs. Recent weeks have been dominated by news of strife and armed conflicts. This has led to jitters in foreign flows into Asian equities, impacting India as well. Approximately Rs 25,000 crore has been pulled out by foreign institutional investors from Indian equity markets in April so far.

Mamata Banerjee, be declared a terrorist organisation. The demand comes a day after Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has recovered arms and ammunition during a raid at two premises of an alleged associate of Sandeshkhali accused Shahjahan Sheikh. “All the weapons found in Sandeshkhali are foreign.

TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a «safe haven for terrorists». Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bardhaman constituency, said the people would rise against the TMC if it tried to hold on to power despite the state falling to the free-run of 'terrorists' and 'goons'.

Madhya Pradesh's longest-serving chief minister and BJP stalwart Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to play an important role in national politics with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling an election rally recently that he wanted to «take him to Delhi (Centre)». Chouhan, who was the chief minister from 2005 to 2023, is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from his stronghold Vidisha, an ancient city incidentally located on the Bhopal-Delhi train route. The BJP candidate is up against Pratap Bhanu Sharma, a Congressman who won the seat in 1980 and 1984 on the back of the post-Emergency Indira Gandhi juggernaut and later, the sympathy wave caused by her death. These were the only two occasions when the Congress won the seat since it was created in 1967.

Congress on Saturday alleged that voters were harassed and the election machinery was hijacked by the ruling CPI(M) in the state with an aim to bring down the turnout percentage. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said the alleged hijacking of the election machinery by the ruling CPI(M) was one of the reasons for the decrease in polling percentage this year as compared to the turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Despite heightened political fervour and anticipation about the general elections for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, the process concluded with a notable decrease in voter turnout, as the figure stood at 70.22 per cent at 8pm yesterday. This figure, while significant, was quite a drop from the polling percentage of 77.84 per cent registered in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Venugopal claimed that there were glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs) in three to five per cent of the polling booths in the state that lead to long delays in the election process which in turn caused discomfort to the voters who had to stand in long queues for hours in the intense heat.

Lok Sabha elections 2024. Meanwhile, YES Bank is scheduled to announce its quarterly and financial year results for the period ending March 31, 2024. Find below the top events today: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to hold a campaign rally in Maharashtra's Latur district on Saturday to support Dr.

Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency will vote to choose between a former Union minister of state and a schoolteacher who resigned recently to step into active politics. The fight here is between Congress' Tushar Chaudhary, son of former Gujarat chief minister Amarsinh Chaudhary and a former Union minister of state and the BJP's Shobhna Baraiya, wife of former Prantij MLA Mahendrasinh Baraiya, who joined the BJP from the Congress in 2022. The BJP had first fielded Bhikaji Damor, but replaced him with Baraiya following a controversy over his caste identity. This had triggered a major resentment among BJP workers in the constituency, as the perceived «outsider» thwarted the aspirations of many who have been with the party «all their lives», Damor included. The Meghraj town had shut down for a day in Damor's support, even as workers blocked the roads in several places in the Aravalli district. But those issues were dealt with by the BJP.

Pakistan for political gain during elections, and rejected their claims made over Jammu and Kashmir. “Indian politicians to cease their reckless practice of dragging Pakistan into India’s populist public discourse for electoral motives," she said. “We are witnessing an alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims on Jammu and Kashmir.

Manipur's Ukhrul, irate voters destroyed EVM after miscreants threatened them to vote for a certain party. An official who does not want to be named told ET, «The incident took place in the polling station 44/41 and 44/50.» Congress leader Jairam Ramesh uploaded a video on X where a miscreant was threatening voters.

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.