Lok Sabha Election Updates: Narayan Rane Fielded From Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg As BJP Releases 13th List

As the country is gearing up for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to take place on Friday (April 19), preparations are at full swing in multiple states. According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission of India, states such as Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, among others will go to vote on Friday.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 1 Voting Live Updates

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday concluded his poll campaign in Assam and Tripura, INDIA bloc leaders Rahul Gandhi and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav held a joint press conference in Ghaziabad to show support for Congress candidate Dolly Sharma.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Phase-wise Polling Date 

• Phase 1- April 19
• Phase 2- April 26
• Phase 3- May 7
• Phase 4 – May 13
• Phase 5 – May 20
• Phase 6 – May 25
• Phase 7 – June 1

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Updates

• Congress UP Co-ordinator Vikas Agrahari Joins BJP: In a major setback for Congress as party’s Uttar Pradesh co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari joined BJP on Thursday. He joined the saffron party in the presence of Union minister smriti Irani.
• BJP Releases 13th List: BJP on Thursday released its 13th list for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. the party named Narayan Rane as its candidate from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat.
• Narayan Rane to be Mahayuti Candidate from BJP: Narayan Rane to be Mahayuti Candidate from BJP for the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat in Konkan belt of Maharashtra.
• Amit Shah to File Nomination Tomorrow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a roadshow in Sanand, Ahmedabad. He will file his nomination from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat tomorrow.
• BJP MP Mahesh Sharma Sparks Row with Speech on Modi-Yogi: Days before the Lok Sabha elections voting, Bharatiya Janata Party (MP) Mahesh Sharma sparked a controversy by saying that those who don’t consider Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as “their own” are “traitors”. READ MORE
• Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s Wife to file Nomination Today: Ajit Pawar along with his wife and NCP candidate from Baramati, Sunetra Pawar, offered prayers at Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple, in Pune. She will file her nomination today against NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule.
• PM Modi Writes to BJP, NDA Candidates, Says ‘Not ordinary elections…’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wrote personal letters to all National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders fighting the Lok Sabha poll in the first phase on the occasion of Ram Navami. PM Modi appreciated his party workers for their relentless efforts and stressed that the 2024 Lok Sabha poll was not an ordinary one. “Through this letter, I would like to tell the people of your constituency that this is not an ordinary election,” the PM’s letter read. READ MORE