I want to make the country the third economic superpower in my third term, says PM

Former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy says, "JDS important core committee meeting will happen tomorrow in Hubli. We have already decided to suspend party MP Prajwal Revanna. It will be decided in the core committee meeting tomorrow."

I want to make a start-up hub, manufacturing hub, innovation hub. I want to take the country to a completely new area with a lot of confidence. My vision is clear, I have no doubts. After June 4, I am clear what I have to do in the next 100 days as well as by 2047. I am clear of a Viksit Bharat by 2047. That is why I say 24 by 7 for 2047.

PM Modi said,"My aim is PM Surya Ghar Yojana and zero electricity bill. I want solar panels in every household. And I just don’t want electricity bills to be zero but I want three things. One, every household’s power bill should be zero; second, we should sell surplus electricity and earn money; and third, I want to be self-reliant in the energy sector as the era of electric vehicles will come."

PM Modi said,"I wanted to address the basic needs of the common man. I worked in that direction. At that time, there was an atmosphere of despair in the country, an atmosphere of hatred towards the government. I had to instill confidence. I worked on that. In the second term, I showed some results, filled people with confidence that we can move forward. A level of confidence has come in the country. That confidence is a very big strength."

PM Modi said," First, we fought the assembly elections together. Later, they went somewhere and then came back. So, we are together as per the mandate of the people. As far as public support is concerned, I was in Bihar just recently, and I can see it clearly. Even when there is no tent overhead or anything in this heat, still lakhs of people are connected to us. I can see it clearly. Earlier, we used to lose one-odd seat in Bihar, but this time maybe we will not lose even one."

PM Modi said,"People believe that there is a strong and stable government at the Centre, and that Bengal too should benefit from it. Women are facing atrocities in the TMC rule. The events of Sandeshkhali have jolted the nation. People have the right to vote, and they will vent their anger in the process. So, the outburst is natural. You have seen the piles of banknotes seized. Have you ever seen such big stashes of money getting caught earlier? In recent years, you have seen stashes of Rs 50 crore, Rs 300 crore, Rs 250 crore, Rs 200 crore. The nation is shocked. No matter how much you try to hide it, the nation now understands that these people are looters." Absolutely, it will be a clean sweep when asked if it will be a clean sweep in Bengal.

PM Modi says, "We have to rid the country of corruption. That should be the country’s resolve. I believe in making the system policy-driven. Use technology. Earlier, a prime minister used to say a rupee goes [towards the people] but only 15 paise reach them. Today I say when a rupee goes out, the full 100 paise reach – Direct Benefit Transfer. How? By improving the system! We launched the GeM portal, a big step towards reducing corruption."

Second, we have to awaken society. Let society also be made conscious that corruption cannot be tolerated at any level. That environment is getting created in the country. But political people are not afraid. Someone would support them [the corrupt] just because they would want to oppose us. This is not correct.

PM Modi said,"They are forced to field family members. It is their compulsion. That’s their main character. They don’t have anything else. To fight for family members and to make family members fight in elections: that’s the game."

"Also, didn’t they join forces before? They have united before, many times. But the people of Uttar Pradesh understand what is good for them. I said in Parliament that today the situation in Uttar Pradesh and country is such that big leaders are withdrawing from the Lok Sabha race and trying to take the Rajya Sabha route. And that’s what it is. Big leaders are not ready to fight the elections. But we are working responsibly, taking everyone along and performing our duties. And I think nothing will be left of them this time around. Nothing," added PM Modi

PM Modi said," I believe our country hates such dynasty politics. If someone tries to use the word ‘sympathy’ to evoke sympathy among people, I say even that attempt will fail. People hate such things. They cannot accept such things. These are your family disputes, resolve them within your home. Why are you ruining the state of Maharashtra over this? "

Another thing is that the BJP has sacrificed for Maharashtra. Some people thought that we want the CM’s seat. No. We could have taken the CM’s seat, but didn’t. We convinced the people of Maharashtra that we live for Maharashtra, not for ourselves. And in this election, this sympathy is in our favour that such a big party, with a chief minister who has been successful is now a deputy chief minister, has sort of put its self-respect on the backburner for the bright future of Maharashtra.

I believe in our country, Bengal has been ruined, Kolkata was once leading the economic growth, but is ruined by politics. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were earlier reduced to unstable conditions. Maharashtra should not be allowed to go down that route. Mumbai is the economic capital of the country. We should move ahead strongly in Maharashtra for the benefit of the country. We are conveying this sentiment to

PM Modi said,"It’s true that the state has been seeing coalition governments for a considerable period now. There was Vilasrao Deshmukh…Even when Sharad Pawar became the chief minister, he was not able to do so alone with absolute majority. Secondly, it has been Maharashtra’s misfortune that for some time now, no CM has been able to serve the five-year term. Devendra Fadnavis was the first person after a long time who served the entire term. The government then was clean and spotless. It was a government that worked for the welfare of the people.

