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BJP Talks About Winning More Than 400 Seats, Aims To Amend Constitution, Says Jitu Patwari Lok Sabha Elections 2024: "They (BJP) talk about winning more than 400 seats, which implies that they aim to amend the Constitution. Those who cherish the Constitution and democracy should refrain from voting for the BJP," says Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari.
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EC Convenes Meet With All States/UTs To Review, Assess Law And Order Situation The Election Commission of India today convened a crucial meeting with all States/UTs to review and assess the law and order situation, prevention of illicit activities, seizures and strict vigil across inter-state and international borders in the ongoing General Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies 2024 for a free, fair, peaceful and inducement free elections.
The purpose of the combined review was to bring all concerned stakeholders together on the same platform for a seamless coordination and cooperation amongst officials of the neighbouring states/UTs along with central agencies guarding the borders. The Commission, in detail, reviewed critical issues pertaining to each State/UT.
(Inputs from Ankit Gupta)
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE — Confident Of Winning More Seats In Bengal: PM Modi During Interaction With BJP State Workers During a virtual interaction with BJP workers of the state, PM Modi said that he is confident of winning more seats this time in West Bengal, as reported by news agency PTI.
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Sanjay Nirupam Not In List Of Congress Star Campaigners In Maharashtra, Congress has taken a big decision against party leader Sanjay Nirupam. The grand old party has decided to remove Sanjay Nirupam from the list of star campaigners due to his anti-party activities.
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Smriti Irani Campaigns For BJP Leader VD Sharma In MP's Panna Panna, Madhya Pradesh Union minister & BJP leader Smriti Irani says, "Congress has accepted its defeat even before voting in this Lok Sabha seat. This is the reason Congress is not contesting from this seat." She campaigned for BJP leader VD Sharma, who is contesting from Khajuraho, in Panna today.
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Shashi Tharoor Files Nomination From Thiruvananthapuram In Kerala Kerala: Congress party's sitting MP and candidate Shashi Tharoor files nomination from Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. BJP has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram.
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: BJP Bengal Chief Sukanta Majumdar Files His Nominations From Balurghat Seat West Bengal BJP Chief Sukant Majumdar has filed his nominations to contest from the Balurghat seat as a candidate from the saffron party. Majumdar, accompanied by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, is all set to hold a roadshow in the constituency today.
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'It Is Her Choice', Omar Abdullah Reacts After Mehbooba Mufti Fields Candidates On All 5 Seats National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said, "...If she (PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti) has announced to field candidates on all 5 seats, it is her choice. We have fielded candidates on 3 seats in Kashmir based on her formula...If she is fielding her own candidates then perhaps she does not want any kind of alliance even for the assembly elections. We kept the door open, now if she has closed the door then it is not our fault..."
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: Several Congress Leaders In Rajasthan Join BJP Former Congress MP Shankar Pannu, former Congress MLA JP Chandelia, Congress leader Prithipal Singh, and other leaders join the BJP in Jaipur, Rajasthan. (ANI Input)
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: CPI's Annie Raja To File Nomination From Wayanad Against Rahul Gandhi Today Communist Party of India (CPI) Lok Sabha candidate from Wayanad, Annie Raja is set to file her nomination on Wednesday, the same day Congress candidate and sitting MP, Rahul Gandhi is also slated to file his nomination. The CPI is a partner of the ruling Communist Party of India(Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala. (ANI Input)
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: BJP's Jalgaon MP To Join Shiv Sena UBT Today BJP MP from Jalgaon, Unmesh Patil to join the Uddhav faction in the presence of UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray today, says Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut (ANI Input)
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE — 'Who Even Believes What He Says?': MP CM On Rahul Gandhi's 'India On Fire Remark' Here's what Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav said on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'India on fire' remark.
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BJP's Sivaganga Candidate Devanathan Yadav Exudes Confidence Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha Elections As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections heat up, BJP's candidate from the Sivaganga constituency, Devanathan Yadav, has voiced his determination to break the stronghold of the Chidambaram family in the region. Watch the video.
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami Hits Campaign Trail For Party Candidate P Vignesh In Salem AIADMK stalwart Edappadi Palaniswami has embarked on a vigorous campaign spree in Salem.
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Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: Ex-Chhattisgarh AAP Chief Komal Hupendi Joins BJP Komal Hupendi, a former chief of the Aam Aadmi Party's Chhattisgarh unit, joined the ruling BJP along with his supporters on Tuesday.
The tribal leader, who resigned as state AAP chief and quit the party in January, joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai at an event in Kanker district.
His supporters also joined the saffron party in large numbers and vowed to ensure victory of Bhojraj Nag, the BJP candidate from Kanker Lok Sabha constituency, the BJP statement said.
In the 2023 assembly elections, Hupendi stood in the third position in Bhanupratappur in Kanker district, facing defeat in the constituency for the second time in a row.
A large number of AAP's Chhattisgarh unit leaders joined the BJP in January this year.
Hupendi joined AAP in 2016 after quitting his government job as a co-operative extension officer. (PTI Input)