Live updates - March 08, 2014: Lok Sabha elections 2014

8:18pm- Congress releases first list of candidates for 194 LS seats. Rae Barelii: Sonia Gandhi, Amethi: Rahul Gandhi, Kanpur: Sriprakash Jaiswal, Pilibhit - Sanjay Kapoor, Phulpur- Md Kaif among others.6:21pm - Naseed Ahmad Khan to be SP candidate from Rampur Lok Sabha constituency. 5:50pm - A few people raise slogans in favour of Narendra Modi during Arvind Kejriwal's meeting in Ahmedabad5:14pm - Manish Sisodia attacks Modi, says a heart is also needed under a 56 inch chest.5:05pm - D. Purandeshwari : I felt humiliated within Congress when Digvijay singh asked me to shift from Vishakhapatnam. 4:45pm - Sushma swaraj opposes merger of B. Sriramulu led BSR Congress with BJP, says it should not be allowed at any cost. (Sources)4:14pm -Heated words exchanged between BJP president Rajnath Singh and Murali Manohar Joshi over Varanasi LS seat at CEC meeting in New Delhi (Sources)3:13pm -Ink smeared on AAP leader Yogendra Yadav's face in Delhi3:09pm - BJP releases list of candidates for Odisha assembly elections. The party also releases list of LS candidates from Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tripura & West Bengal 02:22pm - Arvind Kejriwal's roadshow starts in Ahmedabad.Kejriwal's roadshow to pass through Modi's assembly constituency.01:37pm - Lok Janashakti Party(LJP) releases list of 6 candidates in Bihar. Hajipur- Ramvilas Paswan, Jamui - Chirag Paswan ,Samastipur - Ram Chandra Paswan,Vaishali - Rama Singh, Nalanda - Satya Nand Sharma ,Munger - Veena Devi 12:49pm -Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Odisha assembly Bhupendra Singh joins Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Another Congress leader Anup Sai also joins Odisha.12:20pm - Misa Bharti changes tack and says she will fight LS elections from Pataliputra only. 12:09pm - Congress, National Conference alliance finalized: Congress to field 2 candidates in Jammu, 1 candidate in Ladakh, NC to contest all 3 valley seats11:20am - Addressing a press conference, RJD leader Ram Kripal Yadav said that he is resigning from all party posts but says he has not resigned from the party. Ram Kripal says that he has accepted Misa's offer of contesting from Pataliputra constituency but media reports suggest that Lalu Prasad is not giving his approval.10:24am - Misa Bharti reaches Patna9:37am - Arvind Kejriwal tells India TV - What is the point in coming to Ahmedabad if I don't visit Sabarmati.9:17am - Anurag Thakur, president of BJP Yuva Morcha,asks party leadership to allocate at least 5 LS seats to members of Yuva Morcha(Sources)9:06am - Arvind Kejriwal reaches Sabarmati Ashram8:50am - Arvind Kejriwal takes Indigo flight to reach Ahmedabad8:22am - Lalu Prasad not in favour of changing LS candidate from Pataliputra constituency (Sources)