31 Mar, 18:45 (IST)

"In the last 5 years I put all my strength to do away with what was lacking, to fulfill the necessities from toilets, electricity, roads, trains to buses, and next 5 years will be to address the ambitions and aspirations," Prime Minister Modi said.

31 Mar, 18:26 (IST)

Calling a section of intellectuals and civil society members as part of the "ecosystem of falsehood", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they play a huge role in "spreading fear and lies" on the behest of the Congress. Modi claimed that the intolerance bandwagon and award wapsi movement is kickstarted before the polls to defame the BJP.

31 Mar, 18:05 (IST)

Mission Shakti, the anti-satellite system launched into the space earlier this week, is not linked to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Prime Minister said. "It was necessary for our nation. I have reiterated that we are not targeting any enemy country, but only strengthening our security," PM Modi added.

31 Mar, 17:42 (IST)

PM Modi condemned the Opposition for "raising questions" on the retaliatory action carried out by the forces in response to the terror attack in Pulwama. The Prime Minister said Islamabad is itself "rushing to cover-up the damages", whereas, the "intellectuals here" are creating doubts to abate their propaganda. "Those abusing Modi are helping Pakistan," he said.

31 Mar, 17:34 (IST)

Taking a dig at the grand Opposition coalition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the list of PM aspirants among them is getting longer. He said the nation can display its full might before the world only if a full majority government is elected to power. 

31 Mar, 17:28 (IST)

PM Narendra Modi launched a tirade against the Opposition as he began to address the special 'Mai Bhi Chowkidar' event from the national capital. "The nation is supporting this chowkidar. Every kamdar is a chowkidar. I will not allow anyone to loot the taxpayers' money," he said.

31 Mar, 14:20 (IST)

BJP President Amit Shah took on Congress President Rahul Gandhi after latter decided to contest from two seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "I read on WhatsApp that Rahul Gandhi has run towards Kerala, leaving Amethi behind. Why has he escaped to Kerala? All of you know that this time Rahul Gandhi is done for in Amethi. So he is going to Kerala in a bid to win on the politics of polarisation," Shah said.

31 Mar, 12:25 (IST)

Addressing a rally in Vijayawada, Congress President Rahul Gandhi promised to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh if his party comes to power. "It is not only a commitment made by Congress and Manmohan Singh Ji. It's a commitment made by the country to Andhra Pradesh. It's our commitment that we'll give special status to Andhra Pradesh the moment we come to power in Delhi," he said.

31 Mar, 11:08 (IST)

Rahul Gandhi has agreed to contest from two Lok Sabha seats, the Congress party said on Sunday. Apart from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha election from Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala as well.

31 Mar, 10:18 (IST)

PM Narendra Modi will interact with workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at 5 pm today as part of the party's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign.

New Delhi, March 31: In a special "Mai Bhi Chowkidar" interaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address supporters of his chowkidar campaign from across the 500 parliamentary constituencies of the nation. The PM, while speaking from the Talkatora Stadium in the national capital, will also take questions and inputs from the gathering, as well as his supporters who will join through video-conferencing.

With the nation fully in the grip of the Lok Sabha election campaign, all political parties are leaving no stone unturned to convince voters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at 5 pm today as part of the party's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign. The programme will be live telecast on NaMo TV channel which is available on Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Videocon D2H and Dish TV.

BJP President Amit Shah will address two public rallies in Uttar Pradesh. The rallies will be held in Dhampur and Baghpat. All these events will be live streamed on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts of the BJP. Shah, one of the star campaigners of the BJP, filed his nomination papers from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat yesterday. He was accompanied by union ministers Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address two election rallies in Andhra Pradesh and one in Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to first address a rally at a stadium in Vijayawada and then move to address another rally at Mudigal Bypass Road Ground in Kalyandurg. After addressing gatherings in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress Chief will take a flight for Bengaluru to address another rally at Nelamangala in Karnataka.

The election to 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to be held on April 11 simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. The counting of votes will take place on May 23. Polls in Karnataka for 28 Lok Sabha seats will take place in two phases on April 18 and 23. The counting of votes will be held on May 23.