On May 23, repolling will take place at booth numbers 26 and 28 in the Kantamal Assembly segment of the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Repolling has been ordered at two Odisha booths where voting was disrupted on May 20, according to a statement released by the Chief Electoral Officer.
According to EC data, there are 869 and 904 candidates in the upcoming sixth and seventh phases, which are scheduled for May 25 and June 1. On May 25 and June 1, fifty-seven seats in seven and eight states and union territories will vote, respectively.
According to the State BJP secretary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off his election campaign in Punjab at a rally in Patiala on May 23. Punjab BJP general secretary Rakesh Rathour said that the Prime Minister will address three public rallies in the state on May 23 and 24. Mr. Modi will hold his first rally in Patiala on May 23, followed by rallies in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar the day after, according to Mr. Rathour.
According to Election Commission (EC) records, 1,625 candidates ran in 102 constituencies across 21 states and union territories in the first phase, which took place on April 19.
The second phase on April 26 had 1,198 candidates in 89 constituencies across 13 states and UTs, the third phase on May 7 had 1,352 candidates in 94 constituencies across 12 states and UTs, and the fifth phase on May 20 had 695 candidates in 49 districts across eight states and UTs.
Uttarakhand BJP approaches police against ‘edited’ video of Dhami’s speech in Delhi; FIR lodged
The Uttarakhand BJP has filed a police case against the Aam Aadmi Party, accusing it of destroying the image of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and the party by sharing an edited video of him on social media.
On Wednesday, a FIR was registered at the Dalanwala Police Station in Dehradun in response to a complaint from Pradesh BJP IT cell co-convenor Praveen Lekhwar, according to State BJP media in-charge Manveer Chauhan.
According to Lekhwar’s allegation, AAP’s social media cell tampered with and shared a video of Mr. Dhami on Instagram as part of a scheme to destroy his and the BJP’s image. The allegedly manipulated video depicts a statement made by Mr. Dhami during an electoral campaign in Delhi.
Congress slams BJP for ‘not fulfilling promises’ made to farmer organisations
The Congress chastised the BJP for failing to keep commitments made to farmers’ associations, claiming that an INDIA bloc government would implement all of its guarantees to tillers, including the legal guarantee of MSP.
According to Congress national secretary Jairam Ramesh, elections have been held in 428 constituencies, with 115 seats still to be polled on, including Punjab and Haryana.
BJP’s Maneka Gandhi locked in keen contest against SP’s RB Nishad in Sultanpur
In Sultanpur, near to Amethi, another Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi of the BJP, is in a close race with her Samajwadi Party competitor.
Udraj Verma, the Mayawati-led BSP’s party nominee from the OBC Kurmi caste, is generating problems for both the BJP and the SP candidates, but Akhilesh Yadav’s SP candidate Ram Bhual Nishad is suffering the most. Verma threatens to divide the SP’s OBC votes.
Maneka Gandhi, who was running for the Sultanpur seat in Uttar Pradesh for the second time in a row, won the previous election by approximately 14,000 votes. She is trying hard to win with a comfortable margin this time.
Maneka Gandhi told PTI in an interview that her focus is on local issues, and she predicted a larger victory margin this time.
EC egregiously wrong in directing Congress not to ‘politicise’ Agnipath scheme: Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram stated the Election Commission was “egregiously wrong” in asking his party not to ‘politicise’ the Agnipath plan, claiming that it is an Opposition party’s prerogative to question government policies.
The Election Commission slammed the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, ordering them to stop campaigning on caste, community, linguistic, and religious lines.
The EC also advised Congress not to politicize defense forces or make potentially contentious pronouncements about the socioeconomic mix of the armed services. The Commission was referring to comments made by prominent Congress leaders about the Agnipath project.
Who does PhD for politics? I am here to end BJP’s dictatorship: Kanhaiya Kumar
Life does not always go as planned, stresses Congress’s North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, as he reflects on how he found up in jail while getting his PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for a crime he claims he never committed.
