Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha will officially join the Congress Party on April 6. Shatrughan Sinha met Rahul Gandhi today after which the date was fixed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an all-out attack on Congress Party and Opposition for questioning the valour of defence forces. PM Modi also blamed SP, BSP and RLD for an opportunistic alliance. Here's what happened through the day.

Exhibiting his humane side, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday took an injured journalist to AIIMS after he had a fall from his two-wheeler.

General elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

He also attacked the brother-sister duo and said Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi visit temples only around elections. 

Addressing a meeting of his party workers at the Ramlila ground here, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to transfer Rs 15 lakh to every bank account but did not keep the promise.   

Congress President Rahul Gandhi claims that his Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Minimum Income Scheme) or, in short, NYAY Scheme would benefit 5 crore households.

For public interest, here are few questions to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who made a big poll announcement on Monday promising 20 per cent poor a basic minimum income of Rs 72,000 per year under NYAY.

"We will eradicate poverty in the country. This is a 'dhamaka'. No country has done this in history. There should not be a single poor person in the country," Gandhi said.

Taking into account the total amount of subsidies provided by the government, Jaitley claimed that Rs 5.34 lakh crore was already being distributed to the poor.  

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Latest News India: Hello and welcome to our daily Election Live Blog where we bring to you the election live updates from across India. With the biggest game of thrones set to begin next month, political circles are perplexed as to who will India choose - Modi wave or Mahagathbandhan. It will be for all to see what the decider reveals on May 26. Catch the latest here:

Jaitley said the Congress has given to the people many slogans but very little resources to implement its election promises.

The 2019 general election is scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May. On the same day the results will be declared.

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Latest News India: Hello and welcome to our daily Election Live Blog where we bring to you the election live updates from across India. With the biggest game of thrones set to begin next month, political circles are perplexed as to who will India choose - Modi wave or Mahagathbandhan. It will be for all to see what the decider reveals on May 25. Catch the latest here:

"In the election affidavit, Rahul Gandhi has mentioned he gets Rs 9 lakh as rent from Indira Gandhi farmhouse in Mehrauli, but in reality he gets crores," Patra said.

The BJP on Saturday cited the rise in Congress president Rahul Gandhi's income between 2004 and 2014 to question its source, claiming he had no ostensible source of income.

In a Facebook post, Gandhi tagged a media report about 10,000 watchmen protesting against poor wages.

Setting up a high-pitched battle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has fielded its powerpact leader Smriti Irani against Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi for the second time.

In an interaction with watchmen from across the country, Modi said his rivals lacked guts to name him and attack him directly, and instead resorted to targeting watchmen.

A purported video of Sharma's controversial speech in his parliamentary constituency's Sikandrabad area is circulating on social media in which he can be seen slamming not only Gandhi family politicians, but also other regional leaders.

Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar passed away at the age of 63 on Sunday in Panaji after his battle with pancreatic cancer.