Now, there should be sympathy with us. Those who fought elections with us, those who asked for votes from the people of Maharashtra with us, developed an ego due to their personal ambition of becoming the chief minister. Because of his ego and ambition, you (Uddhav Thackeray) betrayed this partnership that dated back to the days of Balasaheb Thackeray. People are angry about it and there is sympathy for BJP because of this."

PM Modi in an interview said," Our inter-ministerial team has also, under the rules and practices laid down before, visited the affected areas and conducted a survey. And it is the same process every time. When the earthquake happened in Gujarat, I sent a memorandum to the central government that sent a team for a survey to take stock of the situation. Now in the middle of this process, the model code of conduct came into force. So I told the Election Commission about this and asked for permission. According to NDRF, we have even released ration."

PM Modi says, "If you look at the law-and-order situation, there are blasts and murders taking place; the economic condition is in a state of complete bankruptcy. They made big promises and then said, if this happens, you will get this; if that happens, you will get this. This means you are cheating the public. When we said we will give Ayushman Bharat cards to certain people, we will do it, and there will be no dishonesty by adding ifs and buts. Now, if we have said we will give Ayushman card to anyone over 70, across all classes, then we will give. You should have that courage. They cancelled the scheme for farmers, and there was no reason for it.

Look at Bengaluru, it has played a big role in raising India’s reputation across the world. Bengaluru used to be known as the tech hub and now, in no time, it has been turned into a tanker hub. And tankers also have a mafia culture. People are yearning for water"

PM Modi said," If elections could have been won by ED-CBI, then ED-CBI’s work has been done by the Congress for years, then they would have won. You cannot fix the election of such a big country, even for a municipality you can’t fix this. Try it. Is this fixing possible? They are just fooling the world. The sad thing is that instead of asking those people, the media asks us.

For the past few days, the people of INDI Alliance have become so disappointed that they are looking for excuses. Because even after defeat, you need to go in front of the people. That is why I think that maybe they are already looking for all these excuses. This is probably their internal exercise."

PM Modi said," If elections could have been won by ED-CBI, then ED-CBI’s work has been done by the Congress for years, then they would have won. You cannot fix the election of such a big country, even for a municipality you can’t fix this. Try it. Is this fixing possible? They are just fooling the world. The sad thing is that instead of asking those people, the media asks us.

For the past few days, the people of INDI Alliance have become so disappointed that they are looking for excuses. Because even after defeat, you need to go in front of the people. That is why I think that maybe they are already looking for all these excuses. This is probably their internal exercise."

Even for a cricket team, you have to have a captain, even for a kabaddi team, a name is given. You are not telling who will handle such a big country. That is when they have come up with a ‘One Year One PM’ formula. Every year, one new leader will take oath as the PM, make a new government and new cabinet. For five years, they will stay busy in the swearing-in events, while the country will be busy in difficult events.

Now can any country run like this? It is such a big country. The country has seen instability for 30 years. We have seen the era of coalition governments. Today, the prestige of India has increased in the world because the 140 crore people of India have formed a stable, strong and majority government.

So anyone can trust us, this government has the mandate. No one trusts a coalition government. Such a big country cannot function like this. But today the politics of the country is such that no matter how big a majority a party wins with, it has to honour regional aspirations.

PM Modi in the interview said," In the 90s, they decided to classify Muslims as OBCs in Karnataka. So they were rejecting and suppressing OBCs earlier, but for political gains, they labelled Muslims as OBCs. Congress was ousted from the Centre. This plan remained stalled till 2004. When Congress came back in 2004, it immediately decided to give OBC quota to Muslims in Andhra Pradesh. The matter got complicated in court. The India Parliament had decided to give 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in line with the basic spirit of the Constitution. Now, they tried to loot this 27 per cent quota.
In 2006, a meeting of the National Development Council was held where there was a huge uproar over the statement of Singh. They remained quiet for two years. In the Ghoshana Patra of 2009, they mentioned it again.

