Election 2024 News Highlights: Congress fields Raj Babbar from Gurgaon, Anand Sharma from Kangra

Public is contesting this election. When public contests, massive changes are seen in democracy. The public, especially the members of Bahujan community, has understood BJP's conspiracy - they are certain that if BJP government comes to power, they will change the Constitution given by Babasaheb Ambedkar: Akhilesh Yadav, SP chief

Congress announces Raj Babbar's candidature from Gurgaon (Haryana) while veteran leader Anand Sharma to contest from Kangra (Himachal Pradesh). Also, Satpal Raizada fielded from Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) abd Bhushan Patil from Mumbai North (Maharashtra).

Voter turnout of 66.14% in phase 1 and 66.71% in phase 2: Election Commission

A high-level meeting regarding this has taken place and probe is underway. Congress is resorting to lies to gain popularity. They did not do any work but by spreading lies among people, they want to get votes. I appeal to people to not believe such lies: Nayab Singh Saini, Haryana CM

I request all Congress candidates and leaders to keep the sacred Constitution with them during nominations, meetings, speeches and public outreach. Announce it in every village and every street that as long as the Congress is there, let alone BJP, no power in the world can snatch away the Constitution of India: Rahul Gandhi on X (formerly Twitter)

BJP's Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, holds a roadshow in Bhopal for party candidate Alok Sharma.

The BJP has troubled every CM in the country. But they were unable to catch hold of (Delhi CM) Arvind Kejriwal and K Chandrashekar Rao. So they framed a conspiracy for political benefit through the LG of Delhi. The excise policy was turned into a scam and a false case was framed. They arrested Arvind Kejriwal and my daughter K Kavitha unnecessarily. Delhi liquor scam is not a scam at all, but Narendra Modi's creation: K Chandrasekhar Rao, former Telangana CM

FIR lodged against Congress leader Salman Khurshid and SP's Maria Alam Khan under sections 188 and 295A IPC in Kayamganj police station in Fatehgarh district for allegedly asking for votes on religious lines.

The Congress made Akshay Bam their candidate and made me substitute candidate. Now, Akshay Bam has withdrawn his nomination. That's why I have filed a petition in the High Court to make me a candidate. I want the Congress party to announce my name as the candidate from: Moti Singh Patel

The Congress has some sort of hatred for our constitution ever since their inception. If they look at the Constitution given by BR Ambedkar, they will see a depiction of scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata on each and every page. It started insulting the Constitution from the first day itself: PM Modi

For us, each and every vote is superior, your dream is superior, but for the Congress, their vote bank means everything to them. The faith of people who are not its vote bank, does not matter to the Congress. This is why in Telangana, its government is trying to stop our festivals and celebrations. Even Ram Navami Shobha Yatra was prohibited to appease their vote bank: PM Modi

Congress-BRS are members of the same corruption racket. Their corruption racket is branched out so much that it can be understood by Delhi's Liquor scam. The party (AAP) involved in the Liquor scam in Delhi, BRS was also a party in it. The Congress is in an alliance with the same party in Delhi. When action was taken on this scam, all members of this corruption racket cam out in support of each other: PM Modi

Wherever the Congress forms government, they have five markers of their governance. False slogans, and false promises, vote bank politics, encouraging mafias and criminals, dynasty, and corruption. These five markers make the Congress hand. People in Telangana can also experience these traits of the Congress: PM Modi in Zahirabad, Telangana

I resigned due to RJD's policies. I served as an MLA and MP as well in the past. We saw a new young face, and we could see the possibility of a developed Bihar, but in a short time only I realised the party's policies were against my own ideologies. I am in politics and naturally expect an MLA or MP election ticket. In the past, I have defeated many RJD leaders..I will give information on my future plan tomorrow: Rama Singh, ex-MP

The Congress is out of topics, they can see their defeat clearly. Therefore they are cutting and editing the statements of our top leaders and presenting it. There is chaos in the Congress. in Chhattisgarh itself, in the last 3-4 months, more than 25,000 Congress workers left their party and joined BJP: Vishnu Deo Sai

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of TDP, Jana Sena, and BJP, releases manifesto for the Andhra Pradesh assembly polls.

“In Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and University Games, Indian players are breaking decades-old records. This confidence among Indian citizens will take us towards a developed India. It is my dream to host the 2029 Youth Olympics in India. it is my dream that the 2036 Olympics be held in India,” PM Modi declares at a rally in Maharashtra's Latur.

In a major setback to the Congress, Ramnivas Rawat, its six-time MLA in Madhya Pradesh, resigns from the party, and joins the ruling BJP, in the presence of CM Mohan Yadav.

The opposition can stay in illusion. Our vote share is going up in Tamil Nadu, and we are also winning seats there. We are retaining Karnataka. We will also go ahead in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana this time. We will go ahead in Odisha too. We are doing very well in West Bengal too. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and other northern states . They (opposition) are nowhere to be seen anywhere, their candidates are nowhere to be seen: JP Nadda

BJP assures you that we will seize all wealth of mafias here and distribute it among the poor. All big mafias have either left Uttar Pradesh or they have been sent to ‘jahanum’ (hell): Yogi Adityanath, UP chief minister

Lok S“The public have made up their minds to re-elect Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister with over 400 seats. The Congress party does not have anything except fake narratives. It is finished…they do not even have a candidate for the Mumbai North seat,” says Union minister Piyush Goyal, BJP candidate from the seat.

We all have faith that Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi will come and defeat the BJP: Deepak Singh, Congress

The city cyber crime cell on Tuesday arrested two persons, including Satish Vansola the personal assistant of Congress MLA from Vadgam Jignesh Mevani and Rakesh Bariya of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over circulation of a doctored video of Union home minister Amit Shah's speech on social media. In the edited video, Shah is seen advocating the abolition of reservation quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes. Lavina Sinha DCP Ahmedabad Crime Branch said the two were arrested made on Monday night based on a complaint filed by a crime branch official. The accused edited the video of the speech made by Union minister Shah, uploaded it on various social media platforms without permission and with the intent of creating disharmony among communities which is likely to affect public tranquility and public order, she said.

Odisha CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik files his nomination papers from the Hinjili Assembly seat CM Patnaik is contesting the Assembly elections from Kantabanji and Hinjili Assembly seats. The Assembly elections will be held in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1 along with the Lok Sabha elections.