In a bid to retain the sitting seat, the BJP has fielded 26/11 special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, replacing two-time MP Poonam Mahajan against Congress' Varsha Gaikwad from Maharashtra's Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat.
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Chandauli, Mahendra Nath Pandey exuded confidence of BJP's victory in the upcoming elections, sidelining all claims by the opposition.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has made a strong pitch for people to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections, saying he does not miss exercise any day of the year and will not miss the opportunity to vote on May 20
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.