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PM Modi Assam Visit Live: Kaziranga lost its glory during previous governments, says Prime Minister Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the opposition while unveiling development projects in Assam's Jorhat district. During his visit to Kaziranga National Park earlier in the day, he praised its beauty but highlighted the decline it faced under previous governments. Modi pointed out the past threat to one-horned rhinos due to poaching, stating that the current government's measures led to zero rhino poaching in Assam in 2022.

PM Modi Assam Visit: PM Modi spent time at tea garden, promoted tourism around it

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped by a tea estate during his two-day visit to Assam. "Assam is known for its splendid tea gardens, and Assam Tea has made its way all over the world. I would like to laud the remarkable tea garden community, which is working hard and enhancing Assam's prestige all over the world," he posted on X. Assam's tea plantations have come full circle, with hundreds of small farmers switching from paddy to tea. Unemployed youths are turning to tea planting as a source of income. Some even grow it in their backyards, while others have launched their tea businesses through companies.

PM Modi Arunachal Visit: PM Modi accused Cong of ignoring development of Northeast for decades

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of ignoring the Northeast area for decades, claiming that its development is critical to achieving the goal of 'Viksit Bharat'. Addressing a public meeting at Meleng Meteli Pothar here after launching projects worth Rs 17, 500 crore in Assam, he stated that heritage and development were the "mantra of double-engine government". He also claimed that the Congress government's "insensitive and unplanned conservation strategy" contributed to poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Around 27 rhinos were murdered in 2013, but the NDA government's actions reduced the number of such poaching events to zero by 2022, he claimed.

PM Modi Assam Visit: Lachit Borphukan is a symbol of Assam's bravery and courage, says PM Modi

"Today I had an opportunity to unveil the statue of Lachit Borphukan. He is a symbol of Assam's bravery and courage. In 2022, we had observed the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Borphukan in Delhi. I pay my homage to him," he said. He also said, "The double engine govt is working at a great speed for the development of Assam. Assam has shown unprecedented pace in the infrastructure, health, and energy sector."

PM Modi Assam Visit: PM Modi addresses gathering in Jorhat, Assam

"I bow down in gratitude before you all for coming in such large numbers to bless us...This love is a treasure for me," he said. He earlier unveiled a 125-foot bronze statue of 'Ahom general' Lachit Borphukan in Jorhat, Assam on Saturday. The 'Statue of Valour' was revealed at the Lachit Barphukan Maidam Development Project in Hollongapar near Teok. Dressed in traditional attire and headgear, PM Modi participated in an Ahom ritual for the statue's unveiling. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accompanied the prime minister during the event.

PM Modi Assam Visit: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma presents gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jorhat.

PM Modi Arunachal Visit: Northeast witnessing how Modi's guarantee works, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a dig at the Congress for always neglecting the development of northeast and its border areas. Emphasising on his government's flagship programmes, the Prime Minister said that his guarantees are 'pakki guarantees'. The entire northeast is witnessing how the 'Modi ki Guarantee' is working out, he said at the programme after inaugurating the strategic Sela Tunnel - the world's longest bi-lane tunnel.

PM Modi Arunachal Visit Live: PM Modi inaugurated all-weather Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh toady

The tunnel will become operational at a time when China has so far shown no intent to de-escalate heightened tensions all along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control, from eastern Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. PM Modi further laid the foundation stone for the Rs 31,875 crore Dibang Multipurpose Hydropower Project in the Lower Dibang Valley district, which is set to become the highest dam in the country.

PM Modi Assam Visit: PM Modi unveils statue of legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan in Assam's Jorhat

PM Modi Arunachal Live Visit: As Modi is working for development of country, opposition leaders are attacking, says PM in Arunachal Pradesh

PM Modi Arunachal Live Visit: Congress had neglected border villages and termed it the last village, says PM Modi.

But for me, this is the first village and so we started the Vibrant Village Programme, he added.

PM Modi Arunachal Live Visit: Past govt only cared about making their kids set, they didn't care if your kids became upset, says PM Modi.

