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April 10, 2024 07:52 am | Updated 01:00 pm IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Vellore, on April 10, 2024.
W<\/span>ith only ten days to go for polling for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, political parties are conducting several rallies across India to win votes. Here\u2019s the poll schedule<\/a><\/strong>
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s election rally near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore, Congress<\/a> general secretary Jairam Ramesh told the BJP is trying to impose its will on the people. In a post on X, he raised several key issues affecting the State.
Mr. Modi is in Tamil Nadu today. After conducting a massive road show in Chennai on April 9, he is scheduled to campaign for his party\u2019s candidates in Coimbatore. He will campaign for Union Minister L. Murugan (Nilgiris constituency), K. Annamalai (Coimbatore) A.P. Muruganandam (Tiruppur), K. Vasantha Rajan (Pollachi) and others. This will be his third public meeting in the Kongu region.
Also Read: Modi\u2019s Chennai roadshow \u2013 yet another reflection of the BJP\u2019s \u2018southern push\u2019<\/a><\/strong>
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra, has finally sealed its seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha election<\/a> on April 9. As part of the agreement,Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest in 21 seats, the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar) will contest 10 seats while the Congress will get 17 seats.\u00a0
Meanwhile, the Congress announced the names of six Lok Sabha and 12 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on April 9. According to the list released by the party, Pulusu Satyanarayana Reddy (Visakhapatnam) Vegi Venkatesh (Anakapalle), Lavanya Kavuri (Eluru), Garnepudi Alexander Sudhakar (Narasaraopet), Koppula Raju (Nellore) and Chinta Mohan (Tirupati) will contest the Lok Sabha polls.\u00a0
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) began its door-to-door drive under its \u201cJail ka Jawab Vote se\u201d campaign on April 9 to garner support for arrested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal<\/a> and the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Meanwhile, The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered the withdrawal of 50 companies (each company has around 100 personnel) of CAPFs, mainly drawn from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Border Security Force (BSF), from the violence-hit State. The two Lok Sabha seats in the violence-hit State will witness polling on April 19 and April 26. Also read: MHA orders withdrawal of 50 companies of Central forces from Manipur<\/a><\/strong>
Here are the live updates.
The Kerala High Court has asked the ED not to summon former Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, the LDF\u2019s candidate in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency, for questioning in connection with a case of FEMA violations during the floating of masala bond by KIIFB till the Lok Sabha elections are over.\u00a0
When his petition came up for hearing, Justice T.R. Ravi observed that since the petitioner is contesting the elections, he should not be troubled with summons for questioning during the election period.
The court, after going through the files submitted by the ED, observed that Mr. Isaac needs to provide an explanation for some of the end-use transactions of funds received by way of the masala bond. It observed that if the ED wanted to investigate these transactions, it should be done after the elections. Read the story here.<\/a><\/strong>
The Communist Party of India (CPI), All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) are all contesting in Tiruppur. Here\u2019s a look at voters\u2019 demands and the issues plaguing the constituency.
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Tiruppur knitwear industry crisis dominates election issues, with joblessness, pollution, and industrial development concerns in focus.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) has released its third list of candidates <\/a>for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Shashikant Shinde (Satara), Shriram Patil (Raver) will contest on the behalf of the party.
PM Modi, while campaigning in Vellore, said that the BJP and NDA are getting great support in Tamil Nadu. He also added that the NDA has prepared the foundation for developed Bharat in the decade. He also Tamil Nadu\u2019s contribution in furthering country\u2019s space and manufacturing sectors.\u00a0
Hitting out at the DMK, he said that the party is a family company, which is impeding growth of State\u2019s youth with its old mindset. \u201cThe DMK has the first copyright on corruption, entire family looting Tamil Nadu,\u201d he said, adding that DMK divides people over language, region, faith. \u201cDMK knows the day people see through this, it will not get one vote,\u201d Mr. Modi said. He said that INDIA bloc insulted \u2018Shakti\u2019. \u201cEveryone knows how the DMK treated late Jayalalithaa,\u201d he said. -PTI
After holding an election rally in Chandrapur in Maharashtra on April 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nagpur for an election rally in the Ramtek constituency in support of the Eknath Shinde\u2019s Shiv Sena candidate Raju Parwe on April 10. Mr. Parwe was a senior state Congress leader and joined the Shiv Sena recently. Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and polling will be held in five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20. – ANI
Krishnagiri braces for a head-to-head electoral clash between the AIADMK and the DMK-allied Congress. Both parties are leveraging narratives of anti-incumbency, targeting the BJP-led central government and the DMK administration at the state level. The BJP and the NTK are also vying for attention.
