Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, seeking a third term from the constituency on May 14. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Pandit Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid, and NDA ally leaders, accompanied him while he filed for nomination. Varanasi goes in for polling on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the general elections. PM Modi hopes to retain his seat in the holy Hindu city Varanasi, his constituency, from where he ran and won, first in 2014 and then again in 2019. Prior to filing nominations, PM Modi offered prayers at Kaal Bhairav Temple. He also performed Pooja at Dashashwamedh Ghar ahead of filing nominations. Watch video.
14 May,2024 01:27 PM IST
Voting for the 4th phase of the Lok Sabha elections has begun on May 13. AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi cast his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad. Asaduddin Owaisi her inked finger after casting his vote. He is contesting against BJP’s Madhavi Latha and BRS’ Gaddam Srinivas Yadav. Asaduddin spoke on How elections are now different from what it used to be 5 years ago. He said that now the challenges and issues of people are different. He highlighted the diffrence between 2019 elections and 2024 elections. He spoke on the significance of elections. Watch video to know what more he said.
13 May,2024 12:05 PM IST
Amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, after the Congress ended weeks of suspense around its choice of candidates from the Raebareli and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies, and fielded Rahul Gandhi from the Raebareli and KL Sharma from Amethi, the BJP launched a sharp attack on Congress' Top leadership, Rahul Gandhi, and asked them not to fear and not to contest. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "'Daro mat kahate kahate Rahul Gandhi, Amethi se lado mat'. This has become the new slogan of the Congress party. Today, with this announcement, Congress has confirmed that not a single member of the First family can contest in what they used to call the pocket boroughs of Amethi. BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, "Rahul Gandhi has forgotten his own slogan-'Daro Mat' and ran away from Amethi. BJP leader Rohan Gupta said that they have not decided according to the aspirations of people and voters will give them an answer.
03 May,2024 06:44 PM IST
For the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Congress finally announced its candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats. Rahul Gandhi has ducked the fight against Smriti Irani in Amethi as he will contest from Rae Bareli. In Amethi, Congress has fielded Kishori Lal Sharma against the sitting MP, Union Minister Smriti Irani. Earlier, there were speculations that Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra may contest from Amethi. Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi represented the Rae Bareli seat in the Lok Sabha. Therefore, it is considered to be a bastion of the Gandhi Family. Sonia Gandhi has been the MP from the constituency since she won the 2006 by-poll. Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Dinesh Pratap Singh against Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli. Congress will contest 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party the remaining 63 seats in the electorally crucial state. Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.
03 May,2024 12:15 PM IST
Amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, PM Modi in his rally in Junagadh in Gujarat, said that he had got a satellite survey done and it was revealed that India has 1300 islands around it some even bigger than Singapore. PM Modi vowed to develop these Islands and make India a tourism hub.
03 May,2024 11:50 AM IST
Addressing a public rally in Surendranagar amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 02 said that Congress is trying to discriminate between Hindu faiths. He said, “Congress is trying to discriminate between Hindu faiths. Mallikarjun Kharge has given a very dangerous statement related to Lord Ram and Lord Shiv. That statement is given with malicious intent. This is to create animosity between Shiv and Ram devotees. These are thousands of year-old traditions that even the Mughals could not break, how will Congress do it. A month ago, their Shehzada said that he would destroy Shakti. We are the worshippers of Shakti. Shehzada said that he would destroy Shakti. Can the devotees of Shakti forgive this?”
02 May,2024 06:53 PM IST
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Election 2024, the filing of nominations at the Mumbai Suburban District Collectorate in Bandra East led to a substantial traffic jam in the area on Thursday morning. Bhushan Patil, Congress candidate for the Mumbai North constituency, and Amol Kirtikar, the Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency, submitted their nominations for the general elections. The traffic restrictions near the Mumbai Suburban District Collectorate in Bandra East will remain in effect until tomorrow.
02 May,2024 03:43 PM IST
BJP leader Tejasvi Surya cast his vote at polling booth number 70 in Bengaluru on April 26. The party has fielded him from Bengaluru South constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to ANI, he took a veiled jibe at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, He said, “The fact that Mallikarjun Kharge wants to meet the Prime Minister to explain his party manifesto indicates that perhaps even the Congress realises that it will be the PM who will implement some good ideas that may be present in the Congress manifesto. Perhaps this is the admission of Congress that they are not coming anywhere near power for the next two decades.”
26 April,2024 02:28 PM IST
Voting for the Second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha Elections began on April 26. Several politicians, businessmen, actors and top ranking officials from the Bengaluru constituency of Karnataka came forward to cast their votes today. Businessman Narayana Murty cast his vote at the BES polling station in Bengaluru along with his wife and author Sudha Murty. Voting for remaining seats in Karnataka will take place on May 07 and results will be declared on June 04. Sudha Murty shared a special message for young voters after casting her vote in the Lok Saba elections 2024. She urged people to come out and vote. She emphasized the importance of active participation. "I want to tell everyone- don't sit at home, come out and vote, choose your leader. I always feel that urban people vote less as compared to those in rural areas. I request youngsters to come out and vote,” said Sudha Murty. Actor Prakash Raj also cast his vote. Watch video.
26 April,2024 12:04 PM IST
The first phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024 is underway in 102 parliamentary constituencies on April 19. To exercise their right to franchise, Tamil cinema cast their votes in Tamil Nadu as polling began for all 39 seats. Tamil superstars including Rajinikanth, Ajith, Dhanush, Vijay Sethupathi, Vijay, Suriya, and Karthi registered their vote.
19 April,2024 04:52 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
