Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday expressed confidence in his party's victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and said that INDIA bloc government will be formed and Congress will win both Amethi and Raebareli seats with a huge majority.
The BJP fielded Piyush Goyal against Congress' Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North seat that is going to polls on 20 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election.
"Earlier, there were governments that did not trust the capabilities of Indians...I have seen Prime Ministers who called Indians lazy from the Red Fort...PMs with such a mentality cannot develop India," PM Modi said.
"On one hand, Modi has a report card of 10 years and a roadmap for the next 25 years. On the other hand, you have INDI Alliance: Where there are as many parties that many promises, as many PM candidates as many parties," PM Modi said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that if the INDIA bloc is elected to power in Delhi, it will remove the NRC, CAA, and Uniform Civil Code.
The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a BJP candidate for his remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing a public meeting held on May 15 in Haldia.
As the political atmosphere heats up in Maharashtra, NCP state president (Ajit Pawar faction) Sunil Tatkare on Friday expressed confidence that the NDA would triumph in the Lok Sabha polls.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday hit out at BJP leaders including Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over their remarks of making Odisha number one state in the country, saying this makes "people of Odisha laugh" as same promise has been made in other states.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file its response on an application seeking direction to immediately upload accounts of votes recorded at all polling stations after the close of polling of each phase in the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hit back at the opposition for accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of destroying democracy and reminded the Congress of the Emergency of 1975 when the fundamental rights of citizens were suspended.