In 2011, there is a Cabinet Note on this where they decided to give a share from the OBC quota to Muslims. They tried this in the UP elections too but to no avail. In 2012, the Andhra High Court cancelled it. They went to Supreme Court, even there they did not get any relief. The 2014 Manifesto also talked about reservation on the basis of religion. When the Constitution of India was made, no RSS or BJP people were present. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Pandit Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and several great men of our country were present, and after long contemplation, they decided that reservation cannot be given on the basis of religion in a country like India. See their manifesto for the 2024 elections. It has the imprint of the Muslim League."

People who consider themselves political experts should ask such people that if the conditions you (Congress) describe are real, then you have been in power for 50-60 years. You gave birth to this. Why did you let it come to this? Secondly, X-ray means raiding every household. If any woman has hidden gold where she stores grains, even that will be X-rayed. The jewels will be confiscated.

Land records will be scrutinised. And these will be redistributed. This Maoist ideology has never helped the world. This is an entirely ‘Urban Naxal’ thought. This is why the Jamaat, which usually keeps writing, kept quiet about the manifesto even after 10 days, because it will help them. They kept quiet to protect them. It then becomes my responsibility to awaken the country to the fact that they are planning to loot you. The next part is Dr Manmohan Singh has said clearly who has the first right on the country’s resources. They have clearly stated their intentions.

" After seeing the manifesto, I feel that it has the stamp of the Muslim League. I thought that the media will be shocked. Those who do analysis will be shocked… But they just kept saying whatever is presented by the Congress. Then I thought that this seems to be a big scam of the ecosystem and I will have to bring the truth. I waited for 10 days that the evils in the manifesto would be brought out by someone or the other because if it is brought out in an unbiased manner, it is good. Finally, I was forced to bring out these truths.," says PM Modi

I took the trinity of Jan Dhan, mobile and Aadhaar and encouraged Direct Benefit Transfer. A sum of Rs 36 lakh crore --- the figure is very big --- has gone into people's accounts [via Direct Benefit Transfer].

In India, 3-4 per cent of the villages would get water from taps in their homes, that too in urban localities. Today, tap water has reached 14 crore rural families.

I am continuously saying in the elections that we have built four crore houses for the poor. I tell so many people that when you go for this election campaign, please help me by sending a list of people whose houses have not been built. As soon as my third term starts, I want to take this work forward. I want to build three crore more houses.

The cumulative seized amount includes Rs 76.65 crore in cash, gold, silver, and other valuables worth over Rs 29.62 crore, liquor worth over Rs 43.57 crore, drugs/narcotics valued at Rs 26.12 crore and other items/freebies worth Rs 26.54 crore, according to a statement issued by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer

On 'obscene videos' case involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, " A big thing has happened in Karnataka, a person who shared stage with PM Modi and for whom he asked votes, he (Prajwal Revanna) sexually assaulted 1000s of women. I want to ask what do PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have to say on this? Sometime ago, for 3 days I went to meet my daughter, PM and Home Minister said that I went abroad. They get to know when opposition leaders go somewhere they get to know but when such monsters leave the country they wouldn't get to know? How can we believe this? They have information about everyone but somebody committed such a big crime and ran away from country right from under their nose and they are doing nothing?"

During a public rally in Pune, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, " Because of the appeasement by Congress and INDI alliance, when terrorism increased in the country, Congress hatched another deep conspiracy, Pune land is its witness. Congress came up with the theory of 'saffron terrorism' to put all the blame on innocent Hindus, they put innocent Hindus in jail and harassed them. Congress was prepared to put the blame for 26/11 Mumbai attack on holy saffron...they are those people who give statements in support of Yasin Bhatkal, when he gets arrested. They are those people who open court during midnight to stop the death sentence of terrorist Yakub Memon."

During a public rally in Pune, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, " This is Modi's guarantee to Maharashtra's brothers and sisters, that day is not far away when you all will be traveling in a bullet train...during Manmohan Singh's remote govt, the amount they spent on infrastructure, we spent that much amount on infrastructure in one year"

Core committee meeting of JD(S) called tomorrow, 30th April after MLAs and leaders of JD(S) demanded suspension of party MP Prajwal Revanna from the party.

BJP leader Agnimitra Paul said, " West Bengal youths have lost 26000 jobs, Mamata Banerjee has to take full responsibility. Mamata Banerjee is taking the side of the people who give jobs by taking bribes...now they have gone to Supreme Court but their verdict will be same as that of High Court"

On the fake video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy said "So far, ED, CBI and Income Tax were used by PM Modi and Amit Shah to win elections but today I got to know that Delhi Police has reached the office of Telangana Congress party. Someone posted something on social media and they have come to arrest the Telangana Congress president and Telangana CM. This means Narendra Modi is using Delhi Police to win elections now. No one is going to get scared, we will give you a befitting reply."

