Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: '100% dictatorship,' says TMC MP Derek O'Brien after being detained by Delhi Police

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: BJP leader and Union minister Anurag Thakur has predicted party's great performance in the upcoming polls. 

"If you look at the enthusiasm, the support from the crowd- it is writing on the wall BJP is going to create history in the state of Tamil Nadu...There is one clear sound that you can hear- My Choice Modi. (PM) Modi rules the heart of the people of Tamil Nadu. He has done a lot of development work...," said Thakur.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: After some TMC leaders were detained by Delhi Police for protesting outside Election Commission of India office, TMC MP Saugata Roy has jibed at the poll body. 

"Election Commission is not working impartially, we should raise our voices against it. Our two Rajya Sabha MPs Dola Sen and Derek O'Brien have been taken into custody by the police, I strongly condemn this," said Roy as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Tamil Nadu BJP president and candidate from Coimbatore, K Annamalai held a roadshow along with Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Coimbatore on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: After getting detained by Delhi Police for protesting outside Election Commission of India, TMC MP Derek O'Brien said "We are here to fight. We will carry on our peaceful protest...This is 100% dictatorship but we are from TMC, we will fight this..."

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: TMC leader Saket Gokhale claims that Delhi Police is taking 5 TMC MPs & 4 former MPs to some unknown place. 

"Delhi Police has kidnapped us 5 TMC MPs & 4 former MPs. We were protesting at EC & were told we’ll be taken to Mandir Marg Police Station. And then, suddenly, the bus has been diverted & going to an unknown location. Note this - 5 SITTING MPs & 4 former MPs assaulted, detained, & now being illegally taken to some unknown place by @DelhiPolice," wrote Gokhale on X(formerly Twitter). .

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said, "There are no differences. All major parties will be present in tomorrow's joint press conference of Maha Vikas Aghadi. Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, all senior Congress leaders will be present, all our constituent parties will also be present."

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on Monday, PM Modi blamed Congress party for the problems faced by India since independence. 

"It is the responsibility of political parties to resolve people's issues. However, Congress is the mother of all problems of the country. Start looking from Independence - who was responsible for the country's partition on the basis of religion? Who was responsible for the problem of Kashmir?" said PM Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on Monday, PM Modi drew a comparison between the NDA and the INDI alliance. 

"Lok Sabha election is an election between stability and instability. On one hand, BJP and NDA are there whose aim is to take tough and big decisions for the country. On the other hand, there is Congress and INDI alliance, whose mantra is 'Jahan bhi satta pao, khoob malai khao'...," said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on Monday, PM Modi highlighted the contribution of the city in the Ram Temple construction.

 "...This is Chandrapur, which sent wood for the construction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. The wood from Chandrapur was also used in the new Parliament building. The fame of Chandrapur has reached the entire country, I congratulate the people of Chandrapur...," said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on Monday, PM Modi said, "INDI alliance has always put country towards instability. Why a stable government is necessary, Maharashtra people know very well. INDI alliance has always ignored Maharashtra,"

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: A 10-member delegation of TMC held a protest outside the Election Commission of India office in Delhi on Monday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has highlighted that PM Modi honoured Tamil culture by installing Sengol in the Parliament. 

"By establishing Sengol in the Temple of Democracy of India, our PM Modi has not only honoured the Tamil culture and acknowledged the contribution of Tamil Nadu to the cultural nationalism of India but has also respected it completely. PM Modi has done not just one but many such works through which Tamil culture has been promoted not only in India but in the entire world. He has started organizing Tamil Sangamam in Kashi and Saurashtra...," said Singh as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: DMK leader A Raja said that there has been no discussion on the issues concerning Rafale, Adani or Manipur by the Prime Minister. He claimed that people will uproot Modi government in the upcoming polls. 

"People are very clever. Be it Adani, Rafale or electoral bonds, the Prime Minister never spoke in Parliament...There is no discussion on Rafale, Adani or Manipur by the Prime Minister. This will not be permitted in India by the people. They are very clever. They will uproot this government...As soon as the government changes, a judicial inquiry will be conducted...PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah should be investigated...," said A Raja

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Congress leader Salman Khurshid has taken a jibe at PM Modi's criticism of the party's manifesto.

