Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is a Lok Sabha member from the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 and 303 seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, PM Modi won the Varanasi seat with a margin of 4,79,505 votes. He was polled 6,74,664 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shalini Yadav who got 1,95,159 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Modi contested on BJP ticket from the constituency for the first time and won the seat. He was polled 5,81,022 votes and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who got 2,09,238 votes. Modi defeated Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes. Modi also won the Vadodara seat in 2014 but decided to retain Varanasi. He was the Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. Modi represented Rajkot II constituency in the Gujarat Assembly in 2002 and Maninagar thrice in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012. He is again contesting from the Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Read MoreThe NDA, consisting of various right-wing parties, experienced changes in leadership over time, with Narendra Modi leading the charge in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. Despite facing hurdles like the collapse of the govt due to the withdrawal of support by the AIADMK, NDA bounced back in 1999.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting the general elections alone this time. Back in 2019, it contested in coalition with Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and won 10 seats.
Shatrusalyasinhji is a former first-class cricketer and the last person to hold the title of Maharaja of Nawanagar. According to PM Modi, Shatrusalyasinhji is affectionate towards him as an elder.
The statement came a day after the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that last year, the Indian government failed to address communal violence disproportionately affecting Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, Jews, and Adivasis (indigenous peoples).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has targeted Congress after Pakistan's former Minister Fawad Chaudhary praised Rahul Gandhi. He said we always knew that Pakistan is fond of Congress.
Trail run of the Vande Bharat Metro train will commence from July this year. Initially, 50 trains will be built and the number will be increased to 400 gradually.
In his first election rally in Gujarat after the poll announcement, PM Modi said as long as he and the Bharatiya Janata Party were around, reservation in jobs and education granted to SCs/STs/OBCs, and economically weaker sections will be safeguarded.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: A political party in an attempt to cash the popularity of its top leaders, fields them from more than one state so that their popularity can influence maximum voters in its favour.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi claimed that if BJP returns to power at the Centre, then it will tear the Constitution which gives rights to the poor, Dalits, tribals and OBCs.
Congress Spokesperson Supriya Shrinate questioned the silence of PM Modi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and the delay in the National Commission for Women acting on the matter of Prajwal Revanna's alleged crimes.
The High Court bench dismissed the plea saying that it is devoid of any merit and that the judiciary cannot ask the poll body to take a particular view of any complaint.
Despite the drizzling weather, the event witnessed an overwhelming turnout, with more than 500 enthusiastic participants joining in the walk. Participants, adorned in vibrant hues, radiated positivity and fervour as they marched in unison, echoing their endorsement for Prime Minister Modi.
India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, who attended the annual function of Delhi's Daulat Ram College on its 62nd anniversary as chief guest, advised students to dream big and try to become big.
The BJP has shared another old video of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which according to the saffron party he (Manmohan Singh) reiterated his stand that Muslims, if they are poor, should get first right to the nation's resources.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. The 14 Lok Sabha segments in the southern parts of the state will vote on April 26 in the second phase.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of planning wealth redistribution, political strife between the BJP and the Congress has heightened with the ruling party releasing an old video of former PM Manmohan Singh.
Telangana Chief Minister and Congress leader Revanth Reddy has linked BJP's goal of 400 seats with the scrapping of reservations and referred to these general election as a referendum on SC, ST, BC reservations.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha polls in the Union Territory will be held in the first five phases on April 19 (Udhampur) and April 26 (Jammu), May 7 (Anantnag-Rajouri), May 13 (Srinagar) and May 20 (Baramulla). The counting of votes will be held on June 4.
For the smooth conduction of the general election 2024 phase 2, the schools in Noida, Ghaziabad, and other constituencies will remain closed tomorrow, April 26. Check the complete list here.
India used to have its own version of inheritance tax or estate duty between 1953 and 1985. The law was first introduced in 1953 and abolished in 1985 by the then Congress government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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