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As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is poised to form the government at the Centre as per the trends, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that it is the result of the hard work of party workers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reacted to remarks from a Pakistani leader supporting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
In a major development in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, which voted for the first time in the Lok Sabha Elections post-Article 370 era on Monday (May 13), the parliamentary constituency has witnessed highest voter turnout of over 35.97 per cent till 7 pm since 1996
Russia claimed that the United States was trying to interfere in India's parliamentary elections and "unbalance" the internal political situation in the country.
In a huge development, Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, covering the largest chunk of 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union Territories, witnessed an encouraging turnout of 64% despite the heatwave
The family of the late Ron Bahadur Thapa, hailing from Phuloguri Nepali Paam in Assam's Sonitpur district, is one of the largest groups participating in the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Apr 10) came to the defence of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai after "joker" jibe by DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and said “insulting words” were used.
In a significant development, the Congress on Sunday dropped Sunil Sharma as its Lok Sabha nominee from Rajasthan’s Jaipur after a controversy erupted over his alleged association with right-wing platform The Jaipur Dialogues
The BJP titled party's theme song for the 2024 General election, 'Tabhi toh sab Modi ko chunte' (That's why people choose Modi). The 'Tabhi Toh Sab Modi Ko Chunte Hai' campaign has emerged organically from among the people and the BJP has adopted it in tune with the feedback about mass sentiment it has gathered.
The government said on Tuesday that it had "busted" eight YouTube channels with a combined subscriber base of roughly 23 million for disseminating fake news such as the announcement of early Lok Sabha polls and the prohibition of electronic voting equipment.
After continuously battling the crisis of EVM credibility amid the Lok Sabha elections, allegedly extending a series of waivers to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, many of the decisions had baffled the observers. EVM manufacturer Bharat Electronics Ltd on Monday ultimately confirmed not a single case of mismatch between EVMs and VVPATs reported in said polls.
As was anticipated.. as it happened..! The nation has once again proved its power as a democracy to choose the best leader serving their needs towards the development and national evolution. Winning over the 17th LS polls and entering into the second term of the extant reigns, PM Modi and the NDA has marked its existence high in the public palate.
Raising up curtains, India goes polling for the fourth phase comprising of 72 parliamentary constituencies spread across nine states. The battle for election and reigning the thrown to become the next political power intensifies with each phase coming along. The spectrum of politics has widened as many popular faces from different fields are entering politics with full-fledged campaigning.
After the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections recording 63.24 per cent of total polling, electioneering has gained momentum for the upcoming fourth phase scheduled on 29th of April. Seventy-one constituencies, spread over nine states, will go to polls in this phase on Monday.
Covering 117 parliamentary constituencies across 15 states and union territories, Election Commission has recorded a considerable rise in voters participation. According to the data released by the Election Commission, it has been noted that the state of Assam has recorded the highest percentage of voting with 60.24%.
Dropping down the curtains, India steps out to participate in ‘Desh ka Maha Tyohaar’, the Lok Sabha elections. The first phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections is underway. 91 seats are in fray across 18 states and two union territories.
As the Lok Sabha elections kick off, nature’s favourite region ‘Northeast’ has signified an electrifying start. The trend of early voting was seen in the north-eastern states where voters turned up early on to cast their vote. With the motto of ‘No Voters be Left Behind’, Northeast took significant steps in ensuring voter’s participation.
While the entire democracy seems to be busy in Lok Sabha polls, the state of Goa for the Panaji Assembly seat, will be stressing at hosting the bypolls along, in the wake of the death of former chief minister Manohar Parrikar. The said contest, for 2 Lok Sabha seats and 3 Assembly seats will take place on 19th of May, as confirmed by a senior poll officer yesterday.
With the motto ‘No Voters to be Left Behind’, Northeast has rolled up its sleeves to participate in ‘Desh ka Maha Tyohaar’. As the state of Meghalaya readies it self for the Lok Sabha Polls to be held on April 11, the Election Commission is going all out to reach every nook and corner of the state to create EVM awareness.
