PM Modi to chair last council meeting today ahead of Lok Sabha Elections. What's on agenda?
195 candidates for the upcoming elections. The first list of 195 candidates featured high-profile names such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will again contest from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah who will be contesting from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
The list also has names of 34 Union Ministers and Ministers of State. -The Election Commission (EC) is likely to announce the poll schedule in a couple of weeks.
Reports had earlier stated that schedule will be out after 13 March. -One of the key points to be discussed during the exercise could be the highlights of the government's performance as the BJP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has expressed confidence of retaining power at the Centre for a third term under Modi on the back of its development and welfare planks, news agency PTI has stated.
Meanwhile, the EC has begun reviewing the preparedness of various states for holding the Lok Sabha elections. In the year 2014, the EC had announced the schedule for the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections on March 5 and the results were declared on May 16.
Later in the 2019, the poll panel had announced the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections on March 10 and the results were declared on May 23. (With inputs from PTI)Milestone Alert!
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