Lok Sabha polls 2024 top updates Apr 21: Congress releases another list of 11 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

“We are afraid of public. We aren’t sacred of leaders like PM Modi. By jailing two Chief Ministers, we aren’t going to be afraid. Hemant Soren sent to jail for refusing to part ways with INDIA bloc. Even if they bury us under the sand, we will keep coming up.” 

He said, “PM insulted President Murmu by not inviting her to Ram temple consecration, Parliament Building opening. BJP will be wiped out if it continues to terrorise tribals. PM Modi has been lying to us about employment, farmers income. During elections, vote for Mahagatbandhan. Don’t be afraid of anyone. Let Modi lose the elections.” 

"Congress is trapped in the clutches of the Leftists and urban naxals. What Congress has said in its manifesto is serious and worrying. They have said that if they form a government then a survey of property belonging to every person will be done. It will be checked how much gold our sisters own, how much money government employees have. They also said that gold owned by our sisters would be equally distributed. Does govt have the right to take your property? 'Mangalsutra' sone ki keemat ka mudda nahi hai, unko sapno se juda hua hai," PM Modi says in rally.

BJP committed towards welfare of poor, works honestly, but Congress sells fear, hunger and corruption in its shop: PM Modi in Banswara rally.

PM Modi, while speaking in a public rally in Rajasthan's Banswara, said: "Today, having a stable government in the country is important...A government that can take the poor, the women, the farmers, the deprived, and the backward classes towards prosperity...A government which understands the aspirations of the youth and makes policies for them..."

Former Bihar deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "The leaders of the BJP are speaking of finishing the Constitution again and again. It is a Constitution written by Baba Saheb Ambedkar, not by some random Baba. No one has the power to change it... In Bihar also, their ministers and candidates are saying constantly that they will finish the Constitution. The people of the country will finish you..."

"INDIA alliance will work for India and Modi ji will work for Adani. BJP mislead people by giving slogans like '400 paar', '200 paar' in Bengal, '35 paar' in Delhi, '65 paar' in Jharkhand. '400 paar' slogan is farzi. This time you should tell them 'Tadi paar, tadi paar'," says AAP leader Sanjay Singh.

"Narendra Modi speaks against corruption. He put Hemant Soren, Arvind Kejriwal in jail under false accusations. When he speaks on corruption, it looks as if Osama Bin Laden and Gabbar Singh are preaching non-violence. A Modi washing powder has come which cleans all your corruptions. Their slogan is 'Jo jitna bada bhrashtachari, wo utna bada padadhikari," Sanjay Singh said.

Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and AAP MP Sanjay Singh and his wife arrive at Ranchi Airport to attend the INDIA alliance's 'Ulgulan rally'.

"When Congress claims that they favour people, I want to remind people about the condition of Bihar before 2005. People would not go out in night. There were no roads, health facilities. Girls would not study," Nitish Kumar said.

#WATCH | Mumbai: On INDIA Alliance's rally in Jharkhand, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, "...On behalf of Hemant Soren, his wife has spoken to me and Uddhav Thackeray as well. As you can see the campaigning is at its peak in Maharashtra, today also Uddhav Thackeray is… pic.twitter.com/3WvvR4rsq8

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" The first phase of Lok Sabha elections has concluded. The enthusiasm that people have about the 10-year tenure of PM Modi in the country, is converting into votes today. BJP-led NDA government will come to power with a huge majority, there is no doubt in this and I think that the lies of the opposition are also being exposed by the public..." Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said. 

The Chief Electoral Officer announced on Friday that repolling will be conducted at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituencies on Monday. The decision came amid reports of violence and electoral malpractices in the state during the first phase of elections on Friday. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an exclusive interview with a private Indian news channel reflected on his journey since 2014 when the NDA government came to power as well as took potshots at the Congress' rule of India for decades. 

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The opposition INDIA bloc will hold a mega rally in Ranchi on Sunday. The rally comes in the wake of the arrests of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren.