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Political parties will continue with their high-octave electioneering across the country on Monday as at least eight states will vote today in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Rajasthan’s Dholpur. This would be Gandhi’s second visit to the town after taking charge as the Congress chief in December 2017.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley slammed Opposition leaders for questioning PM Narendra Modi’s caste saying the PM has never been indulged in caste politics and has done only politics of development.
Here are the Live updates from April 29:
* Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanatah urges people to cast their ballots for a prosperous and powerful India.
“For a prosperous and powerful India, for a strong and decision-making government, to fulfil a dream, make sure you go out of your home and vote. Hope you remember, first vote and then refreshment.”
“The mercury during summer is high, take care of yourself, but do vote. The government is formed by every one vote,” CM said in a series of tweets.
* I request everyone to vote, please vote for your future sensibly, says Urmila Matondkar, the Congress candidate from Mumbai North
* Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad`s son Tej Pratap Yadav, who has floated a new outfit called ‘Lalu Rabri Morcha’, alleges that the RJD’s candidate from Jahanabad is an ‘agent of the RSS’.
* PM Narendra Modi urges voters to cast their ballots and break polling records of the previous three phases in this fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
* Union Minister and sitting MP from Nawada Giriraj Singh offers prayers at Barahiya’s Shaktidham in Bihar.
* Actor-turned-politician and BJP candidate from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol offers prayers at Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Deol will file his nomination from Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency today.
* * BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka J Shettar alleged that the HD Kumaraswamy cabinet, which passed a resolution on Nava Bengaluru scheme, has allocated the project to Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) without a tender, thus violating the poll code.