West Bengal Congress led by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been at the odds with Banerjee government in the state despite Congress’s top leadership taking a softer stance towards the Bengal government.
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UP Lok Sabha Chunav 2024: CM Yogi Appeals For Ramesh Awasthi`s Victory In Kanpur Rally
Addressing a rally in Kidwai Nagar, CM Yogi appealed to people to make BJP candidate from Kanpur Ramesh Awasthi victorious.
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Haryana Political Crisis: Dushyant Chautala`s JJP Faces Split As 4 MLAs Meet BJP`s ML Khattar
Four JJP MLAs purportedly convened with former Haryana CM Khattar to address the ongoing political crisis in the state.
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`Namaskar Modi Ji, Thoda Sa Ghabra Gaye Kya?`: Rahul Gandhi`s Counter Attack On PM`s `Ambani-Adani` Remark
Rahul Gandhi was responding to Prime Minister Modi’s remarks made during an election rally in Karimpur.
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Big Setback For BJP In Haryana; Nayab Saini Govt Loses Majority After 3 Independent MLAs Withdraw Support
The three MLAs are Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder.
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Phase-3 Campaigning Ends; Fate Of Over 1300 Candidates From 93 Lok Sabha Seats To Be Sealed On May 7; Check Key Candidates |
Lok Sabha Chunav 2024: In the third and another crucial phase for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, a total of 93 seats are going to the polls. While a total of 94 seats was to go to the polls in the phase 3, voting was not needed for Surat as the BJP candidate got elected unopposed. However, the Betul seat of Madhya Pradesh is going to polls in the third phase after polling was earlier postponed due to death of a candidate. Also, the voting for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat was also postponed to May 26, thus, 93 seats are up for grab in this phase. The 93 seats are spread across 10 states and 1 union territory.
Key Poll Planks
In the third phase the BJP-led NDA and the INDIA bloc of Congress fiercely attacked each other making muslim reservations, constitution and sexual harassment charges against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna issues to woo the voters. While the Congress accused the BJP of favouring a sexual abuse offender and trying to change the constituion, the saffron party has slammed the Congress for providing religion-based reservation to Muslims from the quota of SC/ST/OBCs.
High-Stakes For BJP
The stakes are significantly high for the BJP in this phase because the party had in 2019 won majority of these seats including clean sweep in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, Congress is looking to make a big dent in these seats by promising several freebies and financial aids.
A total of 25 (out of 26) seats in Gujarat, 11 seats in Maharashtra, 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, remaining 14 of the 28 in Karnataka, seven in Chhattisgarh, eight in Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar, four each in Assam and West Bengal, and all two in Goa are going to the polls in Phase 3 on May 7. The Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2 seats) will also go to polls in the third phase.
Phase-3 Key Candidates And Constituencies
Of the over 1300 candidates, the bigwigs include Union ministers Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna, Mansukh Mandaviya from Porbandar, Parshottam Rupala from Rajkot, Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad, SP Singh Baghel from Agra, Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha, Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh, Basavaraj Bommai from Haveri, Badruddin Ajmal from Dhubri, Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj, Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri, Ram Gopal Yadav’s son Akshaya Yadav from Firozabad, Aditya Yadav from Budaun, as well as Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar from Baramati.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress Picks Jay Narayan Patnaik As Suchitra Mohanty Pulls Out Of Race In Puri |
Bhubaneswar: Congress on Saturday night named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race, claiming that the party denied her funds for her campaign.
In a statement issued by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, the party said its president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the candidature of Patnaik in place of Mohanty.
Sucharita Mohanty, the daughter of former Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty, in a mail to Venugopal on Friday claimed that her campaign was hit hard because the party denied her funding.
She alleged that Congress in-charge of the state Ajoy Kumar “categorically” asked her to fight from her own resources.
“I was a salaried professional journalist who entered electoral politics 10 years ago. I have given all I have into my campaign in Puri. I tried a public donation drive to support my campaign for progressive politics without much success so far. I also tried to cut down the projected campaign spending to the minimum,” she said.
Mohanty said that she approached all senior leaders of the party for funds.
“It is clear that only fund crunch is holding us back from a winning campaign in Puri. I regret that without party funding, it won’t be possible to carry out the campaign in Puri. I, therefore, return the party ticket for the Puri Lok Sabha constituency herewith,” she said in her mail.
