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Published on: Apr 29, 2024, 08:55:28 IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a mega rally in Maharashtra's Pune city on Monday, April 29, in support of four Mahayuti candidates - Murlidhar Mohol of the BJP in Pune, Sunetra Pawar of the NCP in Baramati, Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil of the NCP in Shirur and Shrirang Barne of the Shiv Sena in Maval constituency. The rally, Maha Vijay Sankalp Sabha, will be held at the Racecourse Ground between 4pm and 9pm. Dig deeper

The office of Delhi's chief electoral officer on Sunday rejected the Aam Aadmi Party's claim that the Election Commission has "banned" its Lok Sabha campaign song “Jail Ka Jawab, Vote Se Denge”, calling it “factually incorrect and misleading”. The poll body clarified that the AAP was asked to modify the contents of the song since it violated EC's guidelines and advertising codes. The over two-minute campaign song, penned and sung by AAP MLA Dilip Pandey, was released at the party headquarters on Thursday. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our Morning briefing. Catch you in the afternoon!

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