The Congress has fielded K. Gopinath, who had been elected a three-time MLA of Hosur, and the AIADMK has nominated V. Jayaprakash, a member of the Hosur Corporation Council, as its candidate. The NTK has fielded Vidya Rani, daughter of slain forest brigand Veerappan, and the BJP has fielded C. Narasimhan, a state-level party functionary and one-time Member of Parliament.
Krishnagiri gears up for a fierce electoral battle between AIADMK and DMK, with BJP and NTK also in the mix.
The Congress has accused the BJP of repeatedly trying to impose its will on the people of Tamil Nadu and flagged issues such as \u201cdevastating impacts\u201d of NEET in the State and insufficient devolution of taxes from the Centre. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh attacked PM Narendra Modi ahead of his rally in Coimbatore and posed questions to him on key issues affecting the State.
\u201cToday, PM Modi will be in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. In a State which has a long history of advocating for cooperative federalism, the BJP has repeatedly tried to impose its will on the people,\u201d Mr. Ramesh said.
He said, \u201cThe Modi Sarkar\u2019s track record in TN begs the question \u2014 does PM Modi want to represent the people, or does he want to rule over them?\u201d Mr. Ramesh said the NEET exam was introduced by the BJP government in 2017, and it faced widespread public backlash due to fears that it would unfairly disadvantage students from poor and marginalised communities. Read the article here.<\/a><\/strong>
The 2014 elections were the prelude to the Narendra Modi era \u2014 a decade-long reign the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party vies to extend in this year\u2019s national elections. To understand India in 2024, we go back to the time when a politician\u2019s popularity lodged BJP into the corridors of Raisina Hills, transforming the nation\u2019s political landscape.
2014 marked a historic election with Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s landslide victory, setting the stage for a new era in Indian politics.
The ECI has decided to engage ASHA workers in every booth in Odisha to ensure adequate care is provided to those who may have suffered heatstroke due to hot weather conditions on polling days.
Voting in the State will be held in four phases between May 13 and June 1.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Odisha Nikunja Bihari Dhal has asked health department officials to engage ASHA workers in each polling booth along with medicines required to tackle heatstroke cases, an official said. Besides, every section officer will have a paramedical staff to deal with emergencies, he added.
Mr. Dhal also instructed officials to ensure the availability of ambulances, drinking water, ORS powder, toilets, sheds, waiting areas and seating arrangements for voters in each booth.
He emphasised making proper arrangements for polling and security personnel as they could be exposed to the heatwave. – PTI
A month ago, when the formation of an alliance in the State was still fluid, it was unclear whether VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan could contest from the Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency seat again. In 2019, he only scraped through with a margin of 3,219 votes. But now, with the PMK exiting the AIADMK alliance and joining the NDA, he is eyeing a comfortable win with the backing of the DMK-led INDIA. \u201cLast time, the victory margin came down because we faced a mega alliance, comprising the AIADMK, the BJP and the PMK. This time, the arithmetic of alliance favours us,\u201d said Mr. Thirumavalavan.
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VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan aims for a comfortable win in Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency with DMK-led alliance support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan aims for a comfortable win in Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency with DMK-led alliance support.
The Delhi High Court will hear a PIL seeking to restrain the Opposition alliance from using the acronym I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) on April 10.On April 2, the High Court told the Centre and several political parties to submit their response within a week to the public interest litigation which alleged that by using the I.N.D.I.A. acronym, the parties were taking \u201cundue advantage in the name of our country\u201d.
