Lok Sabha election 2024 Highlights: Cong releases candidate list for Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: "He (PM Modi) is afraid of INDIA alliance. They (BJP-led NDA) are raising the slogan of '400 paar'. However, PM Modi's '400 paar' film flopped on day 1 of the (Lok Sabha) polls," says RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav ( @yadavtejashwi ), addressing INDIA bloc's Ulgulan Nyay rally in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: "Arvind Kejriwal has no desire for power. He just wants to serve the nation. He wants to make the country no.1... Many people say that this is difficult. 'Jail ke taale tutenge, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren chhutenge...'... Politics is a very dirty thing. There is a camera on his food. Every morsel is being monitored... He is a sugar patient and he ha has been taking 50 units of insulin every day for the last 12 years. But he is not being given insulin in jail. They want to kill Delhi's CM. They cannot understand Arvind Kejriwal's thoughts... He is very brave. He is a lion... He is worried about 'Bharat Mata' even in jail..." says Sunita Kejriwal

"Narendra Modi speaks against corruption. He put Hemant Soren, Arvind Kejriwal in jail under false accusations. When he speaks on corruption, it looks as if Osama Bin Laden and Gabbar Singh are preaching non-violence. A Modi washing powder has come which cleans all your corruptions. Their slogan is 'Jo jitna bada bhrashtachari, wo utna bada padadhikari," Sanjay Singh said.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: "INDIA alliance will work for India and Modi ji will work for Adani...BJP misleads people by giving slogans like '400 paar', '200 paar' in Bengal, '35 paar' in Delhi, '65 paar' in Jharkhand...'400 paar' slogan is farzi. This time you should tell them Tadi paar, tadi paar, " sai AAP MP Sanjay Singh addressing the rally.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: PM will address a public rally in Rajasthan's Banswara shortly

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP is targeting her and her nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and they do not feel safe.
"The BJP is targeting me and Abhishek, we are not safe, but we are also not afraid of the saffron party's conspiracy. We urge everyone to be on guard against a conspiracy against TMC leaders and the people of West Bengal," she said, while addressing an election rally in Kumarganj in Balurghat Lok Sabha seat.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: “This is a very special place. You have made it successful with your hardwork. You trusted the government led by Bhupesh Baghel. You would have seen how much work was done. Farm loans were waived. Electricity bills were halved. Tribal people got their land back. You know this,” Priyanka Gandhi said.

Addressing a public rally in Malda, defence minister Rajnath Singh said, "... If someone asks what has the TMC government done for the state during its rule, everyone says, it is a government of the corrupt, goons, and criminals. All the government contracts are given to TMC workers... There is no law and order in the state... The first condition for a developed region is a perfect law and order situation. If the law and order situation in the state is not up to the mark, it cannot develop..."

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday announced its candidates for all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh. State BSP chief Narayan Azad said his party would expose the "anti-Scheduled Caste stance" of both the BJP and the Congress and would contest the election on the plank of justice to the poor and scheduled castes and tribes.

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: “Congress party, which is a symbol of instability, and its alliance can never run the country properly. The Congress party itself is responsible for the condition it is in today. Earlier, Rajasthan sent former PM Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha, now you have another leader of Congress to Rajya Sabha. People who knew that they could not win ran away from the race and reached Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. The people are punishing the Congress party for the sins they committed during 60 years of their governance,” PM Modi said.

“Congress is responsible for its present condition, it deprived people of small things like toilets, electricity, water, bank accounts,” Modi said.

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: “It is my mission to make sure water reaches every house and farmer in the country. In the last 5 years, over 11 crore families have benefitted under the Jal Jeevan mission. Unfortunately, the Congress govt in Rajasthan did corruption in this also. Bhajanlal ji govt is conducting a probe into this. If there was no Congress govt in Rajasthan, then we could have reached our targets under the ' Har Ghar Jal' scheme,” said PM.

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, in his address, says, "This is Modi's Guarantee. He abides by his words... We increased MSP on wheat... We have fulfilled 45% of the promises mentioned in our Sankalp Patra in just 90 days in Rajasthan... We will win all the 25 seats in Rajasthan. 'Ab ki Baar, Modi Sarkaar'..."

