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The Election Commission of India on Sunday, March 10 had announced dates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which would commence from April 11 to May 19, with the counting of votes on May 23. More than 900 million people above the age of 18 are expected to cast their ballots at a million polling stations. Of the total electorate, 15 million will be in the age group of 18 to 19 years.
Live Updates
6:30 PM | Samajwadi Party releases candidates for Etah, Pilibhit and Faizabad constituencies
Devendra Yadav to contest from Etah, Hemraj from Pilibhit and Anand Sen from Faizabad.
6:10 PM | Congress releases candidate names for for Kachchh, Navsari and Rampur
Naresh N Maheshwari will contest from Kachchh (Gujarat), Dharmesh Bhimbhai Patel from Navsari, while in Rampur, Sanjay Kapoor is Congress’ candidate
4:15 PM | Disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha likely to join Congress on 28 March, according to reports
Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha is likely to join the Congress party on 28 March.
3:56 PM | Odisha: BJP leader Subash Chouhan resigns from party
BJP leader Subash Chouhan resigns from the party after he was not given ticket from Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he was BJP’ candidate from Bargarh. He was recently appointed as the state vice president for the party.
3:45 PM | Tollywood actor Manchu Mohan Babu joins YSR Congress Party
Manchu Mohan Babu joined YSRCP in presence of party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
3:40 PM | BJP releases list of 42 star campaigners for Phase I, Phase II of general elections in Bihar
2:40 PM | Two former senior BJP leaders to join Congress today
Ghanshyam Tiwari and Surendra Goyal are slated to join the grand old party today
1:40 PM | BJP rebel MP Shatrughan Singh praises Rahul Gandhi’ Minimum Income Guarantee
“It’s a masterstroke by the ‘master of situation’, @RahulGandhi – declaring #MinimumIncomeGuarantee scheme. It has rattled our people so much that some of our prominent people had to rush for a press conference, calling the whole declaration/ announcement “chhal kapat”, Shatrughan Sinha tweeted.
1:20 PM | Uttar Pradesh: Nishad Party, Janvadi Party (Socialist) join SP-BSP-RLD alliance
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday revealed that the Nishad Party and the Janvadi Party (Socialist) have joined the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
1:10 PM | Veteran actor and former MP Jaya Prada Joins BJP
Jaya Prada is expected to contest in Uttar Pradesh’ Rampur.
11:30 AM | Cash amounting to Rs 143.47 Cr seized across all states and UTs till 25 March: EC
According to a report released by the Election Commission, cash worth Rs 143.47 crore has been seized across all states and union territories till 25 March. Besides cash, liquor worth Rs 89.64 crore, drug and narcotics worth Rs 131.75 crore, precious metals worth Rs 162.93 crore, and other items worth Rs 12.202 crore have also been seized.
10:40 AM | Congress releases list of star campaigners for first & second phase of general elections from Maharashtra
List includes Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge among 40 names.
10:20 AM | Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi missing from BJP’ list of campaigners in UP
The BJP has released its star campaigner list for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 for Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The list includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath, MEA Sushma Swaraj, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharti.
10:00 AM | Murli Manohar Joshi asked not to contest 2019 elections
