Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The Shiv Sena (UBT)’s first list of candidates in Maharashtra for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections will be formally declared on March 26, party leader Sanjay Raut said on Monday. The list of the Uddhav Thackeray-led opposition party, a constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the state, will feature up to 16 names, he said. “The Shiv Sena (UBT)’s (first) list will be declared tomorrow (March 26). We will declare candidates for 15-16 seats tomorrow,” the Rajya Sabha MP told reporters.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: “Voting for the Congress party means voting for Rahul Gandhi; voting for BJP means voting for Narendra Modi. Those who love Narendra Modi and believe that India will become Viswaguru will vote for the BJP in this election. Those who believe in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, also know that their future is dark. Even Rahul Gandhi’s future is also dark and his followers’ future is darker,” CM Sarma said while speaking to reporters at Biswanath on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate for Coimbarore constituency, Singai G Ramachandran on Monday filed nomination at district collectrate office in the presence of the district collector and returning officer of Coimbatore, Kranti Kumar Padi.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that the wave of change is visible in Odisha and this time the Bharatiya Janata Party will form government in the eastern Indian state.

Earlier today, Dharmendra Pradhan offered prayers at Shree Jagannath Temple, in Puri.

“It’s my fortune that I prayed here today. People’s faith in PM Modi’s guarantee is increasing day by day. The wave of change is visible in Odisha. I prayed and, surely, this time a double-engine government in Odisha is inevitable,” he said.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: A list of Shiv Sena candidates for Lok Sabha elections will be declared in a day or two, party leader Rahul Shewale said on Monday.

He said discussions have taken place within the Mahayuti alliance and a decision would be taken soon.

“Our Central leadership has decided to field party’s candidates from Bharuch and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seats. Names of candidates will be announced soon. Both Bharuch and Gandhinagar have significant number of Muslim population,” said Gujarat unit All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Sabir Kabliwala, a former MLA.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday accused the BJP of inducing voters by offering a bonus for a poll survey on its website for the ongoing Lok Sabha election, and urged the Election Commission of India to take appropriate action on saffron party.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Union minister Giriraj Singh, who is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha from Begusarai seat, on Monday asserted that the NDA will win all 40 seats in Bihar because of the “credibility” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The voters know that development is the only agenda of the prime minister, he said.

“I am not sure about my credibility. But the credibility of our PM is unparalleled and it is because of him, the NDA will win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, including Begusarai,” Singh told PTI.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Mizoram’s ruling party Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) will launch a campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on April 1, a senior party leader said on Monday.

Polling for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the northeastern state will be held on April 19.

ZPM general secretary Saithuama Mangpa said that the campaign will begin on April 1 with an address by Chief Minister Lalduhoma.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The Congress on Monday declared four more candidates from Rajasthan for the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress gave ticket to Prahlad Gunjal, a former BJP leader who joined the party recently, from Kota to take on BJP candidate and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Former MLA Purna Chandra Sethy on Monday quit the ruling Biju Janata Dal ahead of the assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

The Dalit leader was elected twice from Khallikote assembly seat in Ganjam district from 2009 to 2019.

He sent his resignation letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Speculations within the JD(S) that its state President H D Kumaraswamy is likely to contest from the Mandya Lok Sabha segment, has led to opposition from a section of its workers in Channapatna Assembly constituency that he currently represents. The party’s core committee leaders are likely to meet here on Tuesday to decide on the candidates for Kolar, Hassan and Mandya, the three seats from where the regional party will be contesting, as part of the seat-sharing deal with the BJP.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Vanlalhmuaka, the BJP’s candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram, on Monday called upon the people of the state to change their perception of the saffron party.

He blamed rival parties in Mizoram for projecting BJP as a “communal” and “anti-Christian” party.

The BJP state unit president said that Mizoram should also “learn ways to collaborate with the NDA government at the Centre like other northeastern states to usher in more development”.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Karti Chidambaram, son of veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram, filed his nomination from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat here on Monday. Karti had won from the Sivaganga constituency in 2019 and has been entrusted with the responsibility again for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls on April 19.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Amid reports of some disgruntlement within BJP over ceding Mandya Lok Sabha seat to alliance partner JD(S), Karnataka Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy on Monday claimed BJP leader and former Minister K C Narayana Gowda is in touch with the Congress. “Yes, we have spoken to Narayana Gowda, he is in touch with us. At the earliest he along with several supporters of veteran leader from K R Pete — late Krishna, who were earlier with the Congress and due to various reasons had gone along with Narayana Gowda together, are likely to join us,” Cheluvarayaswamy, who is in-charge Minister of Mandya district, said.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh is doubtful about the political debut of cine star Kangana Ranaut who has been given the BJP ticket from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. The seat is Pratibha Singh’s seat in the outgoing Lok Sabha, however the state Congress Chief has declined to contest the polls.

