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Lok Sabha Elections HIGHLIGHTS: Please follow the space and keep refreshing the page for all the latest developments and updates pertaining to the Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha elections are set to be held across India in seven phases between April 19 to June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
PM Modi, Rahul To Address Rallies In Jharkhand In 1st Week Of May
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are scheduled to address their political rallies in Jharkhand in the first week of May. Modi is scheduled to hold rallies in three Lok Sabha seats from May 3. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jharkhand on May 3 and address a rally at Chaibasa from 3 pm," according to a press release of the party.
The next day he would address two rallies -- one in Palamu and the other at Sisai in Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency, it said. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi may also address a public rally at Basia in Gumla district. "The rally is proposed in the first week of May but the date is yet to be finalised. The date will be declared in a day or two," Jharkhand Congress president Rajesh Thakur told PTI.
Jharkhand's four parliamentary constituencies -- Singhbhum (ST), Khunti (ST), Lohardaga (ST) and Palamu (SC) --would go to polls on May 13.
Lok Sabha Polls: Oppn Parties Criticise EC Over Delay In Making Public Final Voting Figures Of Phases 1, 2
The Congress, CPI(M) and the TMC on Tuesday criticised the Election Commission over the delay in publishing the final voter turnout figures for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls. The poll body in the evening made public the voter turnout of the first and second phases of polling held on April 19 and April 26.
Voting for the general elections is being held in seven phases, the remaining are on May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. Counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.
"Finally, ECI (Election Commission of India) has put out the final voter turnout figures for the first two phases which are substantially, not marginally as is normal, higher than the initial figures," Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on X. "But why are the absolute numbers of voters in each parliamentary constituency not put out? Percentages are meaningless unless this figure is known," he said.
12 Congress Workers, Close Aides Of Party Leader Govind Singh, Join BJP
Bhind, Madhya Pradesh: 12 Congress workers, close aides of party leader Govind Singh, joined the BJP today in Lahar, in the presence of CM Mohan Yadav.
#WATCH | Bhind, Madhya Pradesh: Around 12 Congress workers, close aides of party leader Govind Singh, joined the BJP today in Lahar, in the presence of CM Mohan Yadav. pic.twitter.com/3yzvxLHtJk
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2024
Jyotiraditya Scindia Conducts Roadshow In Shivpuri
Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Guna Lok Sabha seat, Jyotiraditya Scindia conducts a roadshow in Shivpuri.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Guna Lok Sabha seat, Jyotiraditya Scindia conducts a roadshow in Shivpuri.#LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/QduejJ2Eol
— ANI (@ANI) May 1, 2024
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