Their balloon has burst, no one wants to vote for Congress, INDIA bloc: PM Modi in Jalandhar
Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his sharp attack on the INDIA bloc on Friday, saying the “balloon” of the opposition alliance has burst and no one wants to give their vote to it. Addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Jalandhar, his third in Punjab this election season, Modi pointed out that five phases […]
SC refuses to issue EC direction to upload voter turnout data amid LS polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused an NGO’s plea to issue the Election Commission directions to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website during the Lok Sabha polls, saying it would be difficult for the poll panel to to mobilise manpower. A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra […]
INDIA bloc getting ‘clear’ mandate in LS polls, will name PM in less than 3 days: Jairam Ramesh
Chandigarh: The Congress on Friday hit back at the BJP over its “five PMs in five years” remark against the INDIA bloc, saying the alliance which is set to get a “clear and decisive” mandate in the Lok Sabha polls will have one person as prime minister for five years. The name of the prime […]
Mamata hits out at Modi for his ‘sent by God’ comment
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘sent by God’ comment, albeit without naming the country’s top leader. Speaking at an election rally in Mathurapur in the Sunderbans area of South 24 Parganas district, she claimed that “faced with the phobia of a certain […]
Campaigning ends for 6th phase of Lok Sabha polls in 58 seats
New Delhi: Campaigning ended on Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi. Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, […]
If Cong has its way, those who say ‘Ram Ram’ will be arrested: PM Modi
Mahendragarh (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that if the Congress has its way, it will arrest everyone who says “Ram Ram”, and accused the party of dividing India and creating two Muslim nations to appease its vote bank. Hours before campaigning for the sixth round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls came […]
Publishing polling booth-wise data will “vitiate” electoral space, create “chaos”: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission has opposed in the Supreme Court an NGO’s demand to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of the conclusion of polling for each phase of the Lok Sabha elections, contending it will “vitiate” the electoral space and cause “chaos” in the poll machinery in […]
Why are you targeting my old, ailing parents: Kejriwal to PM
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday claimed that his old and ailing parents were being targeted to “break” him and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi by doing this has “crossed all limits”. Addressing a virtual press conference, Kejriwal, who is also the AAP national convener, said he has a message for Prime […]
INDIA bloc parties will undo work done by Modi: PM in UP’s Shravasti
Shravasti (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the SP and the Congress will undo the work done by him, taking away houses built by the government, closing people’s Jan Dhan accounts, cutting off their power connections and removing water taps. Stating that the “INDI alliance” is a disease worse than cancer, Modi said […]
Army doesn’t want Agniveer scheme, INDIA bloc govt will throw it in dustbin: Rahul in Haryana
Mahendragarh (Haryana): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday the Agniveer military recruitment scheme will be scrapped and thrown in the dustbin if the INDIA bloc comes to power, as he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “turning Hindustan ke jawan into labourers”. In his first election meeting in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi […]