BJP President Amit Shah will file nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from Gandhinagar tomorrow.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Candidates, Campaigns & Rallies on March 29, Live News Updates: Amit Shah to File Nominations Papers From Gandhinagar Tomorrow
We, at LatestLY, bring to you all the live news updates on the upcoming polls in the country. Stay tuned with us to get the latest updates on candidates, campaigns & rallies today.
29 Mar, 18:09 (IST)
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday released list of 18 candidates for elections to the state legislative assembly.
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29 Mar, 18:06 (IST)
Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a roadshow in Ayodhya.
29 Mar, 17:12 (IST)
TDP on Friday suspended its nine rebel members who filed nominations after not getting tickets from the party- KPRK Phaneeswari, K Srinivasa Rao, Kantamaneni Ravi Shankar, M Madhava Reddy, Bommanacheruvu Sriramulu, N Vijaya Jyothi, A Raja Gopal Reddy, Sarva Srinivasarao, N Viswanadha Reddy.
29 Mar, 15:52 (IST)
Hardik Patel, who recently joined the Congress party, won't be able to contest Lok Sabha elections because the Gujarat High Court on Friday refused to stay his conviction in a riot case.
29 Mar, 15:12 (IST)
Congress MP Muddahanumegowda has withdrawn his nomination from Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency after the mediation by Deputy CM G Parameshwara. He had filed his nomination as an Independent candidate after HD Deve Gowda was announced as Congress-JD(S) candidate from Tumkur.
29 Mar, 14:59 (IST)
The Congress party has filed a complaint with Election Commission against Tejasvi Surya, BJP candidate from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, over his earlier statement, "If you are not with Modi, you are anti-India".
29 Mar, 14:49 (IST)
Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, is likely to contest the Lok Sabha polls against the father of his estranged wife and RJD candidate Chandrika Rai from the Saran seat. According to IANS, the development comes a day after Tej Pratap Yadav announced that he had resigned as the patron of the Rashtriya Janata Dal's student wing after being sidelined by his family and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
29 Mar, 14:31 (IST)
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Ayodhya: "I asked people if PM visits villages in Varanasi, I got reply 'he does not visit'. I was surprised because his publicity is such that I thought he must have been doing something. He visited whole world & hugged everyone, but didn't hug his own people".
29 Mar, 14:20 (IST)
Congress releases list of 5 candidates (4 Assam & 1 Uttar Pradesh) for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Ashok Dohare who joined the party earlier today, to contest from Etawah parliamentary constituency.
29 Mar, 14:06 (IST)
Supriya Shrinate, the executive editor of ET Now has quit the channel to join the Congress party. Shrinate worked with the channel for more than 10 years and took to social media platform Twitter to announce her joining.
29 Mar, 13:30 (IST)
BJP releases 12th list of 11 candidates in Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Rajasthan for upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019.
29 Mar, 13:18 (IST)
Taking a dig at Congress over Samjhauta Blast, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said Congress coined 'Hindu terror'& filed cases based on fake evidence to create this theory but in the end court has to take decision.Perhaps because of this, those who considered Hindus as terrorists are now trying to prove their devotion towards religion.
29 Mar, 11:43 (IST)
Congress releases a list of 4 candidates from Bihar, 7 from Odisha and 1 from Uttar Pradesh. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to contest from Sasaram(Bihar). Supriya Shrinate from UP's Maharajganj(replacing Tanushree Tripathi)
29 Mar, 11:39 (IST)
Sitting BJP MP from UP's Etawah, Ashok Kumar Dohre joins Congress in presence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
29 Mar, 11:38 (IST)
Tejashwi Yadav, RJD on Bihar mahagathbandhan seat-sharing: RJD to contest on 19 seats including Bhagalpur, Banka, Madhyapura, and Darbhanga. RLSP to contest on 5 seats, Congress to contest on 9 seats including Patna Saheb. "Sharad Yadav to contest from Madhepura, Sarfraz Alam from Araria and Misa Bharti from Pataliputra", Tejashwi said.
29 Mar, 10:54 (IST)
The Election Commission of India on Friday cleared Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Mission Shakti' speech and said it was not a violation of the Model Code of Conduct. The opposition parties had raised concerns after the announcement, claiming the Prime Minister was trying to gain political points two weeks before the national elections.
29 Mar, 10:49 (IST)
Urmila Matondkar to contest from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency on a Congress ticket. Mumbai North seat is currently represented by Gopal Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who defeated Congress’s Sanjay Nirupam in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Shetty has been renominated by the BJP.
29 Mar, 10:11 (IST)
The Election Commission on Thursday issued notification for the third phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, kicking off the process of filing of nominations for another 115 constituencies across 14 states and Union Territories. The polling for the third phase will take place on April 23, said the notification.
29 Mar, 09:39 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first television interview, dared opposition parties to debate with him on several topics. The PM challenged opposition parties in response to the question that he was diverting public attention from real issues by talking about air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot.
New Delhi, March 29: With the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 just around the corner, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday appointed Vivek Dube, a retired IPS officer of 1981 batch, as the Central Police Observer for West Bengal and Jharkhand during the polls. Reports inform that Dube
would replace K.K. Sharma, a retired IPS officer of 1982 batch. Sharma has now been assigned the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. We, at LatestLY, bring to you all the live news updates on the upcoming polls in the country. Stay tuned with us to get the latest updates on candidates, campaigns & rallies today.
In Gujarat, the Congress is determined to contest on all of 26 Lok Sabha seats and any understanding with the Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) of Chottu Vasava seems unlikely. Meanwhile, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the state has decided to fight alone in the upcoming polls that are slated to begin on April 11. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Narendra Modi Likely to Address 8 Poll Rallies in Maharashtra.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched his poll campaign for the Lok Sabha elections by launching a scathing attack on the opposition. The Prime Minister kept his focus on "nationalism", saying that Pakistan wanted him to lose the polls. After kicking off his campaign from Meerut in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, Modi followed it with back-to-back rallies in Rudrapur in Uttarakhand and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Security Beefed Up for Narendra Modi’s ‘Sankalp Rally’ in Bihar.
In Arunachal, three BJP candidates contesting the forthcoming polls to the Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly were on Thursday declared winner uncontested by the Chief Election Officer of the state. Additional CEO Kanki Darang confirmed the decision and said Phurpa Tsering (BJP) won uncontested from Dirang assembly constituency, Taba Tedir (BJP) from Yachuli constituency and Kento Jini from the Along East Assembly constituency were also declared winner uncontested.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 29, 2019 08:45 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).