Lok Sabha Election 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Pashupati Kumar Paras says they are integral part of NDA

The BJP on Saturday announced candidates for the Jhargram (ST) and Birbhum Lok Sabha seats on Saturday night.

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Jual Oram, who is contesting from the Sundargarh LS seat for eight times in Odisha, on Saturday said the people will vote for him to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build a 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India).

In a shot in the arm for the Congress in Telangana, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Vijaya Laxmi R Gadwal joined the party here on Saturday.

The BJP on Saturday nominated Bhartruhari Mahtab from the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat from where he was elected on a BJD ticket five years ago but joined the saffron camp this month.

The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting to take place tomorrow at 5 PM at AICC.

Reported by Vijai Laxmi

Baramati constituency, the home turf of Sharad Pawar, is set for a high-profile battle, with the Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday fielding Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, against her sister-in-law and the Pawar senior's daughter Supriya Sule.

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North, Piyush Goyal posts on X | "Uddhav Thackeray ji and his son cannot dictate the fate of Mumbai. This city sustains the dreams and aspirations of everyone who calls it their home. Those who live in the slums of the city have every right to a better life. To oppose me for a vision that sees Mumbai transform into one of the finest cities in the world reflects their anti-development agenda. Their blind opposition to our bold ideas and commitment to take development to every doorstep reeks of a mindset to keep the people suppressed and deprived. We are committed to provide a good home to every slum dweller and rehabilitate them where they live. The discredited, disheartened, demoralised and derailed leadership of Uddhav ji cannot provide solutions but only create discord in society."

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday dared the BJP to implement a social welfare scheme like ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ in the states ruled by the saffron party.

The BJP on Saturday named its candidates for 11 more Lok Sabha constituencies, fielding a number of leaders who joined it from different parties recently such as Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Preneet Kaur.

According to the latest list, Dinesh Singh 'Babbu' will contest from Gurdaspur, Taranjit Singh Sandhu from Amritsar, Shushil Kumar Rinku from Jalandhar, Hans Raj Hans from Faridkot, and Preneet Kaur from Patiala.

A total of 950 candidates are in fray in Tamil Nadu for 39 Lok Sabha seats, Chief Electoral Officer informed.

Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste and sitting Congress MP Nakul Nath are among the 88 candidates nominated for Madhya Pradesh’s six Lok Sabha seats that will go to polls in the first phase on April 19.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on I.N.D.I.A bloc and upcoming elections | "Our aim is very straightforward, we are fighting against the BJP's intention, policies and ideology. Congress is giving its 100 per cent. We have made so many compromises to strengthen the Congress and I.N.D.I.A bloc in Bihar, Tamil Nadu and other states but we didn't succeed in West Bengal due to some special reasons. TMC will attend tomorrow's rally which means they are in the I.N.D.I.A... we have made the compromise by keeping in mind the realities of 2024..."

Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) on Saturday released a list of five candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.

Party Chief Chirag Paswan has been fielded from Hajipur.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has announced candidates for five Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.

• Wardha - Amar Kale
• Dindori - Bhaskar Bhagre
• Baramati - Supriya Sule
• Shirur - Amol Fox
• Ahmednagar - Nilesh Lanka

Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party chief Pashupati Kumar Paras tweets "Our party RLJP is an integral part of NDA. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also our leader and his decision is paramount for us. Under his leadership, NDA will form the government for the third time by winning 400+ seats in the entire country with a record-breaking majority."

BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday announced the Election Manifesto Committee for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

The committee will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Uttarakhand: BJP candidate from Pauri Garhwal parliamentary seat, Anil Baluni held a roadshow and interacted with the public in Pauri.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur today campaigned for party candidate from Jammu, Jugal Kishore Sharma, in Jammu.

CPI-ML released the list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, in the grand alliance in Bihar, CPI-ML has got the seats of Arrah, Nalanda and Karkat. Sudama Prasad from Ara, Rajaram Singh from Karakat, Sandeep Saurabh from Nalanda and Vinod Singh from Koderma (Jharkhand) will be the candidates.

(With inputs from Nitish Chandra)

The decision on MVA friendly fight will be taken in Delhi. The meeting will be held in Delhi on March 31. Prominent leaders of MVA will attend this meeting. Maharashtra Congress has sought permission for friendly fight from Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. State Congress wants to have a friendly fight on a total of 4 seats. These seats are Sangli, Bhiwandi, South Central Mumbai, North West Mumbai. Delhi High Command has asked MPCC to wait till the decision on friendly fight is taken.

(With inputs from Dinesh Maurya)

All NDA allies will participate in the Prime Minister's Meerut rally on Sunday. Anupriya Patel from Apna Dal S, Jayant Chaudhary from RLD, Om Prakash Rajbhar from SBSP and Sanjay Nishad from Nishad Party will participate in the rally.

BJP has constituted manifesto committee, and the member names will be announced today. 

Dr Archana Patil Chakurkar is the daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress stalwart Shivraj Patil. She joined the BJP in Mumbai on Saturday in presence of Devendra Fadnavis.

BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan met former Telangana Governor and South Chennai BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan.

She is the daughter of BRS MP K Kesava Rao, who has stated that he "will join Congress".

Congress nominated KV Gowtham to contest from 20-Kolar(SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.

Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, arrived in Delhi, to take part in I.N.D.I.A group rally.

Yesterday, Purnea seat was allotted to RJD in the Mahagathbandhan seat sharing  for Lok sabha elections in Bihar.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will  file nomination from Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan today.

DMK Central Chennai Candidate Dayanidhi Maran participated in election campaign.

Tamil Nadu CM and DMK President MK Stalin campaigned for the party's Salem candidate, TM Selvaganapathy in the Lok Sabha constituency.

At the time of the final publication of the electoral roll for the Lok Sabha General Election 2024, there are 83,37,914 voters registered in Uttarakhand, including 43,17,579 male voters and 40,20,038 female voters. There are 297 third-gender voters. The number of service voters in the state is 93,187, of which 90,554 are male service voters and 2633 are female service voters, Chief Electoral Office, Uttarakhand said.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari held a road show in his Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency. He is recontesting and had earlier filed his nomination on the seat.