Lok Sabha Elections HIGHLIGHTS: Amit Shah, Himanta Biswa Sarma Hold Roadshow In Tinsukia, Assam
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PM Modi To Address Election Rally In Balaghat On Tuesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally on Tuesday in the Naxal-affected Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh during his second visit to the state in three days, a BJP leader said on Monday. The PM's rally at Balaghat is scheduled to start at around 2.30 pm, he said. This will be Modi's second visit to Madhya Pradesh in three days. On Sunday, the BJP's star campaigner held a roadshow in Jabalpur, which is the nerve centre of the Mahakoshal region.
Lok Sabha seats of Sidhi, Shahdol (ST), Jabalpur, Mandla (ST), Balaghat and Chhindwara will vote in the first phase on April 19. These constituencies are spread across Mahakoshal and Vindhya regions. Balaghat is locked in a triangular fight between BJP candidate Bharti Pardhi, Congress's Samrat Saraswat and BSP nominee Kankar Munjare.
In 2019, the BJP had won 28 of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh with the sole exception being Chhindwara which was retained by the Congress.
Amit Shah To Campaign In Assam On Tuesday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam on Tuesday to campaign for the Lok Sabha Elections in Assam's Guwahati. He is scheduled to address a public meeting at Chukuli Bhoria in Lakhimpur constituency in the afternoon, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.
Lakhimpur is also held by the BJP, with incumbent MP Pradan Baruah seeking a third successive term as he is pitted against Congress candidate Uday Shankar Hazarika. Shah will then take part in a road show from Chaliha Nagar to Thana Chariali in Tinsukia town in the evening, they said.
Tinsukia town comes under Dibrugarh seat, from where Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal is contesting as the BJP candidate. Sonowal is locked in a triangular fight with United Opposition Forum, Assam, nominee Lurinjyoti Gogoi and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Manoj Dhanowar. BJP holds the Dibrugarh constituency in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Sitting MP and Union minister Rameswar Teli was not nominated by the party this time.
MNS's Raj Thackeray Offers 'Unconditional Support' To PM Modi-Led NDA For Lok Sabha Elections
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday said that he is ready to give “unconditional support” to the grand alliance of 'BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP. He said that this support is only for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA alliance.
RJD Releases List Of 22 Candidates For Bihar, Fields Misa Bharti From Patliputra
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday released a list of 22 candidates in Bihar for the Lok Sabha Elections.
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