Viewing to accompany in greater satisfaction of voters as well as political parties, the Supreme Court on Monday increased the number of EVM for physical VVPAT counting from one to five per parliamentary constituency.
Coming across a scenario where people talk about intolerance, the impact will however be very vivid among the voters and it is vital to keep it away from the election perspective. To keep things at ease and have a free and fair election environment, the Arunachal Pradesh Catholic Association (APCA) has withdrawn the “prayer to vote”, which it had issued to the Christians of the state to vote for former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki in the Lok Sabha elections.
“As many as 10 lakh voters were added to the electoral rolls across the country last week, including four lakh first timers. All preparations are being made for a smooth conduct of the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha polls, in which over 2,900 candidates are in the fray”, said the Election Commission of India yesterday addressing a press conference over the developments of polling in the nation.
With the same josh as before, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the opposition parties for questioning the defence forces’ about their cross-border operation. Addressing an election rally in Amroha of western Uttar Pradesh, Modi said that whenever India replies to its enemies in their language, ‘some people start crying’.
As the election fever soars high, the election commission offices in state and district authorities have pulled up their socks to create awareness. The state of Jammu and Kashmir is no behind as the District Election Authorities in Leh are adopting innovative ideas to attract Millennium Voters. Sensing their active participation on Social media, Leh DEO has arranged selfie kiosk to propagate polling Participation.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, the second Lok Sabha seat he is contesting apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Having high population of Muslims, the Congress along with its ally the Muslim League strive hard to grab the throne of power in the region.
With the motto of ‘No Voters to Left Behind’, Assam has clinched in a new way to woo voters for participating and that is by decorating the Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express. The Kamakhya-Gandhidham Express is decorated with the message from Election Commission of India(ECI) urging people to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha Election, 2019.
Lok Sabha election, acting as a mystery all over, ends up amusing the masses of local perils, problems, threats and issues. Considering this, reports were out in the earlier week claiming the observations relating to electoral funds, liquor distribution, vote sale and others. Aligning further to this context, it seems like the democracy and the mass life now, itself is at stake..!
Leaving no stones unturned and pitching hard to grab the power in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party aims at transforming the state into Sonar Bangal. Assuring people of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress and Trinamool Congress over their appeasement politics. PM Modi also accused the Congress of breaking the morale of armed forces by asking for proof of air strikes.
In the wake of upcoming 17th General Elections this year, all the states in India have pulled up their socks for being in the extant reigns. Out of the 543 total seats in the lower house of Parliament, the election contesting parties need to be in a majority of 272 seats coming in power up. Scheduled in the seven phases, elections have rolled up the campaigns abide nation challenging various social, economic and cultural development issues.
To curb the use of alcohol to influence voters in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls Delhi’s Excise department has constituted various teams comprising 44 officials at the district level to monitor recordings of CCTV cameras installed at liquor shops, an official said. Another order said that its officials should monitor at least 15 minutes recordings from a warehouse of these liquor shops on a daily basis.
With a galaxy of top leaders, including union ministers and many NDA allies, Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah filed his nomination for the national election from Gandhinagar. Shah, who is contesting the Lok Sabha poll for the first time, has replaced BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani, who had been winning uninterrupted from Gandhinagar since 1998, from the prestigious constituency.
As the dates for election nears, the states have geared up to create awareness among the voters in full swing. Assam is one such state that has been on the forefront by launching various initiatives in creating awareness. Moving ahead, Assam chief electoral officer (CEO), Mukesh Sahu on Thursday launched the Enajori intitative at Janata Bhawan at Dispur in Guwahati.
As far as the Northeast region is concerned, a high-level security review meeting of senior army officials along with the representatives from civil administration and central armed police forces of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh was convened by the Operations Group at Dinjan in Assam on Thursday.
