Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: PM Modi holds roadshow in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur

Lok Sabha Election 2024 news LIVE: PM Modi holds roadshow in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Highlights: Campaigning for the upcoming general elections is in full swing. On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri. Later in the day, he held a roadshow in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a road show on Sunday in support of party Lok Sabha candidate Deepak Adhikari, in West Midnapore. Various other political parties, including the Congress also participated in election campaigns across India.

Polling for the Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in seven phases, the first of which is on April 19. Voting will also be held on April 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25, and June 1. The counting of votes for all 543 Lok Sabha seats, will take place on June 4. 

The BJP, which won parliamentary majority of its own in both previous general elections – 282 seats in 2014 and 303 in 2019 – has set a target of winning 370 seats on its own and over 400 with allies. PM Modi, too, is seeking a hattrick of wins for the top post. The Congress, on the other hand, has formed the INDIA bloc to strengthen its prospects of coming to power, and deny both PM Modi and the BJP, a third consecutive term. The grand old party won just 44 and 52 seats in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Phase-wise schedule:

• Phase 1- April 19

• Phase 2- April 26

• Phase 3- May 7

• Phase 4 - May 13

• Phase 5 - May 20

• Phase 6 - May 25

• Phase 7 - June 1

The counting of votes for all 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held on June 4.