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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.
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5:30 PM Tej Pratap Yadav resigns as Chief of RJD’s student wing
5:00 PM Samajwadi Party releases list of candidates, Pooja Pal to contest against BJP’ Sakshi Maharaj
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) March 28, 2019
4:30 PM Karnataka: Hassan district BJP president Yoga Ramesh joins Congress
In a shot in the arm for the Congress party, Yoga Ramesh, who was Bharatiya Janata Party’s Hassan unit president joined the grand old party on Thursday.
4:20 PM RJD leader Girinath Singh joins BJP in presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
3:00 PM BJP rebel MP Shatrughan Sinha meets Rahul Gandhi, to join Congress formally on April 6
सांसद, नेता/अभिनेता शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा जी आज कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी जी से मिले।वह सच बोलते रहे हैं, खामोश नहीं रहे हैं। उन्होंने राष्ट्रहित में लिये कांग्रेस पार्टी के साथ कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर काम करने का निश्चय किया है। 6 अप्रैल को आधिकारिक तौर पर कांग्रेस में शामिल होंगे। pic.twitter.com/ramBCTg7Nv
— Shaktisinh Gohil (@shaktisinhgohil) March 28, 2019
2:45 PM After Jharkhand chief, another RJD leader Girinath Singh set to join BJP
After the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief in Jharkhand Annapurna Devi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, another RJD leader, Girinath Singh is set to join the saffron party.
2:20 PM Punjab: Suspended AAP leader Harinder Singh Khalsa joins BJP in presence of Arun Jaitley
Harinder Singh Khalsa is a Member of Parliament from Fatehgarh Sahib. He had earlier represented the Bhatinda constituency between 1996-1998 when he was a member of Shiromani Akali Dal.
02:00 PM Goa: MLA Manohar Ajgaonkar, who had switched to BJP, made Deputy Chief Minister
Newly-inducted BJP MLA Deepak Pauskar, one of the two MGP legislators who joined the ruling party earlier on Wednesday, was inducted into Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s cabinet while the other, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar, elevated as Deputy Chief Minister.
01:20 PM Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi likely to contest as Independent candidate from Darbhanga
Fatmi is a 4-time MP from Darbhanga, Bihar and has been a Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 2004 till 2009.
12:30 PM Will contest from Mumbai North-East even if BJP fields Kirit Somaiya: Shiv Sena MLA
Shiv Sena MLA Sunil Raut, brother of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, said that he’ll contest the Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North-East constituency even if Kirit Somaiya is given a ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party from the seat.
10:45 AM “How the PM addressed the country without its (EC’s) prior permission,” asks BSP supremo Mayawati
Previous experience proves that like law & order, BJP leaders are habitual offenders in violating Model Code of Conduct. And PM Mr Modi again flouted poll norms by addressing the country without prior permission of EC though there was no such emergency. Hope the EC acts promptly.
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 28, 2019
10:00 AM Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch BJP poll campaign today for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Jammu & Kashmir
Narendra Modi to hold rallies in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Rudrapur (Uttarakhand) and Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir).
9:00 AM Rebel BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha likely to join Congress today
Rebel BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who has held the Patna Sahib constituency seat since 2009, is set to join the Congress party today. He is expected to be party’ candidate to contest polls against Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
8:00 AM Union Minister Nitin Gadkari claims Congress workers in Nagpur support him
Union minister & BJP candidate from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday claimed that he is getting phone calls from Congress workers pledging their support to him.
