"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 people in the region have brought to my knowledge that the Samajwadi Party has brought in anti-social elements, including those from a particular community, from outside Kannauj and the state, with the intention to carry out terrorist activities. Many vehicles and people have come in
Notably, the Congress has fielded KLSharma, replacing Rahul Gandhi, on the last day of filing nominations in Amethi on May 3. Gandhi who has been wining from Amethi since 2004, lost to Irani in 2019 parliamentary polls. The Congress has fielded the former Amethi MP from Raebareli.
Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday confidently claimed that the BJP won't secure a victory in Odisha for the next decade.
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.
Cabinet Minister Rohit Thakur held a meeting on Saturday in Shimla and declared that the Congress party will win all 10 seats, including six Assembly by-elections and four parliamentary seats, as the party prepares for polls in Himachal Pradesh.
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