PM Modi Live Visit: Biggest dam will be made available for the Northeast, says PM Modi

PM Modi Arunachal Live Visit: I laid the foundation of the Sela Tunnel here in 2019, and today it has been inaugurated, says PM Modi

"You must have heard of 'Modi Ki Guarantee'. You will realize its meaning once you reach Arunachal. The entire Northeast is a witness to this. I laid the foundation of the Sela Tunnel here in 2019, and today it has been inaugurated," he said.

PM Modi Live Visit: Congress would have taken 20 years to do the work that we did, says PM Modi after inaugurating Sela tunnel

"The investment that has been made for development in Northeast is four times the investment that was made by the Congress. This means the Congress would have taken 20 years to do the work that we did," he said.

PM Modi Live Visit: Like sun's rays fall first in Arunachal, development is also happening first here, said PM Modi

"Our aim is to make 3 crore women "Lakh pati didi" in the country. This will have a positive impact on the lives of women in Arunachal Pradesh", PM Modi said.

PM Modi Live Visit: The developmental projects will bring investment opportunities in the Northeast, says PM Modi

"We launched around a dozen peace talks. 10,000 cr developmental projects will bring investment and developmental opportunities. This will bring new manufacturing units, startups...in the Northeast", he said.

PM Modi Live Visit: Ashtalakshmi has been our vision for Northeast's development, says PM Modi

"Northeast will become the bridge for India's trade and tourism with South Asia and East Asia," he further added.

PM Modi Visit Live: Keeping in view of the Northeast, our govt started mission palm oil, says PM Modi.

He further thanked the farmers for coming forward to cultivate palm after the launch of the mission. He also said that the income of the farmers increased after the launch of the mission.

PM Modi Visit Live: PM Modi addresses people in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Addressing the people, he said, "Today, I got the opportunity to be a part of all the Northeastern states in this festival of a developed Northeast."

PM Modi Visit Live: PM Modi unveils projects worth Rs 55,600 crore in Northeast, including Sela tunnel that will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang

PM Modi Visit Live: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu presents gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Itanagar.

PM to inaugurate several development projects including the Sela Tunnel here, shortly.

PM Modi Assam Visit Live: PM Modi interacted with women forest guards in Assam today.

In a post on X, PM Modi said, "Interacted with Van Durga, the team of women forest guards who are at the forefront of conservation efforts, bravely protecting our forests and wildlife. Their dedication and courage in safeguarding our natural heritage is truly inspiring." He also fed rhinos and shared pictures on his X account."Feeding sugar cane to Lakhimai, Pradyumna and Phoolmai. Kaziranga is known for the rhinos but there are also large number of elephants there, along with several other species"' he said in another post.On Friday, PM Modi held a roadshow in Assam on Friday. His two-day visit to the BJP-ruled state is seen as crucial to the party's ongoing campaign and preparations for the next Lok Sabha elections, which are expected to take place between April and May of this year.

PM Modi Visit Live: We are very excited, says a visitor waiting for PM Modi who is set to inaugurate Sela tunnel in Arunachal today

"We are very excited. We have come to welcome PM Modi. Around 50 of us have come from the corner-most district, from the first village...We are very happy...The pace of development in Arunachal Pradesh will pick up further speed. Development is taking place in every sector," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate several development projects including the Sela Tunnel in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh today. He is also scheduled to visit West Bengal later in the day where he will launch developmental projects worth thousands of crores.

PM Modi Visit Live: PM Modi to participate in 'Viksit Bharat Viksit North East' programme in Arunachal Pradesh

Further, in Itanagar, PM Modi will inaugurate Sela Tunnel and launch about Rs 10,000 crore worth Unnati scheme. According to the Border Roads Organisation, the Sela Tunnel is one of India's most demanding infrastructure projects. It was built utilizing the novel Austrian tunnelling method, and around 50 engineers and 800 crew members worked on it. Work was disrupted last July when a massive cloudburst rendered approach roads impassable. Sela Tunnel underwent a third-party audit following the Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand last November.

PM Modi Visit Live Updates: PM Modi urges people to visit Kaziranga National Park in a post on X.

"I would urge you all to visit Kaziranga National Park and experience the unparalleled beauty of its landscapes and the warmth of the people of Assam. It's a place where every visit enriches the soul and connects you deeply with the heart of Assam." Earlier he had tweeted, "This morning I was at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Nestled amidst lush greenery, this UNESCO World Heritage site is blessed with diverse flora and fauna including the majestic one horned rhinoceros."

