Addressing an election rally in Cuttack’s Salepur, Mr. Gandhi claimed that though the BJD and BJP were fighting the electoral battle against each other, in reality, they were working together.
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress Chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from his post on April 28.
In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in the second phase, there were 100 women candidates, bringing the combined total for the first two phases to 235 women candidates.
Party-wise, the Congress has fielded 44 women till now while 69 women have been fielded by the BJP in the first two phases.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India’s Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent on the atrocities committed by Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans and Badshahs for the sake of appeasement politics.
April 28, 2024 06:00 am | Updated 08:55 pm IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged while PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for “select people” in Odisha. Addressing an election rally in Cuttack’s Salepur, Mr. Gandhi claimed that though the BJD and BJP were fighting the electoral battle against each other, in reality, they were working together. BJP president J.P. Nadda is scheduled to reach Bhubaneswar at 4.30 p.m. and address a public meeting in Ambapua area in Gopalpur Assembly segment around 5.30 p.m. Meanwhile, Delhi Congress Chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from his post on April 28. Mr. Lovely later clarified that he is “not joining any (other) political party”.
Women constituted only 8% of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in the second phase, there were 100 women candidates, bringing the combined total for the first two phases to 235 women candidates. Party-wise, the Congress has fielded 44 women till now while 69 women have been fielded by the BJP in the first two phases.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 28 asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to modify the content of its Lok Sabha campaign song as per the Advertising Codes prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 and ECI guidelines and resubmit after modification, for the certification. Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India’s Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent on the atrocities committed by Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans and Badshahs for the sake of appeasement politics.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal will hold a roadshow in West Delhi parliamentary constituency. She held her maiden roadshow in Delhi, in Kondli area of East Delhi on April 27, during which she said that Mr. Kejriwal has been arrested because he built schools, provided free electricity and opened Mohalla Clinics. Members of the Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress, yesterday, urged the party’s leadership to field Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Amethi and Rae Bareli parliamentary seats but left the final decision to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
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