Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Highlights: Kejriwal and Mann hold roadshow in Delhi ahead of fourth phase voting

 Security heightened in Asansol and Paschim Bardhaman ahead of the fourth phase polling for Lok Sabha elections on May 13.

BJP candidate from Beed Lok Sabha constituency Pankaja Munde visits & offers prayers at Kalratri Devi Mandir ahead of the voting in the fourth phase on May 13.

While speaking in Delhi, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the development in the northeast is unprecedented. He added that tourism inflow has increased in the northeast because the central government has brought peace to the northeastern region.

During an address in Amethi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said, "The number of visits Smriti Irani made to Amethi in the last five years was more than the number of visits made by four generations of the Gandhi family combined. She is a perfect example of an active public representative."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann hold a roadshow in Uttam Nagar area, in support of AAP West Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Mahabal Mishra.    

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Patna and is about to begin a roadshow along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Huge arrangements have been made with over 600 police and RAF personnel safeguarding the site. 

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor hits back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that Congress will get fewer seats than that age of its 'Shahzada' (Rahul Gandhi). Tharoor said that the BJP won't get more seats than the age of Modi.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted former Congress President Sonia Gandhi during his Rae Bareli rally. He said that Sonia Gandhi has spent 70 per cent of her MP funds on minorities. Notably, she held Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat for two decades before leaving it and getting elected to Rajya Sabha this year.  

Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav said that the PM is coming to Bihar to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims and that his intentions will never get fulfilled because Bihar belongs to Lalu Yadav and I.N.D.I.A bloc.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said he had discussed seat sharing with CM Yogi Adityanath in UP. He said that Yogi assured him to think over it. He also said that he will discuss this with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rae Bareli, saying that he has not visited any village or asked any farmer about his problems in the last 10 years.

TMC thinks it has monopoly over Bengali culture, said PM Modi in West Bengal's Arambagh.

On the occasion of Mother's Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was gifted a portrait of his mother Late Heeraben Patel during his public rally in Hooghly, West Bengal.

Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav says, "Barabanki has been the epicentre of the Samajwadi party... The PDA family is going to defeat NDA. PDA has been betrayed. The respect and rights it deserved, were not given. This is why the PDA has united to teach a lesson to the BJP... BJP has fallen into its own trap... This time, UP will get the maximum number of seats for the INDIA alliance... When the result is announced, our MPs will decide who the Prime Minister will be... I want to urge the people of Bahujan Samaj to not waste their vote by voting for anyone else except the INDIA alliance..."

 Samajwadi Party fields BJP MP from Bhadohi seat and Ramesh Bind from Mirzapur Lok Sabha seat.

West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public gathering in Arambagh.

Rahul baba, if you want to be scared of atom bomb, then be scared, we aren't; PoK belongs to India, said Amit Shah in UP.

Addressing a public meeting in Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "Mallikarjun Kharge says that people of UP and Rajasthan don't have anything to do with Kashmir... Congress, Samajwadi Party and BSP were taking care of Article 370 in Kashmir like its illegitimate child. You made PM Modi Prime Minister for the second time, he ended Article 370... He ended terrorism in Kashmir and made it an integral part of India. These two 'Shehzade' Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi say that when they would form the government, they will reintroduce Article 370..."

TMC's recruitment mafia has destroyed the future of the youths of Bengal, said PM Narendra Modi at Hooghly rally.

Why is PM Modi not seeking West Bengal governor's resignation despite allegations of molestation against him, asked CM Mamata Banerjee.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces to provide up to 200 units of free electricity to all the poor in the country if voted to power. 

Himachal Pradesh: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, Anurag Thakur said, "The person who used to talk about the agitation against corruption is behind bars today, due to serious corruption charges. He is out on interim bail for few days. Then, he has to go to jail again. Right now, he can lie as much as he wants, but the truth is that his ministers are in jail... Arvind Kejriwal is currently out on bail. There is nothing to celebrate in this ..."

Former Chief Minister of Haryana and candidate from Karnal Lok Sabha, Manohar Lal Khattar holds door-to-door campaign in Karnal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in Hooghly, West Bengal.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal campaigns for BJP candidate from New Delhi, Bansuri Swaraj in Bapu Dham.

PM Narendra Modi at Barrackpore rally said that as long as Modi is there, no one can take away reservation for SC or ST.

Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal under the TMC rule, said PM Modi at Barrackpore rally.

TMC has made bomb making a cottage industry in Bengal, said PM Narendra Modi at Barrackpore rally.

BJP's plan is to break AAP, topple its govts in Punjab, Delhi, said AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to party MLAs.

We will get bigger success in this Lok Sabha polls than in 2019 in Bengal, said PM Modi at a rally in Barrackpore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Barrackpore, West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Barrackpore, West Bengal. "I take your blessings. The BJP is going to get a bigger success than 2019. West Bengal is an important state for us. Congress ruled for 50 years, but people of Eastern India only got poverty despite the states being capable. These states have mineral resources, fertile land. These states have also tourism potential. I have decided to make these states an engine of growth for Viksit Bharat," he said.

Bihar: On security arrangements ahead of PM Narendra Modi's roadshow, SSP Patna Rajeev Mishra says, "We have done all the security arrangements according to the set criteria. The SPG team has arrived. We are working with them. All the essential arrangements are made. We have identified the pressure points... Such a roadshow is happening for the first time... But we are ready for it..."

Visuals of preparations near Dak Bungalow Chowk in Patna for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow.

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva holds door-to-door campaign in East Delhi in support of party candidate Harsh Malhotra.

Polling parties leave for their respective booths from a government engineering college in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to address press conference at 1 pm at AAP headquarters.

 AAP's Chhatra Yuva Sagharsh Samiti conducted a cyclathon in Delhi pressing 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' today morning. Here's what Delhi Minister Gopal Rai said.

Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva and Union Minister General VK Singh flag off a bike rally organised by the Sikh community and led by party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa in support of PM Narendra Modi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accepted the invitation for public debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lok Sabha elections. The invitation was extended by former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, former High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, and senior journalist N Ram.

PM Modi will hold a roadshow in Patna on Sunday in favour of the NDA candidate Ravi Shankar Prasad. 

Senior BJD leader VK Pandian challenged the BJP to declare its CM candidate for Odisha and claimed that the party would get less than 10 per cent votes if it names any of its current state leaders. Campaigning in the Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat, Pandian said the BJP has been "day-dreaming" about forming a government in Odisha since 2014. "When elections come many leaders come as election tourists, and then they are not seen for five years," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. He will address election rallies in Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district, Panchla in Howrah, and Chinsurah and Pursura in Hooghly district. This is Modi's second visit to the city this month. He reached Kolkata on May 2 and after spending the night in Raj Bhavan, he addressed rallies in Krishnanagar, Purba Bardhaman and Bolpur Lok Sabha constituencies the next day.