PM Modi to unveil projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore

PM Modi Assam Visit: PM Modi is set to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for projects amounting to Rs 18,000 crore.

PM Modi to perform 'Griha Pravesh' (house-warming) ceremony under PMAY

PM Modi to perform the 'Griha Pravesh' (house-warming) ceremony for the 5.5 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), lay the foundation stone of Sivasagar Medical College, and address a public gathering at Meleng Meteli Pothar in Jorhat.

Peter Baker

Biden welcomes India’s prime minister despite concerns over human rights.

President Biden emphasized common ground with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India on Thursday during a lavish state visit meant to bolster ties with the world’s most populous nation, while largely skirting points of friction over human rights and Russia’s war in Ukraine, at least in public.

After a pomp-filled, red-carpet arrival ceremony, Mr. Biden and Mr. Modi announced a range of initiatives to advance cooperation in technology, energy and military hardware but revealed no movement toward each other on the areas of disagreement that have strained the relationship in recent months, most especially Ukraine.

In a modest but notable breakthrough, however, Mr. Biden coaxed Mr. Modi into taking questions from reporters at a news conference, apparently the first time he has done so in his nearly decade-long tenure .

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Challenged on his record on human rights and religious freedom, Mr. Modi insisted that democracy was “in India’s DNA” and denied that his government had engaged in discrimination based on race, faith or other such distinctions. Mr. Modi’s government has cracked down on dissent and hounded opponents in a way that has raised fears of an authoritarian turn not seen since India’s slip into dictatorship in the 1970s. In hosting Mr. Modi, Mr. Biden is pushing democracy concerns to the background .

The United States is trying to draw India closer , as the urgency for improved relations has intensified with Russia’s war on Ukraine. India has maintained military and economic relations with Russia, buying up Russian oil at a discount and staying away from backing United Nations resolutions that have condemned Russia’s aggression.

Mr. Modi gave an address to a joint session of Congress where he promoted his country’s development and played up what he described as common themes with the United States.

The two leaders announced initiatives advancing cooperation on telecommunications, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and other areas. Mr. Modi agreed to sign the Artemis Accords — principles governing peaceful exploration of the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies — and they will announce a joint mission to the International Space Station in 2024. The United States and India also will open additional consulates in each other’s country.

Tonight, the Bidens will host Mr. Modi for a state dinner on the South Lawn. The vegetarian menu — in accordance with Mr. Modi’s diet — includes an optional fish entree. The first course will be a marinated millet and grilled corn kernel salad with compressed watermelon and avocado sauce, followed by a main course of stuffed portobello mushrooms and creamy saffron-infused risotto.

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Indian television heaps praise on Modi during his trip.

“Super King of Diplomacy,” read the ticker placed in bold on top of one news channel. “Long live our friendship,” said another. A third declared, “The Boss in America.”

Mainstream Indian news channels — in Hindi, English and some regional languages — covered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reception in Washington with adulation, praising his diplomatic skills for millions of viewers before a crucial election year for him.

The visuals from Washington played into what Mr. Modi has already set as one of his main campaign themes: tying India’s rise as a major economic power with his rise as a global statesman.

“The scale, the splendor, the warmth,” one headline enthused. Others, such as “Modi’s breakthrough diplomacy” and “Watch history being made,” flooded Indians’ homes Thursday evening as Mr. Modi walked the red carpet to meet President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden.

“Their body language reflected that they were incomplete without one another,” one news anchor said as visuals of the two leaders shaking hands played on the screen.

Mr. Modi has carefully crafted his relationship with traditional news outlets, using a mix of incentives and pressure tactics to get most of them on his side.

When uncomfortable issues arise — a state election loss, an ethnic war resulting in weeks of unrest and bloodshed in a northeastern state, a deadly three-way train crash — they are quick to deflect blame away from Mr. Modi.

And when a major moment like the state visit to Washington comes, they are happy to join in the cheerleading — a factor that, combined with how Mr. Modi’s party has mastered social media to take his messages viral, helps explain Mr. Modi’s talent for shaping politics to his benefit.

