Elections 2019 LIVE UPDATES: BJP drops Kirit Somaiya from Mumbai North East, fields 'Nirhua' from Azamgarh

03/04/2019 16:26:14

The BJP on Wednesday released a list of six candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, dropping sitting MP Kirit Somaiya from Mumbai North East constituency and fielding in his place Manoj Kotak. The saffron party also gave a ticket to Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua' from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.

03/04/2019 16:26:01

The BJP on Wednesday released a list of six candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, dropping sitting MP Kirit Somaiya from Mumbai North East constituency and fielding in his place Manoj Kotak. The saffron party also gave a ticket to Bhojpuri actor Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua' from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.

03/04/2019 15:09:30

Claiming that Banerjee has put a spanner in several central schemes for the uplift of the poor, Modi said 'speedbreaker Didi' has not allowed people of Bengal to benefit from Ayushman Bharat scheme.

03/04/2019 15:09:08

Modi in West Bengal: PM Modi hit out at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee calling her 'speedbreaker' in the path of West Bengal's development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, insisting she has to go to make way for the betterment of the state. Modi also took on the Congress over its manifesto that talks about reviewing some clauses of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying it acts like a 'shield' for the security forces in the fight against terrorists.

03/04/2019 13:42:28

BSP supremo Mayawati termed the Congress manifesto as a 'showoff' and an 'illusion' and said there was no credibility of the promises made by the party due to its past. Congress and BJP are no different when it comes to non-fulfilment of promises, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a tweet.

03/04/2019 13:39:20

Congress hit out at PM Narendra Modi today after he addressed rally in Arunachal Pradesh. Congress spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala said even as PM Modi addressed an election rally in Pasighat today, a sensational ‘Cash for Vote Scandal’ is exposed where authorities found Rs. 1.8 crore from the convoy of BJP CM Pema Khandu and BJP Arunachal Pradesh President Tapir Gao.

03/04/2019 13:35:03

Defence Minister & BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at Congress party questioning that the election manifesto promising to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act - AFSPA as right. Sitharaman said it is an effort to weaken the armed forces. They are trying to dilute the immunity of our security forces, she further said.

03/04/2019 13:23:43

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's 'separatist psyche' comment. She said a 'New India' where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded is 'unacceptable'. Jaitley had said, the statements of mainstream parties in Kashmir create 'separatist psyche' and were 'not acceptable to new India'. In her reation to Jaitley's remarks Mehbooba said, if standing up for the people made her a separatist and anti-national, she would wear such a badge with honour.

03/04/2019 12:45:17

Congress has released list of 4 candidates from West Bengal.

03/04/2019 12:42:08

PDP president and former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti has filed her nomination from Anantnag parliamentary constituency for Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

03/04/2019 12:41:18

Retired IAS officer and former Karnataka Chief Secy Rathna Prabha,Kalaburagi has joined BJP. 'I've decided to join BJP as PM has been striving to develop the country in a unique manner. I wanted to do service to the nation&I felt this was one party apt for me to fulfill my desires to work for the people,' she said.

03/04/2019 12:06:13

PM Modi in Arunachal Pradesh: PM also accused past Congress governments of ignoring the northeast and overlooking the region in their schemes.

03/04/2019 11:57:05

PM Modi in Arunachal Pradesh: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released his party's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls, making jobs creation, addressing farm distress, bringing a single moderate rate of GST and giving Rs 72,000 per annum to poor families as key focus if the party comes to power. PM Modi today charged that the Congress was fooling farmer in the name of votes, whereas the BJP government has always been with them.

03/04/2019 11:55:37

PM Modi in Arunachal Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tore into the Congress, terming its manifesto as a hypocrisy document which was full of lies. Addressing his second rally in Arunachal Pradesh within a week, the prime minister today cited the Congress manifesto for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, and said it had promised that every house would have electricity by 2009.

03/04/2019 10:52:08

The Election Commission has restricted to play union minister Babul Supriyo's song composed for the election campaign at the two rallies of the BJP in West Bengal on Wednesday. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Basu told reporters in Kolkata, 'The EC's Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) has not given permission for the song. We had asked for a modified version of it which was yet to be submitted by the party.' Supriyo, a singer turned politician, was slapped a show cause notice by the EC for not taking permission from it before releasing a video of the campaign song on social media. 'Not just tomorrow's rallies, the song will not be allowed to play unless permission is granted,' Basu said.

03/04/2019 09:58:16

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will also hit the campaign trail to support the BJP candidates in J&K.

03/04/2019 09:58:08

The BJP in Jammu and Kashmir is banking on its star campaigners to leave a mark in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. The voting for the Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23. The state has six Lok Sabha seats.

03/04/2019 09:55:17

BJP president Amit Shah will address two mega rallies in Udhampur and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir today. Shah will be campaigning for BJP candidates -- sitting MP Jugal Kishore Sharma and Union minister Jitendra Singh -- seeking re-election from Jammu-Poonch and Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituencies.

03/04/2019 09:48:35

Political circles are agog that a war of words are on the cards with Mamata Banerjee deciding to hold her public rally on the same day the Prime Minister will commence his campaign in the state. Banerjee, who was earlier scheduled to begin her campaign meetings on April 4 in North Bengal, has preponed it
by a day to address the rally at Dinhata in Coochbehar constituency, which goes to polls in the first phase.

03/04/2019 09:44:57

PM Modi will kickstart his political campaign in Bengal by addressing a rally at Siliguri. On the other hand, Banerjee will hold her first public meeting for the general elections in the state at Dinhata. Interestingly, both the regions belong to North Bengal.

03/04/2019 09:43:30

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee will begin their campaign today in West Bengal. The state in eastern India sends third largest number of Lok Sabha members to Parliament. It has a total of 42 Lok Sabha seats, the third largest number after Uttar Pradesh's 80 and Maharashtra 48.

Elections 2019 LIVE UPDATES: BJP drops Kirit Somaiya from Mumbai NE, fields 'Nirhua' from Azamgarh

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