 "We are deeply saddened by what the Prime Minister says in his speeches, what he has said about our manifesto is a bundle of lies, we are deeply saddened by this. You can disagree with any other party, you can argue it, you can dissect it, but to say that a national level party which has been involved in our national movement would write such a bundle of lies in its manifesto, whereas a very good manifesto has been written. He also said that this seems to be the manifesto of the parties which were opposing the independence of our secular society...We are extremely saddened by this matter and we understand that the Prime Minister has no right to say such a thing. We have put this matter before the Election Commission and have made a special request to them to take it seriously and take action on it...," said Khurshid.

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised to grant 30 lakh govt jobs if the party comes to power at the Centre. 

"...The Govt of India has 30 lakh vacancies. The people in the BJP don't give them to you. They give you work on contract but don't give you govt jobs. We will grant you 30 lakh govt jobs as our first step after the formation of our govt," said Gandhi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi said that he is dedicating his full time to ensure India becomes a developed country by 2047. 

"...I am working 24X7 for 2047. 'Jinko kisi ne nahi poochha unko Modi ne pooja hai. Modi aaram karne ke liye nahi, kaam karne ke liye paida hua hain'. My aim is to make the country developed...," said PM Modi as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi highlighted the initiatives taken by his government for the welfare of the tribals.

 "The tribal community was always insulted by Congress, the daughter of the same tribal community is today the President of the country. BJP has given the first tribal Chief Minister to Chhattisgarh. BJP has created a separate ministry and a separate budget for tribals, the budget for tribal welfare has been increased five times in the last 10 years...," said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi said that crores of countrymen, mothers and sisters, had become his raksha kavach amid abuses at him by the Opposition.

 "After independence, Congress thought that it had the license to loot the country but after coming to government in 2014, Modi has cancelled the loot license of Congress and Modi was able to cancel the license because you gave Modi the license. Now their shop has been closed, will they abuse Modi or not? So who will protect me? These crores of my countrymen, my mothers and sisters, have become my raksha kavach today," said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi took a jibe at Congress' manifesto for the upcoming polls. 

'Congress manifesto for Lok Sabha polls has Muslim League imprint,,' said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi said that due to his government efforts, 25 crore people had risen above the poverty line.
 

 'Due to my government’s efforts, 25 crore people have risen above the poverty line,' said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi took a dig at the Congress party. 

'Congress never understood the problems faced by the poor,' said PM Modi.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Monday, PM Modi said, "In past ten years, India has done remarkable progress. I have come here to express my gratitude for your support thus far. You(people) elected BJP government and strengthened the foundations of Viksit Bharat."

Lok Sabha Election LIVE: Talking to media in Chennai, Union Minister Anurag Thakur says, “The response BJP is getting across this country, the voice which comes from each nook and corner of the country today is 'my choice Modi'. This is what people are saying when you board an aircraft or a train or you are travelling you are walking on the streets. People want to see Prime Minister Modi for the third consecutive term so that India becomes the third largest economy in the world. People want to see more progress, growth of the country, the development of the country. People want to see poorer coming out of the marginal society, from the multi-dimensional poverty line.”

(ANI)

Lok Sabha Election LIVE: Taking to X, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said, "Even today, they are invoking the Muslim League against the 'Congress Nyay Patra' guided and shaped according to the aspirations, needs and demands of common Indians. Modi-Shah's ideological ancestors opposed Mahatma Gandhi's call for ‘Quit India’ in 1942, which was the movement chaired by Maulana Azad. Everyone knows how Prasad Mukherjee formed his governments in Bengal, Sindh and NWFP in the 1940s in coalition with the Muslim League. Did Shyama Prasad Mukherjee not write to the then British Governor about how the Quit India movement of 1942 can be ‘combated’ and how the Congress should be suppressed? And for this, he said that ‘Indians have to trust the British?’ Modi-Shah and their Nominated President are today spreading falsehood about the Congress Manifesto. There is a stink of RSS in Modi ji's speeches, BJP's electoral graph is plunging day by day, therefore the RSS has started remembering its best friend-the Muslim League !"