The coverage of Mr. Modi’s visit to the United States is a political boon, setting the agenda in his favor before he launches himself full-time into campaign mode for parliamentary elections next year.

While many channels showed the White House dinner menu ad nauseam, calling it “dinner for friendship,” some others waxed eloquent about the importance of the gifts Mr. Modi had carried for the Bidens. One anchor declared of a military deal between the two countries: “The biggest defense deal. The hearts of enemies will burn!”

And when, at his news conference with Mr. Biden, Mr. Modi skirted a question on India’s grim human rights record and suppression of free speech, one Hindi-language news anchor came to his rescue on her show, saying he had “very bravely” faced the question.

Lisa Friedman

The U.S. and India agree to speed deployment of electric buses.

The United States and India have long been at odds over the responsibility of different countries in tackling climate change. But as Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a visit to Washington, he and President Biden cast their nations as partners in the fight.

As Mr. Biden declared climate change an “existential threat to humanity” during a joint news conference on Thursday, Mr. Modi pledged that India was working to become a green energy hub. Both governments also announced plans to help India increase the production of electric vehicles and meet its ambitious goal of installing 500 gigawatts of wind, solar and other renewable energy this decade.

The Biden administration did not announce any direct U.S. funding for India. But senior administration officials said the governments had agreed on a plan they believed would encourage banks to give loans for electric buses, which are seen as a high-risk investment in India.

India aims to deploy 50,000 public electric buses over the next five years. The plan includes establishing three months of delayed payments so that companies can secure loans at lower rates. Biden administration officials said the payment security plan will help underwrite at least 10,000 electric buses.

The United States and India also announced a separate investment plan that officials said will be joined by private companies and others that aims to lower the cost of capital and attract international private finance for large-scale renewable energy projects. The joint announcement billed it a “first of its kind, multibillion dollar” package but no specific dollar figure from the United States or any other country or organization was announced.

Katie Rogers

Guests just started arriving at the White House for the state dinner. Some of the more notable names include Huma Abedin, a former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton; the designer Reem Acra; Apple’s Tim Cook; Hunter and Ashley Biden; and the president’s brother, James.

Alex Travelli and Mujib Mashal

Reporting from New Delhi

One accomplishment of Modi’s visit? Greater defense cooperation between India and the U.S.

One of the biggest takeaways from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit might be that it has injected new momentum into defense cooperation between the United States and India, a slow and turbulent undertaking in the past.

The two sides announced a deal for coproduction in India of engines for fighter aircraft, a $3 billion purchase of about 30 American Reaper drones by India, and a road map to expand cooperation between the two countries’ defense industries. There were also agreements on intelligence sharing and on space-based, quantum and other strategic technologies.

For the Biden administration, helping India expand its defense manufacturing tracks with its efforts to further isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine . India has long relied on Russia for a majority of its military equipment, and any increase in manufacturing capability at home or diversification of its arms sources would lessen its purchases from Russia.

For India, the United States’ latest efforts to improve defense ties is in line with its attempt to grow its domestic manufacturing and reduce its reliance on foreign partners.

India’s military forces have stuck to most of the same weapons systems that they began using during the Cold War. India was neutral but tended to side more closely with the Soviet Union. Indian officials have said their dependence on Russian weapons over the decades was simply out of necessity: The U.S. long held back on sales of military equipment to India, and that has only started to change over the past two decades. As a result, the Indian armed forces still use equipment of Soviet design and specifications. Parts cannot be swapped out, piecemeal, for American-standard weaponry. In some rare cases, as with India’s use of Lockheed’s C-130 Hercules transport plane, a stand-alone American platform can be soldered onto the existing framework. But for the most part, the systems are not interoperable.

Technical challenges aside, one thing that the defense road map seems to be addressing is the reluctance that has kept the world’s biggest two democracies from seeing eye-to-eye. They have a long history of disagreement, over matters including Pakistan, Iraq and United Nations votes. But tensions with China are bringing them to the same table, especially after Indian and Chinese troops started clashing along their Himalayan border in 2020.

Australia and Japan, the other members of the fledgling security bloc aimed at containing China around the “Indo-Pacific region” (as the Americans renamed it, to include the Indian Ocean, in 2018), have long-established military partnerships and even alliances with the United States.