However, Mohanty said she will remain a loyal Congress worker.
Later, she told reporters that in assembly segments under the Puri Lok Sabha constituency, weak candidates were given tickets by the Congress.
“BJP and BJD are sitting on mountains of money. Vulgar displays of wealth are everywhere. It was difficult for me to fight the election,” she said.
Reacting to her claims, Kumar said, “Funds will be provided to a candidate when the candidate launches the campaign and seriously fights at the ground.”
The BJP has fielded its national spokesperson Sambit Patra in Puri, while the BJD candidate is ex-IPS Arup Patnaik, a former Mumbai Police commissioner. Puri will vote on May 25.
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Ex-Congress Indore Nominee Who Joined BJP Denied Bail In 17-Year-Old Murder Case |
An Indore sessions court on Saturday denied BJP politician Akshay Kanti Bam and his father anticipatory bail on Friday in an attempt-murder case involving a 17-year-old, citing no possibility the accused would be taken into custody. In a major setback for the Congress in Indore, its candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew from the race on April 29, the deadline for withdrawal of nominations, and joined the BJP.
After considering both parties’ submissions, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Sharma dismissed Bam and his father Kantilal’s application for anticipatory bail. “There is no apprehension of arrest of the accused in this case, therefore, the provisions of Section 438 CrPC are not applicable,” the judge said.”
The Additional Sessions Judge also said that in the current circumstances of the case, the accused should appear in court and participate in the advance proceedings, and if necessary, they can file an application for regular bail in the case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
A first class judicial magistrate (JMFC) of Indore had on April 24 ordered the addition of Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code in the FIR lodged against Bam and his father for assaulting a man 17 years ago over a land dispute, on the plea of the victim’s side. The magistrate had also ordered the father-son duo to appear before the sessions court on May 10.
Barely five days after this order, Bam took the step of withdrawing his name as the Congress candidate from Indore. The application, on which Bam’s legal troubles have increased, was filed on April 5, just 13 days after his candidature was announced as the Congress candidate from Indore on March 23.
According to police officials, a FIR was filed against Bam, his father Kantilal, and others on October 4, 2007, for attacking a man named Yunus Patel over a land dispute. The FIR was filed under sections 294 (obscenity), 323 (voluntarily causing harm), 506 (criminal intimidation), and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he stated.
Patel claims that during the incident, Satvir Singh, the operator of a security agency, fired at him with a 12-bore gun at the request of Akshay’s father, Kantilal. Satvir Singh, the accused, later died.
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Gujarat Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting Timing, Key Candidates And Phase-3 Polling Constituencies |
New Delhi: Gujarat is all set to polls for its 25 Lok Sabha seats in phase 3 on May 7 and counting for all will take place on June 4. The third phase of Lok Sabha Polls is going to take place on May 7 in 10 states and 2 Union territories including a total of 94 constituencies. The counting for all the seats will take place on June 4. The states going to polls in phase 3 are Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa and Gujarat.
Gujarat consist total of 26 Lok Sabha seats where the Surat Lok Sabha seat is already secured by the BJP after the disqualification of a Congress candidate and the withdrawal of an independent candidate from Surat COnstituency.
The voting for all these seats will be held between 7 AM to 6 PM. The counting for all the votes will take place on June 4.