During a public rally in Kalaburagi, Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, " Your MP never visits you or stays here. They did nothing for you in the last 5 years...on the other hand, you have your struggles...women take the burden of the entire society but this govt doesn't listen to you (women)"

During a public rally in Satara, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, " Those people who can't take on NDA and BJP face-to-face, they're now spreading fake videos on social media. In the voices of our party leaders, by using Artificial Intelligence, sometimes in my voice, sometimes in Amit Shah or Nadda's voice, and sometimes in our CMs' voices, such statements that we have never even thought of are being spread through our fake voices, they're trying to lit fire. Using such videos, a conspiracy is being hatched to create tension in society. Their intentions won't come true if elections happen peacefully and therefore in the coming days, they're trying to do something big in the country."

Addressing a public rally in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, "This election is about saving democracy, the Constitution, reservations and rights of the poor. Nothing will be left without the Constitution for the country's poor."

Our responsibility to save society from fake videos; I request the Election Commission to take action against those responsible, says PM Modi

"Our CM was hijacked. Hamare Chacha ji palat gaye. But we always respected him and we will continue to do that. He is a father figure and we will respect him even in the time to come," says former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Your 'sevak' Modi destroyed and buried in kabristan Article 370 in Kashmir with your blessings, says PM Modi at rally in Karad.

Congress kept families of soldiers deprived of 'one rank one pension' scheme for 40 years, says PM

In our regime, Navy unveiled the design of epaulettes inspired from the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, says PM.

Congress kept families of soldiers deprived of 'one rank one pension' scheme for 40 years, says PM Modi.

On 'obscene videos' case involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, former Karnataka CM and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said, "The government has already announced the formation of SIT. Now, it is the responsibility of the government and the SIT.I am not bothered about Prajwal Revanna, if he has made any mistake, then according to the law he has to face it. If he has done anything illegally, then he has to face it. That is my demand. I don't want to protect him as our family member. Regarding the circulating of these pen drives, that is also a severe offense. It is the responsibility of SIT to find out who is responsible for circulating these pen drives and for assassinating the character of some innocent women.They have circulated those pen drives to finish our alliance and to reduce our winning chances. It is not going to affect the winning of candidates."

On KT Rama Rao's statement "Centre may declare Hyderabad as UT after June 2", BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri says," This statement carries no value or no sense. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana and it will flourish under Narendra Modi's prime ministership and in the near future BJP's governance in Telangana. In case the BJP wanted to make Hyderabad a Union Territory, who stopped the BJP from it? Nobody is interested in what KCR or KTR speaks. This is all attention seeking."

While addressing a public meeting, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says, "We made electricity, water and toilets reach every house. We are working to provide 10 lakh jobs. We provided jobs to 5 lakh people from 2005 to 2020. We decided we would give more than 10 lakh jobs after 2020. 4 lakh jobs are given after 2020, and we are working on 3 lakh more jobs."

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief Y S Sharmila on Monday alleged that YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP head N Chandrababu Naidu are stooges of the BJP. Sharmila made the allegation at Kakinada during a public meeting as part of her election campaign for the May 13 simultaneous polls for the 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

"Today, people from all sections of society are feeling alienated, and the promises made by big leaders are turning out to be lies. I believe that people are angry and they have identified this politics of bringing the democracy and Constitution to an end," says Samajwadi Party leader and party's candidate from Mainpuri seat, Dimple Yadav

Delhi Police has asked Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to join the probe on May 1 in connection with Union Home Minister Amit Shah's doctored video being circulated on social media, official sources said on Monday. According to sources, the police served notices to five people, including Reddy, who posted the video on X.

"There is no anger against anyone, I was finding myself inefficient in giving my 100 per cent. I told them that these are the issues the party should focus on, and since I am not able to do them, you should give chance to someone else," said Arvinder Singh Lovely

Begusarai, Bihar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "Kashmir is ours.Congress president (Mallikarjun) Kharge says what Rajasthan and Bihar have to do with Kashmir.Congress and Lalu Yadav were taking care of Article 370 like their illegitimate child for 70 years. When PM Modi became the Prime Minister for the second time, he abrogated this Article.Rahul Gandhi said that if Article 370 is removed, rivers of blood will flow in Kashmir. But, not even a single stone has been thrown in five years."

