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Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its unwavering efforts in combating corruption while dismissing opposition parties' concerns over the probe agency's remarkable actions. In a resounding affirmation of his government's zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, PM Modi praised the ED's stringent measures, stating that every agency is "completely free" to act against graft. "Zero tolerance towards corruption is a key aspect of our governance," he asserted, as quoted by India Today.

Indian Constitution. He also asserted that the truth and the country's people are on his side. He was addressing a gathering in a hall here after taking out the 'Nyay Sankalp Padyatra' from the Mani Bhavan, Mahatma Gandhi's home in Mumbai, to the August Kranti Maidan, where the Quit India movement started in 1942 during India’s struggle for independence from the British rule.

Haryana is key for parties in what is going to be a multi-corner contest in the Lok Sabha elections. Traditionally a stronghold of the Congress, the state's ruling BJP has been making efforts over the years to weaken the grand old party's grip in the Jat-dominated region that comprises the Rohtak and the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituencies. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won seven Lok Sabha seats it had contested, losing only in Rohtak. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) had won two seats while the Congress won from Rohtak. After failing to break the Congress' grip on Rohtak at that time, the BJP stepped up its activities in the region in a bid to weaken the Hooda family stronghold and the Congress.

Lok Sabha polls will be held in the state in four phases on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1. In the 2019 general elections, the BJP emerged victorious in 11 seats, while its ally AJSU secured one seat. Both the JMM and Congress have one seat each. For the upcoming polls, while the BJP has announced candidates for 11 of the 14 seats, the INDIA bloc is yet to announce its nominees as talks continue among allies, including the JMM and Congress, over seat sharing.

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Prajagalam,' (the voice of the public) in Palnadu district, the first joint public meeting of NDA partners in Andhra Pradesh after ten years. Modi will be joined by TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan in the public meeting, and this is the first time all the three leaders will share the stage in a rally for the 2024 polls. Named Prajagalam, the meeting will mark the first NDA election meeting in Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to the simultaneous Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha polls scheduled on May 13. Janasena said Prajagalam is aimed at «chasing away atrocious politics» for the golden future of Andhra Pradesh. The TDP, Janasena and BJP are mobilising their cadres in large numbers for the meeting.

Reluctance of some ministers and lawmakers in Karnataka to contest the Lok Sabha polls seems to have put the Congress scouting for "winnable" candidates in a spot of bother in finalising contestants for bulk of the seats. It has been ten days since the Congress announced its candidates for seven segments while the process to pick nominees for the remaining 21 seats is on. The Congress' first list released on March eight did not have names of any of the ministers and legislators. According to party sources, the Congress leadership has been making efforts to convince some ministers and lawmakers to contest, as they have faced problems in identifying winnable candidates in several segments.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share the dais with TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and JSP chief Pawan Kalyan at a mega public rally in Boppudi village in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district today, March 17, Sunday. The Telugu Desam Party received the information about PM Modi's rally in Chilakaluripet from the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, the party leader aware of the development said, as quoted by Hindustan Times. Chandrababu Naidu extended a formal invitation to PM Modi and requested him to participate in the Chilakaluripeta rally on March 17, the TDP leader said.

Enforcement Directorate till March 23. ED sought ten days remand of K Kavitha in connection with Delhi Excise policy case. ED had brought MLC K Kavitha before Special Judge M K Nagpal after arresting her from Hyderabad. Terming her arrest illegal, the MLC said, «We will fight it out in court.»

17th Lok Sabha, the Left parties, part of the opposition INDIA bloc, are engaged in a do-or-die battle in this general elections after hitting an all-time low tally in the 2019 polls. The Left parties, prominent among which are the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and the All India Forward Bloc, have witnessed a steep decline in their electoral performance over the last two decades. For the CPI(M), its status as a national party is also at stake with its shrinking footprints. Here is a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of the Left parties as they fight to hold ground in the Lok Sabha polls.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: CEC Rajiv Kumar-led Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday. The declaration of the polls schedule intensified the political heat with Opposition parties emphasizing that they are prepared for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 but questioned the seven phase elections and called it a last chance to save democracy. Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be conducted in seven phases starting from April 19 and ending on June 1.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday accused the BJP-led government of conducting a "surgical strike" on his party by freezing its bank accounts ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, saying it was rendered «economically handicapped» through "tax terror". Addressing a press conference here as part of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he also alleged that the ruling party was illegally collecting funds through electoral bonds. The Congress' main bank accounts were frozen last month over an income tax demand of Rs 210 crore. «BJP has done a surgical strike on Congress by freezing its bank accounts ahead of the general elections. We have no money to fight polls or prepare our election campaign. Even the money collected through crowd funding cannot be used. Congress has been made economically handicapped through tax terror,» Ramesh alleged.

