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General Election 2024 Updates: The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.
In a post on X, the poll panel said a press conference to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections and some state assemblies will be held at 3 pm on Saturday.
The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that.
Last time the Lok Sabha polls were announced on March 10 and held in seven phases beginning April 11. Votes were counted on May 23.
Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa announces that he will contest as an independent candidate from Shimoga Lok Sabha seat
Arindam Roy quits BJD and also resigns from the post of party's general secretary.
–Samajwadi Party declares 6 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha elections: Party
–SP gives Bhadohi seat in UP to Trinamool Congress
Arjun Singh has earlierbacked up his announcement of 'ghar wapsi' to the BJP with a sensational claim that Sandeshkhali's alleged kingpin Shajahan Sheikh owned large tracts of land and other properties in Naihati under active patronage of local TMC MLA Partha Bhowmik.
Bihar cabinet expansion to take place today evening.
In another setback for the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, senior leader Raj Kumar Chabbewal, an MLA from Punjab, announced his departure from the grand old party. Chabbewal made the decision to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), marking a significant shift in his political allegiance.
Alleging BJP's instruction to Income Tax authorities for this action. Kharge stated, "Our nearly Rs 300 crores are frozen. How can we go for elections in this? Our accounts are closed but their accounts are open. Where is the level playing ground? I demand an inquiry at the highest level into this. Unless the truth comes out, their accounts should also be frozen."
Alleging BJP's instruction to Income Tax authorities for this action. Kharge stated, "Our nearly Rs 300 crores are frozen. How can we go for elections in this? Our accounts are closed but their accounts are open. Where is the level playing ground? I demand an inquiry at the highest level into this. Unless the truth comes out, their accounts should also be frozen."
The Congress leveled allegations against the BJP on Friday, asserting that the electoral bonds data has unveiled the party's "corrupt tactics," including quid pro quo, soliciting donations for company protection, kickbacks, and money laundering via shell companies. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh responded to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reported remarks regarding the link between ED/CBI/IT raids on firms and donations through electoral bonds, labeling them as "assumptions." Ramesh challenged Sitharaman to disclose the complete data of donations to political parties, aiming to put an end to the debate.
Ramesh highlighted Sitharaman's dual role in overseeing both the State Bank of India, which administers the Electoral Bond scheme, and the Enforcement Directorate, responsible for implementing the 'Pradhan Mantri Hafta Vasuli Yojana', in a post on X.
The Supreme Court declined to stay the appointments of new election commissioners (ECs) under a 2023 law, which excluded the chief justice of India from the selection panel. Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta, and Augustine George Masih told petitioners who raised concerns about the pre-ponement of a selection meeting to file a separate application highlighting the issue.
The bench refused to stay the appointments made under the 2023 law, stating, "Normally and generally, we do not stay a law by way of an interim order."
The hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the appointment of two ECs under the 2023 law was deferred.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing petitioner Jaya Thakur, argued that there was a clear transgression in the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, following the passing of a judgment.
The Supreme Court has requested a response from the Election Commission regarding a plea filed by the Tamil Nadu-based unrecognised political party, Naam Tamilar Katchi. The plea challenges the allotment of free symbols to unrecognised political parties based on a first-come, first-served basis. A bench consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued a notice to another unrecognised political party that received the poll symbol previously held by Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK).
Earlier, on March 1, the high court had dismissed NTK's petition challenging the allotment of free symbols to unrecognised political parties on a first-come, first-served basis. The court rejected NTK's argument that the Election Symbols Order in this regard was arbitrary and unconstitutional, stating that a contrary view would undermine the fundamental principle of providing free symbols.
Prakash Ambedkar stated that he has not received an invitation to the MVA (Maha VikasAghadi) meeting yet and thus, will not attend it.
AAP requests that the Congress remove their candidates fromSonitpurandDibrugarhin Assam, and withdraws its candidate from the Guwahati Lok Sabha seat.
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