"We will not let them (BJP) implement NRC in West Bengal. We will not implement the Uniform Civil Code in Bengal. In West Bengal, we will all live together."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "Congress and INDI alliance are spreading false news that we will change the Constitution and finish Reservation. I have said before that even if Babasaheb Ambedkar wanted to end Reservation, he could not do it today, so the question of Modi ending Reservation does not even arise. If the intentions of our government were flawed, look at our record of 5 years, from 2019 to 2024, even today Modi has as many votes as he needs, but this way is not acceptable to us."

Supreme Court asks why Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has not filed a bail application before trial court.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Kejriwal says application for bail was not filed because the arrest was illegal.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: BJP's Sambit Patra files his nomination papers
BJP's candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, Sambit Patra files his nomination papers. Congress has fielded Sucharita Mohanty from this seat. Puri will vote on 25th May.  

Chhattisgarh Congress state-in-charge Sachin Pilot said, "The mood in the country is of change. People are saying that we have given them (BJP) full majority govt twice but they haven't fulfilled their promises.I can sense a change in all those states where there is a bipolar contest between the BJP and Congress, especially in north India. I would say with all humility that the Congress will get more seats than the BJP here."

During a public gathering in Solapur, Maharashtra, PM Modi said "There is a great war going on in the name of leader in the INDI alliance. Can you hand over such a big country to someone whose name is not fixed, whose face is not known? These people have been dividing the country to grab power. Now a new formula has been brought- 5 Prime Ministers in 5 years.One PM every year, he will come and loot as much treasure as he can, then in the second year, a second PM will come and the cycle will continue.These fake Shiv Sena people are saying that there are many people in their party for the post of Prime Minister."

My government has brought 25 crore poor people of the country above poverty line, said PM Modi at poll rally in Solapur

Congress did not allow Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution to be implemented in Kashmir PM Modi at rally in Solapur, Maharashtra.

PM Modi participated in a public rally in Sirsi, Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka. On his arrival at the helipad, he first met Smt Mohini Gowda. Mohini Gowda is a fruit seller from Ankola and she sells fruits wrapped in leaves at Ankola Bus Stand.

On AIMIM Chief Asaduddi Owaisi, BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, Madhavi Latha says, "He is a person who shoots everybody. Nobody would want to shoot anybody. We know our limits. We know legally what is fair, and what is unfair. We don't take the law into our own hands like the Asaduddin or AIMIM party... If they have lodged a complaint when I put an arrow into the sky, doesn't that mean that they want to chop me? Then in that case what are they trying to do? They're trying to kill me, right? But we don't use such words for them. Because we are sensible people. Despite being a barrister, I think he's lost his senses. Can't talk to such people anymore."

On Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav says, "He has withdrawn his nomination. Congress state president is also from that area. Congress and the Samajwadi Party formed an alliance in Madhya Pradesh. The entire state is 'Modimay'. They both should re-think that not only people but their workers are also not with them."

After filing her nomination, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani says, "For the service of Amethi, I have filed my nomination today. In the last 5 years in Amethi, 1,14,000 houses have been built under PM Awas Yojana, 1.5 lakh families received electricity connections and over 4 lakh farmers received PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi...I am hopeful that people will bless PM Modi, BJP..."

Addressing a public rally, BJP National President JP Nadda says, "A strong government means worrying about Adivasi brothers. In the last 70 years, no government worried about the tribal people. The PM Modi-led government worried about the tribal people..."

If we come to power, we will scrap 'Agniveer' scheme brought by Narendra Modi government: Rahul Gandhi at rally in Gujarat

In his address to a public meeting in Begusarai's Jhanjharpur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, "...Making Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PM for the third term means ending the 'casteism' in Bihar and to begin a politics based on merits... PM Modi's win is certain, it's not going to happen but if this 'ghamandiaya gathbandhan', the INDI alliance win, who will be the PM? Can they make Lalu Yadav the PM, can Stalin or Mamata Banerjee handle this nation, can you even think about 'Rahul Baba'?..."

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani files her nomination papers for Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav is also present. Amethi will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

While addressing a public meeting in Bagalkote, PM Narendra Modi says, "I have been working on social media. In the world, those who have the most followers on social media, Modi is one of the top among them. I have utilised it positively to connect to the society. But those who have lost the elections, these people are making fake videos and using AI they are creating videos in my voice. I appeal to you to report such things wherever you see them, they will be taught a lesson. In the Madhya Pradesh elections, such things were run in the voice of Amitabh Bachchan that he had to file a complaint for the same..."

Today, the question is will the Constitution of India be saved or not? asks Rahul Gandhi at poll rally in Patan, Gujarat

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking postponement of certain papers of the Chartered Accountancy (CA) exams scheduled for May on account of the Lok Sabha polls.