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, on April 9, announced \u201cunconditional\u201d support to the Mahayuti<\/em> coalition \u2014 Bharatiya Janata Party, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) \u2014 in the Lok Sabha election.
Addressing a Gudi Padwa rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, he also announced that his party will not contest the Lok Sabha poll, but asked his supporters and party workers to buckle up for the State Assembly election due later this year. Read the report here.<\/a><\/strong>
Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale has dismissed allegations that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is planning to change the Constitution.\u00a0
On April 9, Mr. Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader from Maharashtra and the head of the Republican Party of India (Athawale), said he would resign if there is any attempt to change the Constitution.
\u201cWith no issues against the present Modi-led NDA government, the Congress along with other opposition parties is trying to mislead people alleging that if this government wins 400 plus seats, it would change the Constitution. Their accusation is completely baseless…. if Government makes any such attempt, I will resign from the Cabinet and withdraw support to the BJP,\u201d he said. PM Modi is a \u201cman with vision\u201d and working for the progress of the country, he added. – PTI
The ECI issued a notice to Congress leader Randeep Surjewala for his \u201cundignified\u201d comments against BJP MP Hema Malini on April 9.\u00a0
In the notice to Mr. Surjewala, the poll body said: \u201cThe comments have been found to be highly undignified, vulgar and uncivilized and to be prima-facie violative of the provisions of the model code of conduct and the EC\u2019s advisory dated March 1\u201d. He has to respond by the evening of April 11. Read the report here.<\/a><\/strong>
A United Democratic Front (UDF) stronghold for long, Pathanamthitta has witnessed a shift towards the Left since the 2016 Assembly elections. Despite this trend, the UDF is confident that its candidate, Anto Antony, the current MP, will win. However, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) believes it has a chance to win this seat as its vote share increased significantly during the 2019 election. BJP activists are fervently campaigning for Anil K. Antony, son of veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony, demonstrating unity despite initial differences.
Pathanamthitta election campaign: LDF candidate T.M. Thomas Isaac faces UDF's Anto Antony and NDA's Anil K. Antony.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said his party is committed to \u201cunity\u201d while the BJP wants \u201cartificial uniformity\u201d.\u00a0
While addressing the media in Dimapur, Nagaland, on April 9, he said the 2024 elections will be the most important one for the people as it will be a \u201cbattle between unity and uniformity\u201d. \u201cThe Congress wants to strengthen unity by celebrating the country\u2019s diversity while the BJP and its allies want to impose artificial uniformity,\u201d he said.
\u201cThe only party keeping democracy in Nagaland and in the country is the Indian National Congress and we will never compromise with BJP. The election is for the future of the democracy,\u201d he said.
Maintaining that the party believes that all regions of Nagaland must see development and the political aspirations of the people of the State must be fulfilled, he said that \u201cimbalance in development must be addressed\u201d. \u201cRegions in every State feel left out of the government, which is a reflection of bad governance. We must balance regional development between states and balance regional development within the state,\u201d he said.
Expressing that the \u201celection in India is not a beauty contest for selecting the prime minister\u201d, he said the election is between political parties, party ideologies, and programmes. \u201cOurs is not an individual-centric democracy but party-centric. When we get the mandate, all parties will sit together and select the prime minister,\u201d he said. Mr. Ramesh expressed confidence that the Congress and its allies INDIA will get a clear majority in the Lok Sabha polls. -PTI
Although there is a direct fight between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar\u2019s Nawada, the contest may be triangular. The BJP has named Vivek Thakur as its candidate, while the RJD has fielded Shravan Kushwaha. However, things took an unusual turn after two sitting RJD MLAs extended their support to Vinod Yadav, an Independent candidate, instead Mr. Kushwaha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s two-day visit to Tamil Nadu on April 9 and April 10 to drum up support for his party in the Lok Sabha election has only reinforced the perception that the BJP is devoting a greater amount of time and energy this time to make inroads into the southern State than in the past.
This is Mr. Modi\u2019s his seventh trip to Tamil Nadu since February 27.
PM Modi Chennai roadshow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tamil Nadu highlights BJP's focus on making inroads in the southern state.
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