Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a scathing critique of governments in south India on Friday while expressing confidence that the BJP's vote share in the south would increase in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections compared to previous polls.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah held a roadshow in Rajasthan's Udaipur on Friday evening. During the roadshow, Shah couldn't resist a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, mocking him over his past predictions of turmoil in Kashmir.
While speaking at a public meeting in the Nurpur city of Himachal Pradesh on Friday, Bhardwaj said, "Congress has an old relationship with corruption, and Congress is the mother of corruption. The BJP's PM Modi has put a lock on Congress' looting system."
Purandeswari claimed that the Jagan Mohan Reddy government had not utilized the funds provided by the central government and had instead indulged in corruption. She also accused the government of not implementing the promises made in its manifesto and of neglecting the welfare of the people.
Tearing into the ruling party in the state on a day when a sitting Congress councillor's daughter was stabbed to death by a collegemate in Hubbali, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi said the letter 'C' in the Congress stands for corruption, criminality, and communal violence.
Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Friday across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories as the mega seven-phase electoral exercise commenced at 7:00 am.
"Polling is taking place on the four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar regarding that I want to make a special request from the voters to cast their votes on 'development, development and development.' With the progressive work done by PM Modi in the last 10 years and the fight that he (PM) picked up
Appealing to the voters to vote in large numbers in the first phase of elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that people must elect a government that has shown determination to free the country from corruption, nepotism, and appeasement while fulfilling its promises.
Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said on Wednesday that the significance of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in re-electing Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India for a third term and in fostering a corruption-free and developed nation.
Toshakhana, a government department tasked with storing gifts bestowed upon rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by foreign heads of state and dignitaries, was at the centre of the case.
"A few days ago, the Prime Minister gave a very long interview to ANI. It was scripted, but it was a flop show. The Prime Minister tried to explain electoral bonds in it. The Prime Minister says that the system of electoral bonds was brought for transparency, to clean politics. If this is t