Here's what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an election rally in Bagalkote, Karnataka.

"Congress is trying to take away the rights of SC and ST in Karnataka. They are trying to give their quota to Muslims. They have mentioned in their manifesto about making law to give religion-based reservation. Most SC, ST, OBC MPs are from BJP. I will not let it become possible."

Jailed Jharkhand ex-CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana files nomination as JMM candidate from Gandey assembly seat

While addressing a public meeting in Bagalkote, PM Narendra Modi says, "Congress isn't running a govt in Karnataka but an 'extortion gang'. Karnataka which is known as a tech hub and has made its name in the world, Congress has made it a 'tanker hub'. These people are dreaming of a scam like the 2G scam..."

Here's what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an election rally in Bagalkote, Karnataka.

"18,000 villages did not have electricity. Crores used to live in dark. Children would not be able to study. Modi did this work. They used to joke. But I have made it possible. There is no village in country where electricity has not reached. Jal Jeevan Mission started. only 16 pc houses had water connection. Modi increased it to 75 pc in 5 years."

Congress releases a list of 4 candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections.

Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa fielded from Gurdaspur.

State Congress chief Amrinder Singh Brar fielded from Ludhiana. Punjab will vote on June 1.

While addressing a public meeting in Bagalkote, PM Narendra Modi says, "...Days are not far when Congress in Karnataka won't be able to give payments to the government employees... All the experienced people and even the history of the country say 'Congress aayi, tabaahi laayi'."

Congress nominee from Madhya Pradesh's Indore Lok Sabha seat, Akshay Kanti Bam, has withdrawn his candidature, an official said on Monday.

The Congress had fielded Bam against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani from the Indore Lok Sabha seat, where polling will be held on May 13.

We want to make India manufacturing hub, skill centre; This needs vision, those going for vacations can't do this: PM at rally in Karnataka

While addressing a public meeting in Bagalkote, PM Narendra Modi says, "It's your vote that will strengthen Modi and then the country will become the third largest economy in the world. It's our resolution to make India a manufacturing hub, and skill centre. These resolutions can't be fulfilled by those who enjoy vacations."

- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat Virsa Singh Valtoha on Monday met the family of radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Amritsar and sought their support.

- Amritpal, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit who is lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act, is also in the fray from Khadoor Sahib as an Independent.

- In a Facebook post, Valtoha, whose candidature was announced by his party on Sunday, said he met Amritpal's family in the morning.

Defence Minister and BJP's candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh files his nomination papers for Lok Sabha polls. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami also present. Lucknow will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

Here's what LJP Chief Chirag Paswan said on Lok Sabha Polls.

"Let the result come. They were surprised in 2014. They were even more in 2019. There is no excitement among voters of Mahagathbandhan. NDA has leader, leadership and policy which is evident. Nobody from Congress did campaign here. Only voters of NDA are coming out to vote."

- Defence Minister and BJP's candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh holds a roadshow ahead of filing his nomination papers today.

- UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami also present.

- Lucknow will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

JD(U) candidate from Bihar's Sheohar Lok Sabha seat Lovely Anand reaches collectorate to file nomination papers.

Here's what UP CM Yogi Adityanath said on Rahul Gandhi's 'Raja, Maharaja' remark.

"Rahul Gandhi did not remember the atrocities of the Mughal emperors of medieval times, who did everything for the Islamisation of India. Rahul Gandhi should also say who was responsible for destroying the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya."

Chhattisgarh Dy CM Vijay Sharma says, "Rahul Gandhi should clarify when the BJP said anything about ending the reservation... We are worried about society and we want that any discrimination should not be there. The reservation will continue till the time there is absolute equality. This is a very clear thought of the BJP..."

Here's what Congress candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Vikramaditya Singh said on Lok Sabha Polls.

"I have gathered information regarding the smart city project of Shimla and Dharamshala. When we will win, I will be trying to connect Mandi to smart city project. I had instructed my officials to make proposal for making Mandi as smart city. It will be my priority. There will be a budget of 800-900 cr. Underpasses, escalators, electric vehicle infrastructure, WiFi will be provided. Mandi is a historical place. UNESCO World Heritage sites will be developed for the tourist. We are not going to make concrete jungle. Corridors for temples would be a priority."

Here's what Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Jitendra Patwari said reacting to Rajnath Singh's 'Congress will be finished like Dinosaur' remark.

"The way BJP is ruling, there will be economic anarchy. The way dictatorship is going on, it seems that monarchy will come again. This doesn't suit Rajnath Singh. There is a huge unrest in BJP against its leadership."

