INDIA bloc performing ‘mujra’ for its vote bank: Modi
Buxar/Dehri/Bikram (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations by the INDIA bloc which he accused of “enslavement” and performing “mujra” for Muslim vote bank. Addressing back-to-back rallies in Buxar, Karakat and Patliputra Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, the prime minister also charged […]
50.72 cr of 76.41 cr eligible voters exercised franchise in first 5 phases of LS polls: EC
New Delhi: Of the 76.41 crore eligible voters in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, as many as 50.72 crore people have cast their vote, according to data shared by the Election Commission on Saturday. India has the largest electorate in the world at 96.88 crore. The EC data showed that 11 […]
INDIA bloc has crossed halfway mark of 272 seats, on course for tally of over 350 seats: Cong
New Delhi: As the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls concluded on Saturday, the Congress claimed the BJP’s fate is “all but sealed” with the INDIA bloc having already crossed the halfway mark of 272 seats and is on course for a tally of over 350 seats in total. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh […]
There would be rare Agniveer left unemployed, Rahul misleading people: Shah
Shimla: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is spreading false propaganda on the Agniveer military recruitment scheme. Gandhi, in his first election meeting in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday, had said that the Agniveer scheme will be scrapped and thrown in the dustbin if the […]
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 […]