Northeast has always been good to Bharatiya Janata Party and likewise it has proven to be a good omen for the party. In an interesting move, BJP has won two assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh ‘uncontested’. In a major victory, Sir Kento Jini has won uncontested from Alo East constituency and Er Taba Tedir won unopposed from 16 Yachuli Assembly segment in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
While earlier it was filmstars trending for joining politics, this election season, it is the sports personalities trying their hand at it. Weeks ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2019, first Indian woman athlete to win Paralympics medal, Deepa Malik, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
With Lok Sabha elections nearing, the Election Commission (EC) in Manipur has roped in transgender model and actress from Manipur Bishesh Huirem as “State Icon” to inspire voters in Manipur to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Elections throw up a unique and challenging situation in Jammu and Kashmir. While the discussion and anticipation level is the same as the rest of the country, what is different is the security aspect and attempts towards derailment of the process by inimical foreign powers and their stooges. The upcoming Lok Sabha elections, for which the seven phase process in the state has been declared, are no different.
Playing it safe, shutting herself out of the race even before it started, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday ruled herself out of the 2019 Lok Sabha race to allow her to focus on getting the largest share of seats for her alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and beyond.
As the country gears up for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has also buckled up by issuing instructions to strengthen security measures across all airports to curb the movement of unauthorized arms, contraband goods, cash or bullion.
As the days are coming near, the Election Commission is getting very active and vigilant towards conducting a fair election. Holding free and fair elections is one of the biggest challenges facing the Indian democracy due to prevalent “abuse” of money power, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Friday.
In Maharashtra 96000 VVPAT machines will be used in 48 Lok Sabha constituencies and process for training 6 lakh employees to handle these machines has begun. They will be provided training at three levels.
With the announcement for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Church in India got busied in instigating the Dalit Christians against the Narendra Modi government. This was alleged by the Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) Chairman R L Francis.
The BJP parliamentary board met on Friday under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and decided to ally with All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) in Jharkhand ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. BJP will contest 13 seats in Jharkhand while one seat is reserved for AJSU chief Sudesh Mahato.
With the Lok Sabha elections round the land, the issues relating to the EVMs and VVPATs had been on flames. The Election Commission of India underway the authenticity pressures citing the demands of the ballot papers amidst the upheading elections, met some of the party representatives on Monday.
With the Lok Sabha elections just a few months away, the political parties have geared up to woo the citizens of India to set a position at the centre. Focussing on public welfare, people’s demand and reconciling the relations abroad, India has come a long way making a respectable place for itself on the international forum. With developing at a progressive rate, the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will write the future of India with connecting right chords with the audience.
Making every vote count, Manipur gears up for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with much excitement and zeal. For the first time in Manipur, the state will witness transgenders to be voting with their identities in the upcoming 17th Lok Sabha Election. Of the third gender voters, 26 have made it to the final photo electoral roll published by the election commission office Manipur.
Responding to the circulation of fake media reports on 2019 Lok Sabha Polls, Election Commission of India today directed Delhi Chief Electoral Officer to keep a tap on the sensitive content which is being shared on various social media platforms.
Here comes a new blog post from the FM Arun Jaitley elaborating over the need of a decisive Prime Minister..! Who should be India's Prime Minister, Should he be constrained by his rival aspirants who have been reluctantly supporting him out of the general opposition or do India need a Prime Minister with a clear mandate as 2014, pondered Jaitley yesterday at New Delhi.
With the Lok Sabha polls heading this year, the NDA Government is all set to preserve the reigns across the nation backed by the robust campaign. Picking up social media as a grave element of campaigns, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday posted a blog post at Facebook answering the uprising queries regarding the reservation bill for the economically weaker section of the society.
The Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora today reviewed the election preparedness of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in relation to the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Various election related arrangements were reviewed for the smooth and peaceful conduct of elections a free, fair, inclusive, participative and credible manner.