- Celebrations underway at the BJP party office in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh.

- Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani will file her nomination papers today.

- Amethi will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

Defence Minister and BJP's candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Rajnath Singh offers prayers at the Hanuman Setu Temple in Lucknow.

He will file his nomination papers today. Samajwadi Party has fielded Ravidas Mehrotra from this seat. Lucknow will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

Defence Minister & BJP candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat Rajnath Singh to file his nomination today.

Uttar Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Swatantra Dev Singh says, "Rajnath Singh is an austerity leader. During his journey from the President of Yuva Morcha to the National President of BJP, he has always paid attention to the Dalits, the exploited, the deprived, and the backward classes and today he is going to file his nomination... This is going to be a grand nomination..."

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani performs puja at her residence ahead of filing her nomination papers today. Amethi will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

- The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking inspiration from Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels while speaking about the party's Nyay Patra for the Lok Sabha elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "For his MA in Entire Political Science, Mr. Narendra Modi must definitely have read Joseph Goebbels on the value of propaganda and taken inspiration from him."

- He noted that Goebbels had stated that "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." Ramesh said he also wrote in 1941 that "The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big and stick to it."

DCP Raveena Tyagi says, "From the BJP office to the place of filing the nomination, there is tight security... Everything will be monitored by drones. The CCTVs would also be monitored from the Smart City control room... The traffic diversion plan was also put before the people two days ago..."

BJP workers stage protest, call for 'bandh' in Matigara area of Siliguri over the alleged attack on the party workers by Trinamool Congress workers.

AAP Transgender Wing holds 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' campaign in Delhi. They are demanding release Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal from jail.

Here's what one of the protesting transgender Sanjana Simon said. "We have gathered here to demand his release. He worked a lot for us. He allowed us free transportation in bus. He has been put in jail wrongly. He is our elected leader. When it is happening just before election, it looks to be a conspiracy. A strong Opposition is required in the country. We appeal to the Centre to release Arvind Kejriwal. He is the voice of Delhi."

- The nomination process for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on May 25 in which 57 constituencies, including seven from Delhi, will go to polls commenced on Monday.

- The Election Commission issued a notification on behalf of the President starting the nomination process.

- According to the notification, May 6 is the last date for filing nominations, while scrutiny of documents will be held on May 7.

Preparation underway for Union Minister and BJP candidate from UP's Lucknow Lok Sabha seat Rajnath Singh's roadshow in the constituency.

West Bengal Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir says, "In the first phase, we had only one candidate but he was not that strong. In the second phase, we had two seats, and both performed well. In the third phase also, we will win seats in North Bengal... INDIA bloc and the Congress will get good results... There is no division among the people... People want to choose between INDIA and NDA bloc. Strong candidates of the regional parties are also in competition but the people understand that this election is not for the West Bengal state assembly, it is to elect a Prime Minister... The people are liking the guarantees given by Congress. Congress does what it says, it has been a record of the last 70 years..."

- Yalamanchili Satyanarayana (Sujana) Chowdary, BJP's candidate from Vijayawada West Assembly constituency holds an election campaign in the 38th division in Vijayawada.

- YSR Congress Party has fielded Sheikh Asif from this seat. The Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections are set to take place on May 13, 2024, along with Lok Sabha polls on the same day.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says, " Elections are going to be started in Punjab. BJP is a party that contests elections through its party workers and organizations... It's not the first time, we have contested the last assembly elections alone... In the second phase of elections, in Rajasthan, Congress party workers had no motivation factor and hence they didn't come out to vote. BJP is going to come in power again with a huge majority..."

Here's what BJP candidate from Hubli-Dharwad Pralhad Joshi said about the effect of JD(S) joining the NDA in Karnataka.

"In old Mysuru, vote share of each other will be transferred. The BJP's vote share will be transferred to JD(S). Similarly, in Chamarajanagar, JD(S) has vote bank and it will be transferred to BJP. The votes will be going to the alliance."

Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Malda Dakshin seat, Isha Khan Chaudhury says, "I am standing from South Malda. The situation is improving every day... The voters are making a tactical decision... In 2021, the Congress in the entire West Bengal lost all its MLA seats... Every time an election comes, the BJP starts talking about NRC and CAA, when the election is over, it dies down. The talk about NRC and CAA dies down. The public has become very wary and thinks now that it's not a serious issue. So they're voting freely from their heart now so that there's no fear factor this time... We think that the public is with us, that the Congress will get through in South Malda and hopefully in North Malda also."

