As per the sources, by the end of May 30th, the department had seized approximately Rs 1100 crore worth of cash and jewellery, marking a 182 per cent increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Sandeep Deshpande lashed out at Uddhav Thackeray and said that the Marathi people are well aware of how they were betrayed and trapped during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
BJP has fielded Aparajita Sarangi from Bhubaneshwar against BJD's Manmath Routray. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Sarangi defeated Arup Mohan Patnaik from BJD.
The Mahbubnagar Constituency in Telangana will see a replay of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as the three major parties--Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samiti have fielded the same candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The seizures of cash, ornaments, liquor and psychotropic drugs even before notification have surpassed the level of the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Giving the information here today, the Chief Electoral Officer, Maneesh Garg, stated that the seizures amounting to Rs. 13.38 crore in four
Rahul Gandhi, who is MP from Wayanad in Kerala and is re-contesting from the seat, lost from Amethi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls to Union Minister Smriti Irani. Rahul Gandhi had won the seat, also a Gandhi family stronghold, three times in a row till 2019.
BJD leader VK Pandian, who is a close aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has expressed confidence that his party will sweep the assembly polls in the state and get more seats compared to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP has once again reposed faith in its incumbent MP, Vijay Baghel, who, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, won the Durg seat by a margin of around four lakh votes by trouncing its Congress rival Pratima Chandrakar. This time, the Congress has fielded Rajendra Sahu.