28 Mar, 23:21 (IST)

Congress released a list of 31 candidates for Rajasthan (19), Gujarat (6) & Uttar Pradesh(6)) for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019.Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, to contest from the Jodhpur parliamentary constituency.

28 Mar, 20:58 (IST)

Congress leader Divya Spandana writes to Election Commission of India against social media pages for allegedly "offering free gifts to voters enticing them to support Modi".

28 Mar, 20:50 (IST)

Sitapur: Two groups of BSP workers, supporting and opposing, SP-BSP Sitapur in-charge Nakul Dubey, raise slogans against each other.

28 Mar, 17:55 (IST)

PM Narendra Modi address rally in Akhnoor of J&K. He attacked Congress by saying, "What is beyond comprehension is Congress' attitude. Is it the same Congress that Sardar Patel was a part of? Is it the same Congress that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a part of, and fought for India's independence?"

28 Mar, 17:29 (IST)

Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) to contest on all 26 seats in Gujarat.

28 Mar, 17:01 (IST)

BJP Kozhikode Lok Sabha candidate Prakash Babu remanded to 14 day judicial custody in Sabarimala case violence by Pathanamthitta Court in Kerala.

28 Mar, 16:58 (IST)

Samajwadi Party releases another list of candidates. Nasir Qureshi to contest from Moradabad, Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar from Bareily,Pooja Pal from Unnao, Shyam Sunder Yadav from Jhansi and Nathuni Prasad Kushwaha from Kushinagar.

28 Mar, 16:52 (IST)

CPIM announces its Manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. In the poll manifesto, it has promised:a) Freedom from injustice, discrimination and inequality
b) Raise the statutory minimum wages of the workers to Rs 18000 per month
c) Link all wages with Consumer Price Index
d) Concrete measures to fight the current high levels of unemployment in the country
e) Comprehensive laws against communal violence & lynching. Put an end to vigilante groups, private armies and communalism of all flavours.
f) Electoral reforms by calling for introduction of proportional representation with partial list system, and to scrap electoral bonds which destroyed transparency.
g) To raise corporate taxes, & restoration of wealth tax and long term capital gains tax. It also proposes to introduce inheritance tax.
h) Benefits of people belonging to socially underprivileged sections of the society, like the SCs & STs, will be extended to job/education opportunities in private sector too.
i) Raise the public expenditure in education to at least 6% of GDP.
j) Support one-third reservation for women in Indian Parliament & all of Indian states. It also promises to adopt comprehensive measures to put an end to violence against women & children.
k) Making free healthcare a basic right, and to put an end to private insurance driven health care model as followed now.
l) Strengthen the Universal Public Distribution System in India.

28 Mar, 16:32 (IST)

RJD leader Girinath Singh joins BJP in presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

28 Mar, 16:15 (IST)

National Commission for Women has issued a notice to SP leader Firoz Khan over his remark on BJP Rampur candidate Jaya Prada.

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New Delhi, March 28: In the run up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) outgoing MP A.P. Jithender Reddy on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he was denied ticket for next month's elections. According to reports, Reddy, who was leader of the TRS in Lok Sabha, formally joined the BJP in the presence of party President Amit Shah in New Delhi. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Muslim Women Come Out With Manifesto for Political Parties, Demand Law Against Mob Lynching. 

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has declared April 18 as a public holiday as polling for Lok Sabha and by-elections for 18 assembly seats is scheduled on that day. The state government passed an order on Wednesday under the Neotiable Instruments Act. 'Congress Stands For Muslim Men, But Do They Care For Muslim Women as Well?' PM Modi Takes Jibe at Rahul Gandhi.

In Gujarat, the Gujarat Janchetna Party (GJP) on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) demanding ban on upcoming biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing violation of the model code of conduct. The movie, "PM Narendra Modi" is scheduled to be released on April 5. TMC Manifesto For Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Released by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee; Inquiry Into Demonetisation Among Promises Made. 

In West Bengal,  Arjun Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, who recently switched to the party  from the ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that 100 legislators from his former party would join the BJP "very soon". "Around 100 legislators from the ruling Trinamool Congress are ready to join the BJP," Singh, a four-time MLA from Bhatpara, told mediapersons.