Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: 'I have come with the dream of 2047,' says PM Modi in Mumbai
Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: The fifth phase of polls will see voting in 49 parliamentary constituencies

Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: Campaigning is underway for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for Monday. This phase will see voting in 49 parliamentary constituencies spread across six states and two Union territories. Notable candidates include Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, along with Rahul Gandhi. Singh is contesting from Lucknow, Irani from Amethi, and Gandhi from Rae Bareli. Additionally, Gandhi is also contesting from Kerala's Wayanad....Read More
The states participating in this phase are Bihar (5 seats), Jharkhand (3 seats), Maharashtra (13 seats), Odisha (5 seats), Uttar Pradesh (14 seats), and West Bengal (7 seats), along with the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (1 seat) and Ladakh (1 seat).
Here's the phase-wise schedule for the Lok Sabha Election 2024:
Phase 1: April 19 (polling done)
Phase 2: April 26 (polling done)
Phase 3: May 7 (polling done)
Phase 4: May 13 (polling done)
Phase 5: May 20
Phase 6: May 25
Phase 7: June 1
Counting of votes: June 4
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'After June 4, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family are going to be unemployed,' says BJP leader Samrat Choudhary
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Bihar Deputy CM and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary has claimed that after the declaration of Lok Sabha election 2024 result, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family would be unemployed.
“The people of Bihar have been tolerating them for 34 years and are now fed up with them. After June 4, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family are going to be unemployed,” said Samrat Choudhary
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'BJP-RSS won’t be able to change the Constitution,' says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing INDIA bloc-MVA's public meeting in Mumbai, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “We have taken the pledge to save the Constitution in the country, and we will save it at any cost. No matter how much they try, BJP-RSS won’t be able to change the Constitution.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Lalu Yadav and Rahul Gandhi are finishing reservation by giving it to Muslims,' says BJP's Giriraj Singh
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: BJP's Giriraj Singh has taken a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.
"They (Oppostion) is in despair. Rahul Gandhi says 150, Kharge says 200, and Sonia Gandhi says 300. Tejashwi says something else. They will not be able to believe when BJP wins 400 seats... Lalu Yadav and Rahul Gandhi are finishing the reservation by giving it to Muslims...," said Giriraj Singh as quoted by news agency ANI.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'PM Modi thinks a lot for the Sikh community,' says BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely said, "PM Modi thinks a lot for the Sikh community...The Sikh people across the world can see this and this is a very proud thing for us that the BJP welcomes Sikh leaders with open arms..."
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Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Shekhawat jabs at Kejriwal, 'Thanks for admitting BJP's likely triumph in LS polls'
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Taking a swipe at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ‘thanked’ Kejriwal's acknowledgment of the BJP's anticipated victory for a third consecutive term.
Shekhawat's remarks were prompted by Kejriwal's recent assertions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would retire in September 2025 and appoint Amit Shah as his successor. He suggested that Kejriwal's statements indicate a lack of confidence in the INDIA bloc's electoral prospects, remarking, “If the INDIA bloc were poised for victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal, as a prominent figure in the bloc, would not have made such declarations.”
He dismissed Kejriwal's claims as mere products of imagination aimed at sowing confusion. The senior BJP leader extended his thanks to Kejriwal for indirectly recognizing the BJP's anticipated triumph in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Shekhawat also criticised the INDIA bloc leaders, suggesting they were so overwhelmed with confusion and panic that they could not even fabricate a cohesive falsehood.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Some people thought that Ram Temple was impossible,' says PM Modi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park, PM Narendra Modi said "Some people say that what Modi says is impossible. It is difficult to instil hope in people who are drowned in hopelessness. Everything is impossible for them. These are the same people who thought that the Ram Temple was impossible. The world has to accept that the people of India were so strong with their thoughts that they kept struggling for 500 years, for one dream... As a result, Ram Lalla is Virajman in a grand temple..."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Fake Shiv Sena is opposing CAA,' says PM Modi.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park, PM Narendra Modi said, "There was a time when Shiv Sena was identified for standing against infiltrators. Today the same fake Shiv Sena is opposing the CAA. Such heart change has never happened in India like that of the fake Shiv Sena."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'India would have been 5 decades ahead from now if Congress was dissolved after independence,' says PM Modi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park, PM Narendra Modi said "The government who did not trust the capabilities of Indians, was inefficient... I have seen Prime Ministers who called Indians lazy from the Red Fort... PMs with such a mentality cannot develop India. Under the guidance of Gandhiji, if the Congress had been dissolved after independence, the country would have been 5 decades ahead from now..."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'I have come with the dream of 2047,' says PM Modi in Mumbai
