Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Six former Himachal MLAs who were disqualified as Congress legislators join BJP

Congress releases the fourth list of 46 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

JDU MLA Bima Bharti resigned from primary membership of the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

"Without any conditions. We have been in alliance with them. We were given the Lok Sabha ticket from Gaya," said Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said after visiting Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple.

Wife of Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Sunita Kejriwal reached ED office to meet her husband on Saturday following his arrest in connection to the Delhi liquor policy scam.

President of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) Prakash Ambedkar said, "Cabinet has taken the decision to change the liquor policy...The Constitution says that the cabinet's decision cannot be challenged by the court and if the court cannot challenge it, then the investigative agencies cannot touch it as well." 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal approached the High Court on Saturday to challenge his arrest in the Delhi liquor policy scam.

"The one who said in Delhi that I would fight against corruption, work for the poor, would send dishonest people to jail, his ministers went to jail. Now he (Arvind Kejriwal) also went to jail but is not ready to leave his post," said PM CM Mohan Yadav.

The list of seats declared for the Lok Sabha elections has been canceled till further notice. Apna Dal (Kamerwadi) had announced to contest elections from Phulpur, Kaushambi and Mirzapur in India alliance but shortly after the announcement took back its proposed candidates.

(Reported by - Ruchi Kumar)

Congress party skipped the tax return deadline and extended deadline in 2017-18... Secondly, any political party cannot accept cash donations of more than Rs. 20,000... But the Congress had accepted a donation worth Rs. 14 lakhs," BJP leader Sambit Patra. 

Tripura CM Manik Saha addresses BJP Yuva Morcha Rally. 

Six former Himachal MLAs who were disqualified as Congress legislators joined the BJP on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha member from Vadodara, Ranjan Bhatt, who was renominated by the party from the same seat for the upcoming parliamentary elections, on Saturday pulled out of the poll race citing personal reasons.

BJP candidate from Sabarkantha, Gujarat - Bhikaji Thakor expressed that he does not wish to contest the election.

Several former MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly are expected to join the BJP and contest the upcoming bypolls on its ticket, sources said on Saturday, as the political crisis plaguing the state continues to rumble.

"Congress could not get one able candidate in 28 Lok Sabha constituencies (of Karnataka)," he said.

Azad Samaj Party leader Chandrashekhar Azad and Samajwadi Party's (SP) Manoj Kumar on Friday (March 22) filed their nomination papers from the Nagina (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Responding to questions on the Dalit leader filing his nomination for the seat, Samajwadi Party chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told media that there was no electoral pact between his party and the Azad Samaj Party for this Lok Sabha election.

"Congress will lose the Parliamentary elections. That is why, he wants to divert the issues," LoP R Ashoka said.

"People in not only India but those across the world have come to know that the BJP Government is busy in putting the entire Opposition in jail," Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

"Cases related to the two-leaf symbol are pending in court. The final verdict will be in our favour and we will contest the next election under the two-leaf symbol," he said.

"People have chosen Arvind Kejriwal as their CM. So, only people will decide his fate," Sanjay Raut said.