Lok Sabha election 2019 Live updates: PM Narendra Modi to address rally near Ayodhya shortly

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More than half of the country has exercised their right to vote. The fifth phase of Lok Sabha poll will take place on May 6 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23. As part of their campaign for the Lok Sabha elections 2019, leaders from several parties will continue to criss-cross the country to woo the voters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to embark on his maiden visit to Ayodha in the last five years to address an election rally at Maya Bazar in Gosainganj, 27 km from proper Ayodhya on Wednesday. This would be his maiden visit to Ayodhya after taking the charge of Prime Minister’s office in 2014.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati set to hold a public rally at Ramsanehi Ghat in Ayodhya parliamentary constituency. Akhilesh and Mayawati are scheduled to address the rally at 1 pm.
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* UP CM Yogi Adityanath arrives in Ayodhya, where PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally, in the first after he took charge as the Prime Minister in 2014.
* A BJP delegation to meet Election Commission officials on Tuesday.
* Telangana: People pay last tribute to Nandyal MP and Jana Sena Party candidate from the constituency, S.P.Y. Reddy, at his residence. He passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad last night.
* Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party in Lucknow: A protector’s responsibility is very important and crucial. The kind of atmosphere that is prevailing in this country at this time, it is the protector who is creating the disorder in the country.
* EC approves proposal of lifting of provisions of Model Code of Conduct in districts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack&Jajpur to facilitate speedy rescue, relief&restoration activities to face cyclonic storm Fani.
* In a big jolt to the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the Election Commission announced that Central Armed Police Forces will replace the state police at all polling booths in Bengal. At least 660 companies of CAPF will be present at all polling booth in West Bengal for the next three phases of Lok Sabha election. Home guards will also be deployed at booths to assist the CAPF personnel.
* Upping the ante amid polling in the state, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said PM Narendra Modi should visit farmers instead of attending weddings of celebrities in the country. “Prime Minister Modi should visit farmers instead of attending marriages of celebrities like Priyanka Chopra,” he said.
* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to urge EC to postpone polling in Patkura assembly segment due to Fani Cyclone.
* Rajnath Singh to address a rally in Delhi’s Shastri Park.
* Besides Ayodhya, PM Narendra Modi to hold rallies in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi, Madhya Pradesh’s Itarasi and Jaipur in Rajasthan.
* PM Narendra to address an election rally in Ayodhya’s Maya Bazar. This would be PM’s first visit to Ayodhya in the last five years.
* BJP party president Amit Shah to hold rallies in North 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly in West Bengal. He will also address the public in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj.
* Congress president Rahul Gandhi to address the public in Sitapur, Barabanki and Hoshangabad in Uttar Pradesh.
* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to address rallies in Basti and Sitapur in the state.
* The Election Commission has barred Gujarat BJP chief Jitubhai Vaghani from campaigning for 72 hours for “using intemperate and abusive language” and “alleged violation of Model Code of Coduct” when he addressed party workers and voters at Amroli on April 7, sources said on Tuesday.
The campaigning ban on Vaghani will be effective from 4 pm on May 2 to 4 pm on May 5.