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park, PM Narendra Modi said, "The city of Mumbai doesn't just dream. It lives those dreams. Mumbai has never disappointed those who want to excel and do something. I have come to this dream city with the dream of 2047."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi felicitated by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Narendra Modi was felicitated by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, along with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar during a public rally in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi holds public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Narendra Modi is holding a public meeting at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi pays tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar in Mumbai
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi offered floral tribute at the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Mumbai
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds poll campaign in Bargarh district
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan addressed 'Vijay Sankalp Samabesh' at Bhatli in Bargarh district, and sought votes for the party's Bargarh MP candidate Pradip Purohit and Bhatli Assembly constituency candidate Irasis Acharya, during the campaign trail.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Next year PM Modi will be 75 so naturally he will retire,' says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: During INDIA bloc's rally in Mumbai, Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said, " When PM Modi came to power in 2014, he made a rule that in BJP, a leader who reaches the age 75 will be made to retire...next year PM Modi will be 75 so naturally he will retire. When I said this at first, all the BJP leaders started saying that PM Modi won't retire but PM Modi said nothing. He will retire and Amit Shah will be made the PM...Yogi Adityanath will be removed within 2 months, he won't be (UP) CM anymore and when I said so, no BJP leader said otherwise...if BJP wins on 4th June, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray will also go to jail.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'She was beaten but we are also hurt,' says Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Swati Maliwal case
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reacted to the AAP leader Swati Maliwal assault case.
"What happened with that woman, it hurts to tread about it. She was beaten but we are also hurt. If such thing can happen with a Rajya Sabha MP, then how will the woman outside be safe? The silence of CM and going to places with the accused... this is despite Sanjay Singh assuring action against him," said Nirmala Sitharaman as quoted by news agency PTI.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Rohini Acharya will win in Saran,' says RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has exuded confidence over the win of his daughter Rohini Acharya in Saran.
“There is no competition here; we will definitely win. Rohini Acharya will win this seat,” said Lalu Prasad Yadav as quoted by news agency PTI.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Only one slogan is being echoed 'Abki baar 400 paar', says Yogi Adityanath
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Addressing a public rally in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh CM and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath said, "4 phases of Lok Sabha elections have been completed in the country, 3 phases are still to be held... Only one slogan is being echoed 'Abki baar 400 paar'...."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'PM is extremely nervous,' says Congress leader Priyank Kharge
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Reacting to PM Narendra Modi's remark on INDIA alliance leaders, Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge has said, "This shows that the PM is extremely nervous, his narratives have been only on these kind of issues, which have no bearing on the election. He doesn't speak on unemployment, economic inequality, subversion of the Constitution, his weak foreign policy. All he speaks about is mangalsutra, Muslim, mutton, South-North divide."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Amit Shah holds roadshow in Jharkhand's Ranchi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Union Home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah is holding a roadshow in Ranchi, Jharkhand in support of party candidate Sanjay Seth.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Muslims are being targeted,' says Omar Abdullah
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting, National Conference vice president & candidate from Baramulla Lok Sabha Seat, Omar Abdullah said, Muslims are being targeted...If Muslims come, they will steal the jewellery of Hindus...If Muslims come, they will take the land of Hindus...The elections are between Modi and Rahul Gandhi and development and jihad...As, if Muslims know nothing apart from Jihad....Do we not want to participate in development?"...
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: TMC party workers protest outside Raj Bhavan in Kolkata
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: TMC party workers are holding demonstrations outside Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, demanding the resignation of Governor CV Ananda Bose over sexual harassment allegations against him.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'Raebareli is my family and Amethi is my home,' says Congress leader Sonia Gandhi
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a rally in Raebareli, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said, "Raebareli is my family and Amethi is my home. Indira Ji had a special place for Raebareli in her heart; I have seen her working closely, she had immense love for you. I have given the same education to Rahul and Priyanka that Indira Ji and people of Raebareli gave me."
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: 'I am deeply grateful to you,' Sonia Gandhi tells people in Raebareli
Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public rally in UP's Raebareli, Congress ex-president Sonia Gandhi said, "I am happy that after a long time, I have got the opportunity to come amongst you. I am deeply grateful to you, my head bows before you in reverence. You gave me the opportunity to serve as an MP, that's the biggest asset of my life."

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