- The Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday declared three more candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding Ravi Prakash Maurya from Amethi constituency. According to a party statement, Syed Danish will contest from Sant Kabir Nagar parliamentary seat, while Sabiha Ansari has been fielded from Azamgarh constituency.

- This is the ninth list of candidates released by the Mayawati-led party. With this, the party has declared its candidates for 71 seats out of total 80 parliamentary seats in the state.

- Voting will be held in all seven phases for a total of 80 seats in UP.

Rajya Sabha MP & YSRCP candidate from Nellore Lok Sabha constituency V Vijaysai Reddy says, "YSRCP is one political party which always maintains the secular fabric of the country. There are different religions, different castes and different customs and it is a unique country with different sets of people. YSRCP will truly follow the constitutional, the spirit of the constitution and maintain the secular fabric in so far as the bills that are concerned which are not acceptable for any particular religion which affect the sentiment of the people be it the Uniform Civil Code or any other bill which is not acceptable to the religious leaders will not be supported by YSRCP..."

Hundreds of police personnel including senior police officials took part in a motorcycle rally on Sunday in Chhattisgarh's Durg city to spread voter awareness. Durg is one of the seven Lok Sabha Constituencies in Chhattisgarh. The voting in this Constituency will take place in the third phase on May 7th.

- Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the BJP will not win more than 200 seats in the Lok Sabha polls due to growing sentiments against the saffron party in the country. Banerjee, while addressing an election rally here in Diamond Harbour, said if he is elected again from the seat, the total developmental expenditure will be doubled to Rs 10,000 crore for the constituency over the next 10 years.

- The BJP will not be able to cross 200 seats in the parliamentary elections...There is a growing anti-BJP sentiment in the country, said Banerjee, considered the number two in the Trinamool Congress. "We keep our promises... in the past 10 years, we have spent Rs 5,580 crore. This amount will be doubled in the next 10 years (in Diamond Harbour), the TMC MP said.

- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita said her husband has been in jail without his guilt proven, as she appeared for a second roadshow in as many days seeking people's votes against the "dictatorship" as "daughter of Mother India."

- Standing through the sunroof of a car, she greeted people with folded hands and sought support for AAP candidate Mahabal Mishra from the West Delhi constituency. People showered flower petals on her from their balconies as her carcade winded through the Mall Road, also known as Lala Ganesh Dass Khatri Marg.

- The Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is indulging in "fear-mongering" as he is "desperate" after facing a "washout" in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

- The party also alleged that the electoral bond scheme was a scam and the BJP got Rs 8,200 crore from corporates between 2018 and 2023 through the bonds and awarded them projects. In a statement shared on 'X', Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that "in the last five years, the Prime Minister has taken donation of Rs 8200 crore and has given a business of Rs 4 lakh crore to corporates in lieu".

- Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Sunday claimed that INDIA bloc candidates will win all 14 Lok Sabha seats of the state in the ensuing elections.

- What had happened in the Kolhan region of the state in the last assembly elections will be replicated in the entire Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha polls, the JMM leader told reporters.

- The JMM and its coalition partners bagged all 14 assembly seats in 2019 in the Kolhan region comprising three districts - East Singhbhum (six seats), West Singhbhum (five) and Seraikela-Kharswan (three).

- Delhi cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday said that the Aam Aadmi Party is sure that the Supreme Court will allow Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to campaign in the Lok Sabha polls. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday a plea by Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. Kejriwal presented his side before the Supreme Court through an affidavit.

- The AAP Leader said that in his affidavit, Kejriwal has referred to the ED and CBI and said that the job of the investigating agencies is to present the truth before the court. "If CBI and ED got 1 lakh pages of documents and 80,000 of them are in favour of Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, then those 80,000 documents were not presented before the court, only those documents which were taken by pressurizing people, by putting them in jail, by luring people with bail, by luring people with pardon, by luring people with ticket to contest elections from NDA, only those testimonies were presented before the court by ED and CBI," Bharadwaj said.

- The AAP's election campaign continues apace with jailed leader Arvind Kejriwal's wife pulling crowds few would have imagined the party could muster in view of his absence.

- On Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister's wife Sunita Kejriwal held her second roadshow in as many days to a turnout which would have been an envy of any seasoned politician. While the party workers did their bit by literally drumming up support the rally saw its share of dhol beating and dancing — what gave the rally a sense of a genuine support, if only apparently, was people lining the streets for a glimpse of the greenhorn.

- As her carcade winded through the narrow lanes of Tilak Nagar, Sunita sought votes for Mahabal Mishra, the party's candidate from the West Delhi constituency, and was met with cheering and slogan shouting in support of her husband.