Preparations are in final stage for Rajouri Lok Sabha polls
The constituency on either side of the majestic Pir Panjal was originally set to go to polls on May 7, but it was postponed to May 25 owing to inclement weather at the request of numerous parties, including the BJP, Apni Party, and the DPAP. The parties also blamed the closing of the Mughal Road, an alternative route connecting Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP backing party involved in Hawala funding: PDP
The BJP is backing a party that received Hawala money from Pakistan to fund terrorism in Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti stated on May 22 in a veiled attack on Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari.
INDIA bloc wants to push country into abyss of corruption: Uttarakhand CM
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami alleged that the opposition INDIA alliance wants to plunge the country into a “abyss of corruption,” but the people have voted to elect Narendra Modi Prime Minister for the third time in a row.
Mr. Dhami, who is campaigning for Krishan Pal Gurjar, the BJP’s nominee for the Faridabad Lok Sabha seat, stated that since 2014, a lot of work has been done for the welfare of the country’s people. “The army now responds to bullets with shells,” Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister stated.
“The INDIA coalition, which includes the Congress, wants to plunge the country back into the depths of corruption that existed before 2014. He stated that these people’s policies and objectives are incorrect, and that they lack an ideology.
Police to question my parents: Kejriwal; AAP is anti-women: Goa CM
A war of words erupted between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP on Wednesday, after AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed in a post on X that the Delhi police would question his “old and ailing” parents on Thursday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal.
People of Bengal voting BJP to escape TMC’s misrule: Tripura CM
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha stated people are willing to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party candidates to end the TMC’s misrule.
“People prefer to live in a tranquil environment. As a result, people are eager to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party candidates to end the misrule of the Trinamool Congress. The BJP aims to win 32 seats in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. “The Trinamool Congress government is causing misrule here, prompting people to seek an escape,” he remarked.
The CM made the comment while attending a roadshow in support of Dr. Anirban Ganguly, the BJP’s nominee for Bengal’s Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency and chairman of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Foundation.
INDIA bloc is communal, casteist and nepotistic: PM Narendra Modi
In his speech on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an assault on the Congress and the INDIA bloc while he was addressing a rally in Dwarka, which is located in West Delhi. He stated, “Everyone from the INDIA bloc shares three characteristics in common: they are all casteist, they are all communal, and they are all nepotistic.”
Congress-led govt will unleash new economic boom in India after June 4: Jairam Ramesh
It has been said by the Congress party that after June 4, the government that is led by Congress will unleash a new economic boom in India with its promises and plans, which will kick off the next consumer expansion in the country. Results of the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be announced on June 4th.
The general secretary of the Congress party, Jairam Ramesh, stated that the markets recovered from the losses they had sustained over the previous several days and then continued to grow at a record pace for the next ten years when Dr. Manmohan Singh was named as the prime minister in May of 2004.
Nadda, Kharge defend campaign methods; seek action on complaints lodged: EC
J.P. Nadda, president of the BJP, and Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress, have “stoutly” defended their respective parties’ campaign methods and star campaigners’ statements before the Election Commission. They have also asked the poll commission to take action on complaints submitted by their respective parties against each other during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Nadda and Mr. Kharge have made no “explicit denial of facts” in response to the Election Commission’s (EC) show-cause notices issued to them following charges of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations by their top leaders, according to the panel.
In separate letters to Mr. Nadda and Mr. Kharge, the commission directed the two national parties not to make communal remarks, not to make statements that give the false impression that the Indian Constitution may be abolished or sold, and not to politicize the armed forces. The EC also referred to the two leaders’ comments in its conversation with them.
PM Modi’s campaign in Punjab to begin today, first rally in Patiala
According to the secretary of the State BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take the stage for the first time in Punjab on May 23, when he will hold his inaugural rally in Patiala.
Rakesh Rathour, the general secretary of the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party, has stated that the Prime Minister will deliver speeches at three public rallies in the state on May 23 and May 24.
According to Mr. Rathour, Mr. Modi will do his first rally on May 23 in Patiala, and then he would proceed to hold rallies in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar the following day.