Uttar Pradesh which sends the largest number of members to the Lok Sabha is crucial for the BJP's plan for a third consecutive term in office. The INDIA bloc too hopes to put up a respectable fight in the state, now that the Samajwadi Party and the Congress have finally stitched together an alliance. Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls on all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections, beginning April 19 and ending on June 1. (Check full schedule) The BJP-led ruling coalition won 64 seats — BJP 62, Apna Da(S) 2 — out of the total 80 constituencies in 2019, contributing significantly to the overwhelming majority that the Narendra Modi government enjoyed in the outgoing Lok Sabha. This time the BJP-led NDA alliance expects more from the state, which sends Modi himself to Parliament from Varanasi — a constituency pampered with development projects including remodeling of the area around the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

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Congress stronghold, the Secunderabad seat has seen a recent shift to the Bharatiya Janata Party with incumbent G Kishan Reddy looking to keep his seat for a second term, while the saffron party looks to consolidate its hold in the southern state. One of 17 seats in Telangana, the Hyderabad constituency is set to see a battle between the BJP and the BRS, with the Congress looking less likely to bother either party. Secunderabad Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Dates In 2019, the elections for the Secunderabad seat were held on April 11. With the Election Commission set to announce dates for the general polls soon, there is a high level of anticipation within party workers and the local populace. The poll body is set to announce the dates on March 16.

Kerala's Pathanamthitta constituency is set to vote in the Lok Sabha elections soon, with the Election Commission very close to announcing a date for the polls. This year's elections will likely see a tight contest in the Congress stronghold. Pathanamthitta is a newly formed constituency in the Central Travancore region of Kerala. In what is set to be only the fourth election in this specific constituency, the Communist Party of India, the Congress and the BJP are going to fight it out to place a member in the 18th Lok Sabha. Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Dates The scheduling of the Lok Sabha elections in Pathanamthitta is garnering significant interest with early reports placing likely poll dates between April-May. The eagerly awaited voting date for the Kerala constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha election will pretty soon be disclosed by the Election Commission.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) withdrew its candidate for Guwahati Lok Sabha for the sake of larger opposition unity, Lok Sabha MP from Barpeta Abdul Khaleque resigned from Congress. He was denied the party's ticket for this years’ parliamentary polls. The Congress and the AAP are part of the INDIA bloc. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had named candidates to three out of 14 seats in Assam — Guwahati, Sonitpur, and Dibrugarh. Congress has declared it will fight 13 seats and is expected to strike a seat-sharing deal with its regional ally Assam Jatiya Parishad for Dibrugarh. Already Congress in Assam has released a list of 12 candidates.

High-school history teacher Tambi Lewis rarely goes more than a few minutes during classes without stopping to say to a student, “Put your phone away." Clark County School District in Las Vegas, where she works, prohibits phone use during class, but she said students know enforcement beyond a call home is rare. So all day she catches students scrolling social media, texting each other and watching YouTube videos when they should be completing assignments in their U.S. and world history classes, which are required for graduation.

parliamentary board members held a meeting. According to media reports, the NDA has not given our party due preference in seat-sharing in Bihar. Because of this, there is a lot of disappointment among our party workers," Pashupati Kumar Paras said.

BJP's election campaign in Karnataka on March 16, the day on which the Election Commission is scheduled to announce poll dates and schedules. The PM will address a public rally at Kalaburagi on March 16, Saturday and will again return to the state on March 18 to address another rally at Shivamogga. The rallies will come close on the heels of the BJP announcing its list of candidates.