Politics

Considered to be the political nerve centre of Kerala, the Thiruvananthapuram seat is locked in a three-way contest between sitting MP and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, BJP leader and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and CPI's Panniyan Raveendran

Mysore falls in the Old Mysuru region where BJP had earlier struggled to make inroads. This time around, the party has established an alliance with JD(S), with hopes to attract support from the dominant Vokkaliga community

Training his guns on the INDIA bloc, PM Modi said that the opposition parties in the alliance 'do not have a leader in the present or a vision for the future and have been at the centre of several scams'

In a satirical social media post, Thakur responded to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee's constant stance against 'Saffron'

Shergill also taunted the grand old party questioning its ability to win even 40 seats in the Lok Sabha polls and expressed confidence that PM Narendra Modi would secure a third term as Prime Minister.

Shah was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel when he submitted the nomination papers to Gandhinagar collector and district election officer in the state capital

West Bengal Election 2024 Phase 1 Voting LIVE: PM Modi addressed public meetings in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar while TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and party leader Abhishek Banerjee also held several rallies and roadshows in these places

The incident occurred during former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's rally in Jamui constituency

Virudhanagar will vote in phase 1 of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19 and results will be declared on June 4

The key candidates for the seat this time, which will have polling on April 19 in the first round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, are Kanhaiya Lal Meena of the BJP and Murari Lal Meena of the Congress

Polling for the 543 seats for electing the 18th Lok Sabha will be held in seven phases. The votes will be counted on June 4.

The former deputy chief minister remarked while referring to the absence of Kumar, the JD(U) president, from rallies addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gaya and Purnea earlier in the day

He also stated that about 100 Congress workers have joined the BJP along with him and cadres of the Aam Aadmi Party too have switched to the saffron party

Several political parties from the INDIA bloc had approached the poll panel seeking its intervention in the alleged misuse of probe agencies by the government to target their leaders over graft

Among the BJP’s other major promises is expanding Ayushman Bharat to elderly persons above the age of 70 years, including those belonging to the middle classes, with free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh

Amid many other party leaders jumping ship and joining the BJP before the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, Nisha Bangre said she was open to joining the ruling party too