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.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: To put up a tough fight against the dominating National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP, the Congress adopted a realistic approach by not fielding too many candidates as its winning ratio has not been so encouraging in the last two Lok Sabha elections.
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The party manifesto, or 'Sankalp Patra', was unveiled at the BJP headquarters in Delhi in the presence of top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda.
Aap Ki Adalat: Revanth Reddy earlier said on Saturday, "Congress is a family. I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that the upcoming elections are not just electoral contests but a war that pits two families against each other. This is an all-out war between the Congress family and the one headed by PM Modi.
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Heatwave in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting for the preparedness for heat wave-related situations. Earlier, the Health Ministry issued a food advisory to help citizens combat the ongoing heatwave season.
A small glimpse of this meeting has come out, the full video will come on April 13 at 9:30 am.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In West Bengal, the BJP secured 18 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Except for Darjeeling and Asansol, the party won 16 seats for the first time in the state Similarly, the party won 3 seats each for the first time in Karnataka, Odisha and Haryana.
Ever since the war escalated in October, India extended support to Israel and repeatedly emphasised that only a two-state solution achieved through direct and meaningful negotiations between both sides on final status issues will deliver an enduring peace.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking to improve its tally of 303 which it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP and its allies including TDP, JDU, PMK, Shiv Sena, LJP-RV and others have already declared several candidates.
Last week, the Congress party released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and called it 'Nyay Patra.' The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4.
The latest development came ahead of the Parliamentary elections wherein Mariyam Shiuna "deliberately" replaced MDP's poll campaign poster with the Ashok Chakra. However, she later apologised.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an election rally in Rajasthan's Churu said that the work done by his government is just an appetiser adding a lot more is yet to come. Polling in Rajasthan will take place in first two phases.
With Lok Sabha polls around the corner, election activity across the country and among political parties have intensified. Ahead of the 7-phase elections, parties are announcing candidates, while leaders continue to switch between different political camps to strengthen their chances. Stay tuned.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As the Lok Sabha elections draw near, the Congress party has nominated Ajai Rai for the Varanasi constituency, challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third time.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Polling in Meerut Lok Sabha constituency will be held in the second phase on April 26. The general elections have been scheduled to take place in seven phases, the results will be declared on June 4.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 are scheduled to take place in seven phases beginning April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. With the polls just a couple of weeks ahead, all the political parties have launched their election campaigns.
The Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases spread over 44 days starting April 19 in the world’s largest election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyeing a third consecutive term in office.
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