Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: Congress releases 7th list of candidates for upcoming polls

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has complained to the Election Commission of India regarding Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, alleging a breach of the election model code of conduct.

In a letter directed to the ECI, the party has urged the Commission to instruct Sanjay Raut and Uddhav Thackeray to issue an 'unconditional public apology' to the Prime Minister and the people of Gujarat.

Furthermore, they have demanded the immediate initiation of an FIR and a criminal probe against Sanjay Raut under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of People Act 1951, as outlined in the letter.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: The BJP's Himachal Pradesh unit on Tuesday filed a complaint with the state's chief electoral officer, seeking legal action against the Congress leaders Supriya Shrinate and H S Ahir after demeaning remarks on Kangana Ranaut and Mandi were posted on their social media handles.

Actor Kangana Ranaut is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi on a BJP ticket.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday undertook door-to-door election campaign in Kuppam constituency and explained the schemes he would implement on coming to power.

The opposition leader visited Babu Nagar in Kuppam and explained about Babu Surety Bhavishyathuku Gurantee (Babu surety for a guaranteed future) programme of TDP and other schemes.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: BJP on Tuesday released the third list of 9 candidates for the Sikkim assembly elections.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: TMC has released a list of 40 star campaigners ahead of LS polls.

The names include West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, MP and party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, former cricketer and candidate Yusuf Pathan and others.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Congress has appointed V Shankar and Manoj Chauhan as the party's election observers to Andhra Pradesh.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Actor-turned-politician and BJP's candidate from Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) Kangana Ranaut met the party's national president JP Nadda at his residence in Delhi today.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday took a swipe at the SAD and the BJP, saying re-stitching of an alliance between the two could not take place in the wake of "anger" among the farmers against them.

The BJP on Tuesday announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own in Punjab, indicating an end to the negotiations for re-forging an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Congress has released the seventh list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, who has been named by the BJP as its candidate from Hisar Lok Sabha seat after he joined the party, has resigned from the membership of the state assembly, officials said on Tuesday.

The independent MLA from Rania seat in Sirsa district has sent his resignation to Haryana Assembly Speaker, they said.

Chautala and industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal joined the BJP on Sunday and were named as the party's candidates from Hisar and Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal filed his nomination papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday from Dibrugarh at the District Commissioner's office.

During the nomination filing, Sonowal was accompanied by the Chief Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma; the Union Minister of State, Rameswar Teli; along with the senior minister of Govt of Assam, Atul Bora, who is also the President of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), and the senior leader of the UPPL and MP (Rajya Sabha), Rwngwra Narzary, both NDA allies.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Giving enough indication about him contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya constituency, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said an official announcement about the party's candidates from the three segments that it will be contesting in Karnataka will be made soon.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday denied demanding a ticket either for himself or his nephew Sameer Bhujbal for Nashik Lok Sabha constituency.

He also said the Nationalist Congress Party led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, a constituent of the Mahayuti alliance, has asked for the Nahsik constituency but a final decision has not been taken yet.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Congress Lok Sabha MP Ravneet Singh Bittu joined the BJP today.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati filed his nomination as the BJP candidate from Sikar today.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi "sacrificed" the post of Prime Minister, adding that only the Gandhi family can keep the Congress party "united."

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister said that when Congress was in a difficult situation, Sonia Gandhi brought the party back to power in the country in 2004.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: The Congress on Tuesday accused the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala of using the CAA for electoral gains, and said it is trying to alienate Muslim voters from the Congress on the "lie" that the grand old party did not oppose the controversial law Separately, Congress leaders asserted that if the INDIA front, of which the Left parties are a part, comes to power, the legislation will be "thrown in the dustbin". Congress Working Committee member and MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor said that the Left front in Kerala is spreading "lies" and "distorting" the facts about the grand old party's role in opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), right from its introduction as a bill in Parliament.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: National People's Party (NPP) candidate for the Tura parliamentary constituency, Agatha Sangma, filed her nomination papers at Tura in Meghalaya on Tuesday.

She was accompanied by her brother and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.

Agatha Sangma said, "This election is more about continuing on the path of development. NPP has given wonderful performance in the last six years in terms of governance. As I am the Member of Parliament from NPP, it is teamwork. NPP is accepted by the people."

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: "Narendra Modi ji, did you have any plan for employment? This question is on the lips of every youth today. In every street and village, BJP people are being asked - why was the lie told about providing 2 crore jobs every year," he asked.

"The Congress has resolved to undertake employment revolution under Yuva Nyay. Our guarantee is that as soon as we come into government: We will fill 30 lakh government posts, every educated youth will be given a job worth ₹1 lakh per year under the 'Pehli Naukri Pakki' scheme and we will get rid of paper leaks by making a law," the Congress leader also said in a post in Hindi on X.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday announced its support to the Congress candidates fielded from the Udhampur and Jammu constituencies in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Manish Sahni, the president of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) alleged that the leaders of the party are not being provided a security cover in the Union Territory "under a well-planned strategy".

"Keeping in mind the safety of the leaders, the party high-command has given instructions not to field candidates on both the seats of Jammu division (Udhampur and Jammu). The party will support the Congress candidates in the polls," Sahni said.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday filed his nomination as the BJP candidate for the Arunachal West parliamentary constituency, PTI reported. Rijiju filed his papers at Aalo, the headquarters of West Siang district.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided not to field Varun Gandhi, the current Member of Parliament from Pilibhit, in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury extended an offer to the leader, asking him to join the party.

The senior Congress leader addressing the media here on Tuesday, alleged that Varun Gandhi has been denied a BJP ticket due to his connection with Gandhi's family.

BJP candidate from UP's Meerut Arun Govil tells ANI: "I am thrilled that I am contesting from Meerut as I was born and brought up there."