Citing her determination, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said if her party can end 34-year rule of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the state, her party has the capability to defeat the BJP in the country.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab, Sibin C, announced on Monday that a total of 209 nominations have been filed for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab on the last second day of filing nominations in the state.
Congress leader and candidate from Rae Bareli, Rahul Gandhi on Monday paid tribute to former Prime Minister and his grandmother Indira Gandhi before arriving in Rae Bareli for the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign.
Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan, held a roadshow on Monday along with BJP Athamallik assembly candidate Sanjeev Sahoo at Boinda under Athamallik assembly constituency in Angul
Eighteen candidates, including Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Singh Thakur, filed their nomination papers on Monday for either Lok Sabha elections or Assembly by-polls in Himachal Pradesh, which will be held on June 1.
Irani met shopkeepers and people while campaigning at Amethi Bazar and appealed to them to exercise their franchise. The Union Minister was also offered lassi from the Ashrafi Lal Lassi Corner, which she visited in 2021.
"ASI Mahendra Singh (55) years old, a BSF soldier, resident of Uttarakhand's Garwal posted at STC Sakugara under 195 battalion, was declared dead after suffering from chest pain while he was on election duty at a booth in Birbhum district," the security forces said.
Mentioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign, RJD candidate from Saran Lok Sabha seat, Rohini Acharya referred to the PM as uncle and urged him to campaign for her.
Renowned filmmaker SS Rajamouli, known for his magnum opus 'Baahubali' series, flew from Dubai to Hyderabad to cast his vote in the ongoing Telangana Lok Sabha elections.
About 62.31 per cent voter turnout was recorded as of 5 pm across the 96 constituencies in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).