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With just 24 hours to go for the start of the first phase of polling for Lok Sabha election, the campaigning for the first phase ended on Tuesday.
Wednesday is going to see a lot of political action too with Congress president Rahul Gandhi set to file his nomination from Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Before filing his nomination, Rahul will hold a roadshow in Amethi. He will also hold roadshows in Katihar, Bihar and Raiganj, West Bengal at 2 pm and 3.30pm respectively.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public rallies in Gujarat and Goa, while BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to hold public rallies in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj and Firozabad on Wednesday.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will address a rally in Eta Lok Sabha constituency to campaign for his party’s candidate Kunwar Devendra Yadav. BSP supremo Mayawati is set to address a rally in Karnataka’s Mysuru, while AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi will address his supporters at Solapur in Maharashtra. Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar will address a rally in Katihar, while RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is scheduled to address public rallies in Khagaria, Araria, Madhubani and Vaishali.
Here are all the latest and live updates from Wednesday (April 10):
* Visuals from outside District Collector office in Amethi where Congress President Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination today.
* Congress president Rahul Gandhi arrives in Amethi to file his nomination paper. Rahul will file his nomination paper after a two-hour road show.
* BSNL seeks action against BJP MP Varun Gandhi for non-payment of phone bills.
* List of parliamentary constituencies going to poll in first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.
* Visuals from Assam’s Dibrugarh as polling parties leave for their respective polling stations. Five Parliamentary constituencies of the state will undergo polling tomorrow, in the first phase of Lok Sabha election.
* In a first after reorganization, 17 parliamentary constituencies in Telangana go to polls in first phase on Thursday.
* Visuals from Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri as polling parties leave for their respective polling stations. Two Parliamentary constituencies of the state will undergo polling tomorrow, in the first phase of Lok Sabha election.
* Polling parties depart with EVMs for their respective polling stations in Alipurduar parliamentary constituency in West Bengal; Visuals from Alipurduar DCRC College.
* Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Chief Naveen Patnaik releases party’s manifesto for Lok Sabha Election.
* Congress president Rahul Gandhi to file nomination from Amethi on Wednesday.
* PM Narendra Modi’s Balakot strike remark for first-time voters comes under EC scanner.
* Guntur MP Galla Jayadev, TDP leaders stage dharna over IT raids; call it ‘vendetta politics’
* Amit Shah to address rallies in Kasganj and Firozabad.