“We are happy that she too has received an opportunity. But she is a celebrity. What role she plays with her sudden entry into politics will have to be seen,” she said.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) announced on Monday that its convener Hanuman Beniwal will contest the upcoming Lok Sahha elections from Rajasthan’s Nagaur seat as an INDIA bloc candidate.

The Congress, which is also part of the opposition INDIA bloc, on Saturday announced candidates for two more Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan but left Nagaur seat for the RLP.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: In a constituency where Rahul Gandhi won by a margin of over 4 lakh votes in 2019, his rival this time, BJP Kerala chief K Surendran who has been fielded as the party’s candidate for Wayanad, said on Monday that the Congress leader would face “the same outcome as in Amethi”.
“Wayanad is a constituency where there is a development crisis. Rahul Gandhi has done nothing for the constituency. He will meet the same fate in Wayanad as he encountered in Amethi last time,” Surendran said.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: “The people want PM Modi to be Prime Minister again. South Chennai is a constituency with very responsible people and they’re longing for a good parliamentarian. The present MP is not very approachable. I will be very approachable. When I was in a constitutional post, I also used to interact with people. I resigned from the governor’s post because I want to work directly for the people,” Soundararajan told ANI on Monday.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: BJP leader MA Kharabela Swain on Monday announced that he will fight the LS polls from the Balasore seat in Odisha as an Independent candidate.
“I will contest from the Balasore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming election as an Independent candidate. I will campaign in the name of PM Narendra Modi. Let the people decide who is the real BJP,” Swain said in a press conference.

The ground is very favourable for us because people are angry at the incubmenent DMK govt, and the DMK MP who has done nothing for this constituency. Even during 2022 floods, she did not come out of her home so people are angry…People will vote for us and with God’s grace, we will win: Dr J Jayavardhan

There’s a wave of change in Odisha, people want change. How to develop Odisha – especially the youth, farmers and the poor – this will be the issue this time. I am confident that Odisha is moving towards PM Modi this time: Dharmendra Pradhan

Right now the only thing the ED doing that it is harassing the opposition. Those who were threatened by ED join BJP and then ED helps them to wash their sins. DMK as an organisation is strong and our alliance with them is also equally strong. We will get a massive mandate from people this time also: S Jothimani, Congress candidate from Karur, Tamil Nadu

Bharat Chandra Narah, the MLA of Nowboicha in Assam’s Lakhimpur district, resigned from the Congress on Monday, after his wife did not get ticket for the general elections. Read more

She is the first woman to have been nominated by the saffron party for Lok Sabha polls from the coastal state. Read more about her here.

Ahead of the general elections, Karnataka mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy returns to the BJP, and merges his Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha with the saffron outfit.

This is the second innings of my political career. The BJP has shown trust in me, and fielded me from Kurukshetra. I thank PM Modi for this: Naveen Jindal, who resigned from Congress on Sunday and joined BJP.

The saffron party has picked Surendran, its Kerala unit chief, to take on Gandhi, the sitting MP, on the seat. Read more

Manik Saha campaigns for BJP in Bamutia ahead of the general elections.

The PM wanted a Congress-mukt Bharat. Instead he has made a Corrupt-mukt Congress by deploying so many washing machines along with the ED and the CBI to force corrupt Congressmen to flee to his embrace!: Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP

The Election Commission should appoint a special observer and police observer. The police are functioning as a cadre of the ruling party – Trinamool Congress. It’s a horrible situation, post-poll violence and panchayat election like situation has been started by the TMC goons: Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition, West Bengal

The INDI alliance is intact, not on Earth, but perhaps on the Moon and Sun. Here, we have not seen the presence of many parties, such as the TMC and Janata Dal (United). So, with our normal eyes, we cannot see the INDI alliance. However, it (the opposition bloc) might be on the Sun or Moon, and so we cannot see it with naked eyes: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Heartfelt gratitude to Shri Narendra Modi ji and the election committee for making me the candidate from Meerut, and giving me such a big responsibility. I will make every effort to fully live up to the trust of the: Arun Govil

Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPK) founder and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy will rejoin the BJP at 10 am on Monday.

“Today I had a meeting with our party leaders. To see PM Modi as the prime minister once again, we are joining the BJP. I have been working for the BJP since the age of 25 when Lal Krishna Advani carried out the Rath Yatra,” Reddy told reporters a day ago.