Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: The Cooch Behar constituency is gearing up for a fiery Lok Sabha campaign on Thursday, with back-to-back rallies by PM Modi Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar as a part of BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign today. Soon after, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will also campaign for the Trinamool Congress in the Mathabhanga area of Cooch Behar district. In this election season, this is the first time that two political leaders will hold Lok Sabha poll campaigns in a constituency on the same day.
Before heading towards West Bengal, PM Modi launched the NDA’s Lok Sabha campaign in Bihar on April 4 with a rally, his first in the state since the announcement of the elections. He addressed a rally at Jamui around noon. Jamui is among the four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, the other three being Aurangabad, Gaya, and Nawada, which will go to polls in the first phase on April 19. BJP ally Chirag Paswan, who has handed over the mantle to brother-in-law Arun Bharti after having represented Jamui, a reserved seat, two times on the trot, has been effusive in his praise for the prime minister for the gesture.
On the other hand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will conduct four road shows and one public meeting during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu starting from Thursday. His impending two-day excursion to Tamil Nadu emerges as a strategic move in the political landscape of the state. He will kickstart his campaign with a road show in Tamil Nadu’s Theni town on Thursday afternoon, followed by a pivotal public meeting in Madurai later in the evening. His agenda also includes a significant stop at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, symbolizing an attempt to resonate with the religious sentiments of the electorate.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ‘PM Modi is our face in all the 40 Lok Sabha seats here,’ says Bihar Dy CM Samrat Choudhary
Gung-ho over the ruling BJP’s prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said the people have made up their minds to elect the party’s candidates from all 40 seats in the state.
Speaking to ANI earlier on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign-related visit to Bihar’s Jamui, the BJP leader said, “PM Modi is our face in all the 40 Lok Sabha seats here. We are going into the elections under his leadership. He is visiting us for his first campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar and we will extend him a hearty welcome. The people of Bihar have made up their minds to send BJP members from all 40 seats in the state to the Lok Sabha.” (ANI)
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: ‘Hope to use my ability to take India forward’, Gourav Vallabh after joining BJP
After joining BJP, Gourav Vallabh says, “I posted a letter in the morning on various social media platforms…In that letter, I wrote all the pains of my heart…This has been my view from the beginning that the temple of Lord Shri Ram (in Ayodhya) should be built. An invitation was received and Congress rejected the invitation, I cannot accept it…The leaders of the alliance raised questions on Sanatana, why was Congress not responding to it?…I joined BJP today and I hope to use my ability and knowledge to take India forward…”
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Former Congress leader Gourav Vallabh joins BJP
Former Congress leader Gourav Vallabh joins BJP today.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Congress brought disrepute to India during its rule, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lambasted the Congress for having brought “disrepute” to the country, while lauding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for maintaining an “unblemished record”. Addressing an election rally at Jamui, Modi refrained from mentioning Pakistan by name, but said that under the BJP-led NDA government, “India has started hitting back, reviving the ancient glory of the Magadha empire”.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Oppn from allies over couple of LS seats candidates in Maharashtra, claim Shiv Sena leaders
With the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde likely to replace its candidate in Hingoli Lok Sabha seat, some party leaders claim they are facing opposition from alliance partners over nominations in a couple of seats. The Shiv Sena on March 28 announced Hingoli’s sitting MP Hemant Patil as its candidate from the seat.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘He should look into himself’, MP CM Yadav takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi over Constitution remark
While speaking to ANI, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav said, “By abrogating Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the precedent that if there is any wrong article in the Constitution, it must be changed, and he has abrogated it for the betterment of Jammu & Kashmir.” “PM Modi’s government is working in the direction of changing the lives of farmers, the youth, and the poor. Rahul Gandhi should look into himself when he talks about ‘changing the Constitution’. It was a change in the Constitution only that the Supreme Court’s decision against Triple Talaq was overturned by the Congress,” he said.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: JDS-BJP candidate HD Kumaraswamy files his nomination from Mandya
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS-BJP candidate HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday submitted his nomination papers for the Mandya parliamentary constituency in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections, starting from April 19 in seven phases across the country. Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant were also present with him.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Ahead of his Bihar rally, Congress posts ‘4 questions for PM Modi’, seeks his stance on caste-census
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress General Secretary in Charge of Communications, took to X on Thursday and alleged that the State has been plagued by rampant unemployment and unprecedented migration. “When Nitish Kumar’s government, on the insistence of the Congress and RJD, released Bihar’s Caste Census in October last year, PM Modi accused him of “dividing the country in the name of caste”. Having since joined hands with him, what does the PM think of the caste census conducted by his old new ally?” the Congress leader said.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Mamata Banerjee to address Lok Sabha poll campaign in West Bengal today
The Cooch Behar constituency is gearing up for a fiery Lok Sabha campaign on Thursday, with back-to-back rallies by Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Banerjee is scheduled to speak at a rally in Cooch Behar around noon. The venues of Banerjee’s public meeting and the PM’s rally are about 30 km apart.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Justice was done to 6 generations of people in Bihar after independence’, says PM Modi
During his public rally in Jamui, PM Modi, says “…I am satisfied that my younger brother Chirag Paswan is taking forward the ideas of Ram Vilas Paswan with full seriousness…The land of Bihar has been showing direction to the entire country…but unfortunately, after independence, justice was not done to 5-6 generations of people in Bihar…”
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Bihar voices in favor of BJP and NDA’, says PM Modi
During his public rally in Jamui, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says “…The huge gathering here in Jamui clearly shows the mood of the people. The voice in favour of BJP and NDA is echoing not only in Bihar but the entire country…”
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Congress, RJD brought disrepute to nation’, says PM Modi
Congress, its ally RJD brought disrepute to the nation: PM Modi at rally in Bihar’s Jamui.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Glad that Chirag has…’, says PM Modi
Glad my little brother Chirag has stepped into the shoes of my friend late Ram Vilas Paswan: PM Modi in Bihar’s Jamui.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Bihar people have helped NDA’, says PM Modi in Jamui
People of Bihar have resolved to help NDA win all 40 Lok Sabha seats in state and 400 plus across country: PM Modi at Jamui rally.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: ‘We are together forever now’, says Nitish Kumar at PM Modi’s rally in Jamui
At PM Narendra Modi’s public rally in Jamui, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says, “‘Wo To Jhuth-Muth Ka Hum Bich Me Ek Baar sath Kar Liye The To aaj Wo Baat Karta Hai’, but when I saw that he is doing wrong, I left them (RJD). And we are together forever now. ‘Ab Kabhi Idhar Udhar Nahi Hone Waale Hai’. PM Modi has been in the central govt for 10 years, and he has done so much work for Bihar and the country…Since we assumed power, Hindu-Muslim riots have stopped, I would like to appeal to the Muslim community that if you mistakenly vote for them (opposition), again those riots will start…”
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: PM Modi to address rally in Bengal’s Cooch Behar today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally at Cooch Behar district in West Bengal on Thursday, his first public meeting in the eastern state since the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. Modi is scheduled to address the rally at Rash Mela grounds around 3.30 pm.
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