Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Candidates, Campaigns & Rallies on April 28, Live News Updates: TMC Birbhum District President Anubrata Mondal Put on House Arrest
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West Bengal: TMC Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal has been put under house arrest till April 30. The state will go to polls in the 4th phase tomorrow. Polling officers had requested WB CEO of his house arrest for a free & fair election.
Case registered against Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on complaint of Election Commission Flying Squad, for violating model code of conduct by distributing pamphlets without getting clearance from Election Commission.
Atishi, AAP candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat writes to Returning Officer (RO) regarding repeated violation of model code of conduct by Gautam Gambhir, BJP's candidate from East Delhi, by holding rally without permission on April 28.
"If Mamata (Banerjee) ji stays, Islamic State (ISIS) can enter West Bengal anytime. It'll become like J&K. It is because of her appeasement politics that people related to terror activities have made their base in the border-states & ISIS threat is a proof of that," said senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya.
Polling parties gather at EVM distribution centre in Bolpur, Jhalawar-Baran, Malabar Hill and Palamu Lok Sabha Seats. Phase 4 polls would take place tomorrow.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi attacks BJP for Comments on her party. She said in Amethi, "Issues are clear; employment, education & health.Nationalism is to solve problems of people. Here they don't listen to people, when they raise their issues they suppress them, it's neither democracy nor nationalism."
Adding more, she said, "The way they contest polls by distributing money, sarees & shoes in front of media is wrong....People of Amethi have never begged in front of anyone. I've been coming here since I was 12, people of Amethi & Raebareli have a lot of pride."
BJP's Gautam Gambhir replies on AAP MP candidate Atishi's allegations of him holding 2 voter-ID cards. He said, "When you don't have a vision and have done nothing in the last 4.5 years, you make such allegations, EC will decide this. When you have a vision you don't do such negative politics."
Polling parties leave for their respective polling stations ahead of the fourth phase of general elections tomorrow. Polling will be held in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state tomorrow.
TMC writes to Election Commission of India over wrestler The Great Khali campaigning for BJP's Jadavpur MP candidate,Anupam Hazra on April 26. The letter states, 'He(Khali) holds US citizenship, therefore,a foreigner shouldn't be allowed to influence the minds of Indian electors'
NCP leader Majeed Memon defended on Shatrughan Sinha's comment "from Mahatma Gandhi to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, all part of Congress parivar". He said, " He (Jinnah) made a big contribution to the freedom struggle, just because he was a Muslim you are offended and are calling Shatrughan Sinha anti-national.
Union Minister and BJP leader Uma Bharti on being asked if Pragya Singh Thakur will take her place in Madhya Pradesh politics: She is a great saint, don't compare me with her, I'm just an ordinary and foolish creature.
New Delhi, April 28: The silence period for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in place, the Election Commission has released a press note which stated that 961 candidates would be testing the litmus test for 72 seats, spread across 8 states. The polling body has set 140849 booths for 12,79,58,477 candidates. Among the electorates, 4126 belong to the third gender.
In another news, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena has sought a report from the returning officers in connection with the allegations of bogus voting in Kasaragod constituency. Teeka Ram Meena has sought reports from the collectors of Kannur and Kasaragod districts. Priyanka Gandhi's Audio Message Reaches Over 40 Lakh Voters With Congress' NYAY Poll Pitch.
Also, BJP has written to the CEC over violation of the model code of conduct by Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on his statement related to a tweet by BJP president Amit Shah where Shah stated: "we will remove every single infiltrator from the country except Buddh, Hindus and Sikhs".
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