LIVE Lok Sabha Election 2024 Updates: Modi To Leave For Kanyakumari To Meditate Amid Row

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE Updates: The seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024 is set to take place on June 1, Saturday. Today is the second-last day of campaigning for political parties before the Lok Sabha election 2024 comes to an end, and the results are declared on June 4.

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30 May 2024, 11:11:14 am IST

Punjab Lok Sabha Election 2024: State Congress Chief Rules Out Alliance With AAP

Here’s what Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said on Congress not being in alliance with AAP in Punjab.

“Party’s state union has already told that we will not make an alliance with AAP in Punjab and our party respected this decision of ours. We cannot compromise with them (AAP).”

 30 May 2024, 10:32:33 am IST

LIVE Lok Sabha Election 2024: Modi To Leave For Kanyakumari To Meditate Amid Row

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday embark on a near two-day meditation exercise at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial here, and the district has come under a thick security blanket following the high profile event.

All arrangements, including heavy security, are in place for Modi’s 45-hour stay at the famed, mid-sea memorial, named after the revered Hindu saint.

The PM had undertaken a similar exercise in a Kedarnath cave after the 2019 poll campaign.

As the meditation coincides with the silence period ahead of the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on June 1, opposition Congress and DMK have expressed reservation and moved the Election Commission against the PM’s spiritual sojourn. (PTI)

30 May 2024, 09:57:01 am IST

LIVE Lok Sabha Election 2024: ‘INDIA Bloc To Pick PM Within 48 Hrs, After ‘Decisive Mandate’, Says Congress

The INDIA bloc will get a “decisive mandate” in the Lok Sabha polls and may take even less than 48 hours to decide on its prime ministerial pick, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday, asserting that it stands to reason that the party which gets the maximum seats in the alliance will be a “natural claimant” for its leadership.

In an interview with PTI on the last day of campaigning for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the Congress general secretary exuded confidence that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will get seats “well above” the 272-mark needed for a majority in the Lower House.

Those parties that have ‘imaandaari (honesty)’ and ‘insaniyat (humanity)’, but are in the NDA, will join the INDIA parties, he said. (PTI)

 30 May 2024, 09:54:44 am IST

LIVE Lok Sabha Election 2024: ’19 Days Gone, Rahul Gandhi’s Debate Invitation To Outgoing PM Remains Unanswered,’ Says Congress

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not responding to Rahul Gandhi’s debate invitation. In a tweet, he stated, “19 days have passed since Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter accepting the invitation to debate with the outgoing Prime Minister. The so-called 56-inch chest has not yet gathered the courage to accept the invitation.”

Ramesh reiterated his point, saying, “Day 19 of Rahul Gandhi’s letter accepting an invitation to debate the outgoing Prime Minister. The 56-inch chest has not yet mustered the courage to accept the invite.”

He concluded his tweet with the hashtag #DaroMat.

 30 May 2024, 08:39:24 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: ‘Agniveer Scheme Introduced To Avoid Pension To Soldiers,’ Says Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led Centre over the Agniveer scheme, saying that the short-term military recruitment scheme was primarily introduced to avoid giving pension to soldiers.

Addressing a press conference here, the former Union minister said that the government is sending young recruits to the borders after just six months of training and then leaving them unemployed after four years.

“This approach risks ruining the global reputation of our army and is driven by a desire to balance the government’s accounts rather than ensuring national security,” he claimed.

 30 May 2024, 08:19:45 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: ‘India To Get Another Five Years Of Stability After PM Modi’s Re-Election,’ Says Indian-American Author

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 10 years of rule has focused on development, an influential Indian-American author has said, hoping that a third term for him would give India another five years of stability and provide him an opportunity to address some of the major challenges facing the country.

“India can courageously counter all this (challenges being faced from outside the country). The reason India can counter all this is because of the Modi government. Despite all the things that people claim, argue and criticise, the fact is that they’ve delivered development. A lot more development is needed but they have delivered,” Princeton-based Indian-American author Rajiv Malhotra told PTI in an interview.

“Snake in the Ganga: Breaking India 2.0” is his latest book.

 30 May 2024, 07:52:44 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: ‘JMM-Led Alliance Patronising Forces Indulging In ‘Love Jihad, ‘Land Jihad’ In Jharkhand’, Says JP Nadda

BJP president JP Nadda on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand, accusing it of patronising forces indulging in “love jihad”, “land jihad” and “infiltration jihad”.

Addressing an election rally in Deoghar, Nadda alleged that forces supported by the state’s ruling coalition were committing atrocities on tribal women and grabbing their land.

