Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visits Vidyasagar College; clashes broke out near it at BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow today.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Candidates, Campaigns & Rallies on May 14, Live News Updates:Mamata Banerjee Visits Vidyasagar College Where Clashes Broke Out During Amit Shah's Rally
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14 May, 20:51 (IST)
Election Commission has issued notice to Sanjay Nirupam, Congress leader for prima facie violation of Model Code of Conduct in a speech delivered in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He has been asked to furnish his response within 24 hours.
14 May, 20:50 (IST)
Amit Shah: Today the way BJP's roadshow got a response in Kolkata with almost every citizen attending it, TMC's goons were frustrated and so attacked it. I would like to congratulate BJP workers as even after such chaos the roadshow continued and concluded at the planned place and time.
14 May, 20:48 (IST)
BJP delegation comprising of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Anil Baluni, GVL Narasimha Rao & others will meet Election Commission of India today over clashes at party president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
14 May, 20:48 (IST)
BJP delegation comprising of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Anil Baluni, GVL Narasimha Rao & others will meet Election Commission of India today over clashes at party president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
14 May, 19:19 (IST)
Clashes broke out in roadshow of BJP President Amit Shah in Kolkata after sticks were hurled at Shah’s truck in West Bengal
14 May, 18:51 (IST)
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a roadshow in Pathankot, Punjab. State Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also present.
14 May, 18:51 (IST)
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a roadshow in Pathankot, Punjab. State Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also present.
14 May, 17:21 (IST)
BJP President Amit Shah conducted a roadshow in Kolkata today.
14 May, 13:46 (IST)
Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Neemuch, MP: Narendra Modi told officers and Air Chief of Air Force, "It'll be beneficial, radar won't be able to track aircraft in bad weather". Narendra Modi ji, whenever it rains in India, do all the aircraft disappear from the radar?
14 May, 13:42 (IST)
DMK President MK Stalin on his meeting with TRS leader & Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao: He did not come to Tamil Nadu to form fronts. He came to visit temples. He wanted to meet me. It was a courtesy visit. (file pics)
14 May, 13:34 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ballia: I have only one caste 'poverty', that is why I have rebelled against poverty.
14 May, 12:50 (IST)
Tejashwi Yadav, RJD: Nitish ji said y'day in Nalanda that he will not let Lalu ji come out of jail, it confirms our allegations that Nitish Kumar & people of BJP together sent Lalu ji to jail. Our appeal is in HC, it will be the court's decision not Nitish Kumar or Narendra Modi's.
14 May, 12:47 (IST)
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Says He Stands by His 'Neech Aadmi' Jibe Against PM Narendra Modi
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that he stands by his 'neech aadmi' jibe against Narendra Modi and termed his Dec 2017 remark about the Prime Minister as "prophetic".
14 May, 11:09 (IST)
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati has demanded that, "Roadshows and offering prayers has become a fashion during elections, where a lot of money is spent. Election Commission should add this expense to the candidate's total expenditure limit. During a ban on a candidate for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC), if they go to a public place or offer prayers at a temple & it is shown in media, it should be stopped. Election Commission should take action on it."
14 May, 11:06 (IST)
#WestBengal: On complaint of TMC candidate from Barasat, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, police raided home of a BJP worker in Barasat, yesterday. She said, "They are distributing money. BJP is doing this."
14 May, 10:56 (IST)
#WATCH: Yashomati Thakur, Congress MLA from Teosa, Maharashtra abuses public officials during an official meeting on water resources, in Amravati.
14 May, 09:31 (IST)
#WATCH Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) hops over a barricade to meet supporters during a public meeting in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. (13.5.19)
14 May, 08:48 (IST)
Bharatiya Janata Party President, Amit Shah to hold roadshow in North Kolkata, today. (File pic) #WestBengal.
14 May, 08:46 (IST)
Congress President Rahul Gandhi to hold public meetings in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch, Khandwa and Tarana, today. (file pic)
New Delhi, May 14: Amid the polling season, political leaders have been campaigning massively too woo voters. With just one phase, i.e. the seventh phase, left to go for voting on May 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters. While the Prime Minister will hold public meetings and rallies in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, Gandhi will hold several meetings in parts of Punjab. Stay tuned here for the live news and updates on Lok Sabha elections 2019 candidates, campaigns and rallies on May 14.
In the sixth phase of polling on Sunday, voter turnout of 63.3 per cent was recorded, which was less than 65.67 per cent recorded in 2014 for the same seats, the Election Commission said on Sunday. The sixth phase polling was held in 59 seats across seven states in India.
According to reports, the voter turnout was higher in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and almost the same in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 59.8 per cent which is less than the 65.1 per cent in 2014. According to a report by IANS, the polling percentage was 62.91 in Haryana (71.86 in 2014), 65.17 in Jharkhand (65.43 in 2014), 79.93 in West Bengal (84.98 in 2014), 60.06 in Madhya Pradesh (56.8 in 2014), 59.38 in Bihar (57.25 in 2014) and 54.12 in Uttar Pradesh (54.53 in 2014).
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 14, 2019 08:40 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).