Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh is one of the hotly contested seats, as it has been the stronghold of the Gandhi family and this time Congress has fielded Rahul Gandhi to contest against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dinesh Pratap Singh.
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Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held on May 20, which will cover 49 seats across 6 states and two Union Territories.
The stage is set for interesting battles across eight states and union territories in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls with some seats turning into prestige contests for political dynasties and senior leaders seeking to retain their influence.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Saran seat, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Saturday that if party's any candidate wins, it's the victory of Prime Minister Modi and there is no confusion in it, asserting that all BJP's candidates are PM Modi's candidate.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday attacked the BJP saying that the party wants more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha to get rid of the Constitution and have Manusmriti in its place.
BJP president JP Nadda has hit out over "south mein saaf and north mein haaf'" jibe at the party by some opposition parties and asserted that the BJP will retain its Lok Sabha seats in north India while having a lead over Congress in the southern states.
Kaiserganj's incumbent MP and BJP's strong man Brij Bhushan Singh was not given a ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha election as the former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief has been accused of sexual harassment by six women wrestlers, who had protested against him for a long period last y