“The government which came to power on issues such as ‘jal, jungle, jameen’ (water, forest and land) indulged in patronising forces active in land jihad and love jihad. They are manipulating tribal girls… It (government) is patronising jihad by infiltrators. Sand and land loot is at its peak. Do you want such a government to continue?” he said. (PTI)

 30 May 2024, 07:25:17 am IST

In Other News: Prajwal Revanna Books Munich-Bengaluru May 30 Flight

Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse charges, has reportedly booked a return flight ticket to Karnataka’s Bengaluru from Munich In Germany for May 30. Prajwal Revanna on Wednesday also moved a Special Court in Bengaluru seeking anticipatory bail in a rape case registered against him.

According to sources in the Special Investigation Team cited in a news agency PTI report, the grandson of JDS supremo and former prime minister of India HD Deve Gowda is expected to land in Bengaluru in the small hours of May 31.

The SIT is maintaining vigil at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda airport to arrest him as soon as he lands, the above mentioned sources said.

 30 May 2024, 07:17:01 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Arvind Kejriwal On Alliance With Congress ‘We Are Not In Permanent Marriage’

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the political alliance with Congress, as part of the INDIA bloc, is temporary, stating that they only came together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this Lok Sabha election.

“It’s not like we have married. This is not an arranged or love marriage. We have come together to save the country and fight this election till June 4,” Kejriwal said in an interview.

The AAP chief stated that the aim is to defeat the BJP for now and end the “dictatorship and gundagardi of the present regime”.

 30 May 2024, 07:11:09 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting Dates

The voting for Lok Sabha elections 2024 is taking place in seven phases and started on April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. While voting for Phase 1 took place on April 19, the Phase 7 voting will take place on June 1.

Phase 1/April 19 – 21 states/UTs – 102 constituencies

Phase 2/April 26 – 13 states/UTs – 88 constituencies

Phase 3/May 7 – 12 states/UTs – 12 constituencies

Phase 4/May 13 – 10 states/UTs – 96 constituencies

Phase 5/May 20 – 8 states/UTs – 49 constituencies

Phase 6/May 25 – 7 states/UTs – 57 constituencies

Phase 7/June 1 –  8 states/UTs – 57 constituencies

Lok Sabha Elections Full Schedule Here

 30 May 2024, 07:06:23 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Tells EC ‘Ensure PM’s Kanyakumari Trip Doesn’t Violate Model Code’

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announced to meditate at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari from May 30 to June 1, the Congress on Wednesday submitted a complaint to Election Commission of India, demanding that it (the trip) should either be postponed or its broadcast be banned in view of rules under the Model Code of Conduct for elections.

Speaking to mediapersons after submitting the complaint, Singhvi said, “We told the ECI that no one is allowed to campaign directly or indirectly during the silence period. We have no issue with some person or leader doing anything… someone observing a vow of silence. But there should be no indirect campaigning during the silence period. The honourable prime minister has announced that he will go on a silence vow from May 30 evening… you know that the period of silence starts from May 30 morning 7 am, and it will continue till June 1.”

 30 May 2024, 06:51:43 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Updates: Cong Attacks PM Modi Over Remarks On Mahatma Gandhi

The Congress on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that the “world did not know of Mahatma Gandhi till the film ‘Gandhi’ was made” and said those whose “ideological ancestors” were involved in Gandhi’s assassination can never follow the path of truth shown by him.

Here’s who said what

-Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “I don’t know in which world the outgoing prime minister lives where Mahatma Gandhi was not recognised across the world before 1982. If anyone has destroyed the legacy of the Mahatma, it is the outgoing prime minister himself.

-Rahul Gandhi said that those who follow Nathuram Godse’s path of violence cannot understand Gandhi.

“Those whose ideological ancestors along with Nathuram Godse were involved in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, can never follow the path of truth given by Bapu.

-Congress leader P Chidambaram said he was appalled by the prime minister’s comment.

“Has Mr Modi heard of the name Albert Einstein? Does Mr Modi know what Albert Einstein said of Mahatma Gandhi? Did Albert Einstein (died 1955) know about Mahatma Gandhi only after the film ‘Gandhi’ was released (1982),” he asked.

 30 May 2024, 06:44:13 am IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Campaign To End Today

Campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections will enter its final stage today. The campaign for 57 constituencies in seven states and one union territory which will go to polls on June 1 will end today. 904 candidates including PM Modi are contesting at this stage.

Voting will take place in constituencies across Uttar Pradesh (13 seats), Bihar (8 seats), Punjab (13 seats), Jharkhand (3 seats), Chandigarh (1 seat), West Bengal (9 seats), Odisha (6 seats), and Himachal Pradesh (4 seats).

June 1 marks the end of the polling process, which started from the first phase on April 19.

 30 May 2024, 06:44:13 am IST

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Courtesy : Outlook India

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