Three phases have been completed in the ongoing seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. All the seven-phases of voting will end on 19 May, with the results coming out on 23 May.
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PM Modi Addresses Rally in Mumbai, Slams Congress
Addressing an NDA rally in Mumbai, PM Narendra Modi said, “Since Independence, the least number of seats that Congress won was 44, in the 2014 general elections. In the 2019 general elections, Congress is making a record of fighting on the least number of seats ever.”
Mukesh Ambani's Son Seen at PM Modi's Public Rally Venue
Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani was seen at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally venue in Mumbai.
Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Share Stage for First Time After Announcement of Elections
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday called the NYAY scheme a surgical strike on poverty and asserted that the proposed minimum income guarantee programme was not populist but based on sound economics.
Gandhi also sought to allay apprehensions of the middle-class saying he guaranteed that the salaried people will have to pay not a single paisa from their pockets to fund the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) scheme.
Addressing a rally in Bihar’s Samastipur where he shared the stage, for the first time after general elections were announced, with RJD heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, Gandhi also deplored the insulting treatment meted out to Lalu Prasad, the jailed supremo of his alliance partner and warned the BJP-led coalition of a backlash in the polls, reported PTI.
At the rally, Tejashwi was quoted by NDTV as saying, “Please make Rahul ji Prime Minister as not only does he talk about the poor, he also doesn’t have any problem meeting them, unlike our Prime Minister Modi, who has time to attend Priyanka Chopra’s reception but can’t visit a poor man’s home.”
EC Bars West Bengal BJP Leader Mahadev Sarkar from Campaigning for 48 Hrs
The Election Commission has barred Nadia BJP District President Mahadev Sarkar from holding any public meeting, roadshow, public rally and interviews in media in connection with ongoing elections, for 48 hours from 4 pm on 26 April till 4 pm on 28 April.
The poll body has issued a notice to Mahadev Sarkar for violation of the Model Code of Conduct by making statements attacking the personal life of Mahua Moitra (TMC) during a public meeting at Krishnanagar Government College on 22 April.
(Source: ANI)