Addressing a public rally in Rajasthan's Jalore, PM Modi said, "You sent Former PM Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. But did you see him in the state again? Another leader from the party has gone to Rajya Sabha from the state now. Those who can't fight and win elections have come to Rajasthan this time. Congress hollowed the country by spreading the termite of 'parivaarwad' and corruption.The youth of the country is so angry with Congress that it doesn't want to see their face again."

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: PM is addressing a public meeting in Rajasthan's Jalore at present.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: “The Constitution has given you all the right to vote. It’s the time for the elections and therefore, I would like you all to consider the two most important issues. First- what’s happening in the country and how does the future of the country look to you? Second- if there is any hearing of your struggles and problems,” she said.

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: The PM has reached the venue of his public meeting in Jalore 

Narendra Modi LIVE updates: Prime Minister will address a public meeting in Rajasthan's Jalore shortly.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE updates: The nomination form of the Congress candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha seat was rejected, news agency PTI reported citing the Returning Officer.

This action was taken after the proposers stated that the signatures on the papers were not theirs.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon, Uttar Pradesh cheif minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath says, “Congress has made former CM Bhupesh Baghel its candidate from here. The person who is accused of liquor scam, coal scam, PSC scam, Gothan scam and Mahadev App scam and FIR has also been lodged against him, is daring to contest the elections with full confidence. This means that he believes that no matter how big a crime we commit, we will usurp power by throwing dust in the eyes of society.”

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates: Shivsena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for ‘inaction’ regarding a video clip showing BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh promising a free Ram Temple tour if the BJP comes to power. 

"ECI has objected to our campaign song and the word Hindu. It also asked us to remove the word Bhavani - Goddess Tulja Bhavani," said Thackeray.

He questioned why the ECI is disrespecting the deity of Maharashtra and vowed to challenge the decision legally. Thackeray said, “We will not remove Jai Bhavani.”

Thackeray also called for the ECI to take action against PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for campaigning in the name of Ram and Hanuman. Thackeray described the ECI's objection to the slogan "Jai Bhavani" as an insult to Marathi pride, declaring that they will not accept it.

(With inputs from reporter)

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE Updates:  Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former chief Sonia Gandhi have been delegated the responsibility of finalising the remaining candidates for the Lok Sabha election by the party. 

During the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting, Kharge and Gandhi also convened an exclusive discussion for 15-20 minutes, with other members of the poll panel waiting outside the meeting room.

"No one knows what transpired during that discussion as even tea or water was allowed in," said a senior leader. 

The CEC planned to address the vacant seats in Bihar, Haryana, and Punjab during its scheduled meeting. However, the two remaining seats in UP, Amethi and Raebareli, were not formally included in the meeting's agenda. 

To date, the Congress has revealed candidates for over 280 seats, with Haryana remaining the only state where no candidate has been announced yet.

(With inputs from Saubhadra Chatterjee)

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Congress leader P Chidambaram while addressing a press conference, said, “We are also promising to bring a special law which would say 'Bail is the rule, jail is the exception'; it was a great son of Kerala, Justice Krishna laid down the law- Bail is the rule, jail is the exception, in the words of Justice Krishna. This rule is rarely followed in the lower judiciary, Magistrates, and district judges, ultimately not everybody can go to the Supreme Court to get bail. 65% of the prisoners are undertrial, they are not convicts, so why are they in jail... 90% of the undertrials are OBCs, SC and ST, therefore, we would bring a special law 'Bail is the rule, jail is the exception'- everybody after the first 15 days of interrogation by police or the CBI must be granted bail.”

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: In Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Congress leader P Chidambaram says, “We will repeal, amend and review the following sets of laws- CAA 2019, it is top of the list. The Farmers Produce, Trade and Commerce Promotion of Facilitation Act 2020, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita that is equivalent to IPC, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita that is the CrPC and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) act that is the evidence act. These five will be repealed. Then, we have eight laws which will be repealed, and new laws will be made. Then we have 25 laws which will be amended and brought on par with the Constitution. So we are clear that the Citizenship Amendment Act will be repealed.”

On INDIA alliance's rally in Jharkhand, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, "...On behalf of Hemant Soren, his wife has spoken to me and Uddhav Thackeray as well. As you can see the campaigning is at its peak in Maharashtra, today also Uddhav Thackeray is going out of Mumbai, however, we have decided that someone from our party will surely go there (INDIA Alliance Jharkhand rally)."