Gujarat Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Key candidates and constituencies phase -3
Kachchh: Vinodbhai Lakhmashi Chavda (BJP-NDA) vs Nitishbhai Lalan (INC-INDIA)
Banaskantha: Rekhaben Hiteshbhai Chaudhary (BJP-NDA)- Geniben Thakor (INC-INDIA)
Patan: Bharatsinhji Dabhi (BJP-NDA) vs Chandanji Thakor (INC-INDIA)
Mahesana: Haribhai Patel (BJP-NDA) vs Ramji Thakor (INC-INDIA)
Sabarkantha: Shobhnaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya (BJP-NDA) vs Tushar Chaudhary (INC-INDIA)
Gandhinagar: Amit Shah (BJP-NDA) vs Sonal Patel (INC-INDIA)
Ahmedabad East: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel (BJP-NDA) vs Rohan Gupta (INC-INDIA)
Ahmedabad West: Dineshbhai Kodarbhai (BJP-NDA) vs Bharat Makwana (INC-INDIA)
Surendranagar: Chandubhai Chhaganbhai Shihora (BJP-NDA) vs Rutvikbhai Makwana (INC-INDIA)
Rajkot: Parshottam Rupala (BJP-NDA) vs Paresh Kumar Dhiraj Lal Dhanani (INC-INDIA)
Porbandar: Mansukhbhai Mandaviya (BJP-NDA) vs Lalitbhai Vasoya (INC-INDIA)
Jamnagar: Poonamben Maadam (BJP-NDA) vs Jp Marvia (INC-INDIA)
Junagadh: Rajeshbhai Chudasama (BJP-NDA) vs Hirabhai Jotva (INC-INDIA)
Amreli: Bharatbhai Manubhai Sutariya (BJP-NDA) vs Jennyben Thummar (INC-INDIA)
Bhavnagar: Nimuben Bambhania (BJP-NDA) vs Umesh Makwana (AAP-INDIA)
Anand: Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel (BJP-NDA) vs
Kheda: Devusinh Chauhan (BJP-NDA) vs Kalusinh Dabhi (INC-INDIA)
Panchmahal: Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadhav (BJP-NDA) vs Gulabsinh Chauhan (INC-INDIA)
Dahod: Jasvantsinh Bhabhor (BJP-NDA) vs Prabha Kishor Taviad (INC-INDIA)
Vadodara: Hemang Yogeshchandra Joshi (BJP-NDA) vs Jashpalsinh Padhiyar (INC-INDIA)
Chhota Udaipur: Jashubhai Rathwa (BJP-NDA) vs Sukhram Rathva (INC-INDIA)
Bharuch: Mansukhbhai Vasava (BJP-NDA) vs Chaitarbhai Damjibhai Vasava (AAP-INDIA)
Bardoli: Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava (BJP-NDA) vs Siddharth Chaudhary (INC-INDIA)
Navsari: C.r. Patil (BJP-NDA) vs Naishadh Desai (INC-INDIA)
Valsad: Ananthbhai Patel (INC-INDIA)
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Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting Timing, Key Candidates And Phase-3 Polling Constituencies |
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh is all set to conduct polls in phase 3 on May 7 for its 10 Lok Sabha seats. The polls for 16 parliamentary constituencies are already done in Phase 1 and Phase 2. On May 7, polls for Lok Sabha Elections phase 3 will be conducted in 10 states and 2 Union territories including a total of 94 constituencies. The counting for all the seats will take place on June 4. The states that are also going to polls in phase 3 are Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Bihar, Goa and Gujarat.
The voting for these seats will be held between 7 AM to 6 PM and the counting of votes will take place on June 4.
Uttar Pradesh has a total of 80 Lok sabha seats, where 8 have polled in phase 1 and 8 have polled in phase 2 on April 19 and April 26. This time the state is all set to hold polling for other 10 constituencies including Mainpuri, Sambhal, Hathras, Agra and others.
Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Key candidates and constituencies phase -3
Sambhal: Parameshvar Lal Saini (BJP-NDA) vs Shafiqur Rahman Barq (SP-INDIA)
Hathras: Anoop Valmiki (BJP-NDA) vs Jasvir Valmiki (SP-INDIA)
Agra: S.P Singh Baghel (BJP-NDA) vs Suresh Chand Kardam (SP-INDIA)
Fatehpur Sikri: Rajkumar Chahar (BJP-NDA) vs Ramnath Sikarwar (INC-INDIA)
Firozabad: Thakur Vishwadeep Singh (BJP-NDA) vs Akshay Yadav (SP-INDIA)
Mainpuri: Jaiveer Singh Thakur (BJP-NDA) vs Dimple Yadav (SP-INDIA)
Etah: Rajveer Singh (BJP-NDA) vs Devesh Shakya (SP-INDIA)
Badaun: Durvijay Singh Shakya (BJP-NDA) vs Aaditya Yadav (SP-INDIA)
Aonla: Dharmendra Kashyap (BJP-NDA) vs Neeraj Maurya (SP-INDIA)
Bareilly: Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar (BJP-NDA) vs Praveen Singh Aron (SP-INDIA)