"295 companies of central forces are coming...State Armed Forces are also being deployed...till now we have recovered Rs 70 crore in cash and liquor worth Rs 40 crore, and we have recovered gold and silver as well, we have made recoveries worth Rs 269 crore," said Chief Election Commissioner
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.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday said that Samajwadi Party will not win a single seat out of the 80 constituencies in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
Munger, one of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies, is considered to be the stronghold of Janata Dal (United) sitting MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, who could face the anti-incumbency factor but this has been dampened by the RJD's controversial choice of candidate.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is in Ladakh for a poll campaign, said on Saturday that this time the party needs to work hard for the BJP candidate as certain misunderstandings have been spread.
The campaigning for Phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections which will see voting on 96 constituencies, ended on Saturday. A total of 1,717 candidates from 10 States/UTs will contest the elections in this phase.
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments relating to the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, BJD on Saturday said he comes to give booster dose to state BJP leaders as they as they do not have hope of coming to power but "even booster dose will not help
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Saturday that an INDIA bloc government will be formed at the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party will be a part of it, following which Delhi will be accorded full statehood.
YS Vijayalakshmi, the mother of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and APCC chief YS Sharmila, has appealed to the people of Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency to cast their votes in favour of her daughter in the upcoming elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly not answering questions about the lack of basic amenities in the national capital and the problems faced by people because of that.