Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Candidates, Campaigns & Rallies on March 28, Live News Updates: Congress Releases List of 31 Candidates for Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh

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.

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".

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

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?"

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

BJP rebel Shatrughan Sinha confirmed that he will join Congress. On being asked 'when will he join Congress party?', He said "Joining will happen soon, we will give you a positive news during Navaratri. I will join Congress now."

Addressing a rally in Rudrapur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress destroyed Uttarakhand during its regime. "Uttarakhand is progressing under the BJP government," PM Modi said.

Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader from Punjab, Harinder Singh Khalsa joins Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister Arun Jaitley.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address says in Meerut said,"Sapa (SP) ka 'sha', RLD ka 'Raa' aur Baspa (BSP) ka 'ba', matlab 'sharab'...Sapa, RLD, Baspa, ye 'sharab' aapko barbaad kar degi".

During his address in Meerut, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the 'Bua-Bhatija' alliance in Uttar Pradesh for contesting Lok Sabha Elections together.

Narendra Modi takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his reaction on A-SAT launch, Says, some people thought A-SAT is a Theatre set. Taking a jibe at Gandhi, he said, "You saw for yourself, yesterday, how our accomplishments in space was ignored by the opposition, There was also some confusion, regarding SAT looking like a theatre set to some."

During his rally in Meerut, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 2019 election is the fight between dumdaar BJP and daagdaar opposition.

During his address in Meerut, Modi said it was this chowkidar's government that had the courage to conduct surgical strikes. The Prime Minister said OROP, which was a long pending demand, was implemented by us. India should develop, India should be secure from enemies.

PM Modi said, in the days to come, he'll not only put forward NDA's report card, but also ask the Opposition why they had failed earlier. "Apna hisab doonga, saath-saath doosra ka hisab bhi lunga. Ye dono kaam saath-saath chalne waale hain.Tabhi to hoga hisab barabar.Aur aap to jaante hain main chowkidaar hu. Aur chowkidaar kabhi Na-Insaafi nahi karta hai. Hisab hoga,sabka hoga, aur baari-baari se hoga", Modi said in his address.

PM Narendra Modi said that the reason he is beginning his campaign from Meerut as the struggle for India’s independence started there in 1857."5 years ago, when I sought your blessings, you gave me a lot of love. I had said that I will return the blessings & the love with interest, & I had also said that I will give account of the work that I have done", he said.