The “ Roadmap for U.S.-India Defense Industrial Cooperation ,” published earlier this month, illustrates the American goal of making India into something more like a formidable ally — and the Indian goal of beefing up its own capabilities. They find common cause in trying to “cooperatively produce the systems required to meet India’s military modernization objectives.”

But India’s ties with Russia are deep and cannot be undone quickly or with good will alone. Ajai Shukla, a retired colonel with the Indian Army who writes extensively about defense, is skeptical that America will find any durable role to play. He recalls how Alexander Kadakin, a Russian ambassador to India, liked to tell the story about visiting the Indian space centers and feeling more at home there than he did in Russia — because so many of the scientists were speaking Russian.

Karoun Demirjian

Modi waves to crowd in the third floor gallery, who stuck around to cheer him as he slowly makes his way toward the exit. Emphasis on slowly. He stopped for more autographs and pictures on the way out.

He texted from the speech to say that he “appreciated PM Modi’s unequivocal statement that India must be home to all faiths and celebrate all of them.” But he added that “American leaders need to also have the difficult conversations with Indian leaders about protecting minority rights, an open press and open internet.”

At the White House, some 400 guests are going to pass by reporters to attend the dinner. One of the guests is Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, who played a part in inviting Modi to give an address to Congress.

Here’s why Modi and many other Indian politicians stay single.

When President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, take their place on the red carpet at the White House on Thursday to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, there will be an asymmetry of sorts in the picture-perfect setting.

Mr. Modi will go stag.

While a family-centric image is often a political selling point in the United States, in India, many top leaders — the prime minister among them — are proudly unattached, to make a statement that no other commitment can come between them and the nation.

Work-life balance? Not for politicians in the world’s largest democracy, who stay busy attending to the needs of 1.4 billion people and compete with one another in their declarations of sleep deprivation. (Mr. Modi clocks only four hours of slumber a night, his aides say.)

“Every moment of my time, every pore of my body, is only for my countrymen,” the prime minister said in 2019 after winning re-election .

India may seem a strange place for expressions of solitary political devotion. Here, family comes before self and arranged marriages keep families together. Nearly a third of new members of Parliament have had a relative in elected office or a prominent party position, according to one study .

But in a country tired of official corruption, with lawmakers enriching themselves and their families and ensuring political futures for their children, many voters have come to believe that single politicians are less likely to steal.

“The very strong perception,” said Ajoy Bose, a journalist and author, “is that they have no personal interest. That they belong to the people.”

Modi is sticking around in the well of the chamber to shake hands and sign autographs after the speech. In the gaggle of lawmakers around him are Representatives Shri Thanedar, Democrat of Michigan who was born in India; Mike Lawler, Republican of New York; Brad Sherman, Democrat of California; and Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina. Modi seems to be enjoying the attention and is not in a rush to leave the chamber -- though his security detail is trying to gently nudge him out.

As Modi makes his way out of the House chamber, he is stopped by members asking him to autograph their printed copies of his remarks.

Alex Travelli

India’s economy is already a star, but Modi wants the attention of American businesses and investors.

NEW DELHI — The state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India is full of eye-catching moments — practicing yoga outside the United Nations building in New York and addressing a joint session of Congress — that seem designed to burnish both India’s image on the world stage and his own image at home.

Apart from impressing voters back home and his fellow statesmen, Mr. Modi is hoping to get the attention of American businesses and investors.

India’s expanding economy is already in some ways a star. It displaced Britain as the world’s fifth biggest economy last year, and is on track to outpace both Germany and Japan in the decade ahead. The value of the companies listed on its stock markets are worth $3.3 trillion, more than ever before, and Mr. Modi’s government has tackled some challenges that have long stymied Indian growth, including rickety infrastructure and banks burdened with bad loans.

Foreign investors have taken notice, especially with much of the world’s economy looking shaky. A string of high-tech, high-value companies have flocked to India this year, with Apple and possibly Tesla making it known that they see a big future here.

But there are ominous signs, too. While foreign investment has been pouring in and the government has spent heavily on roads, energy and other public goods, private Indian investment has shrunk in proportion to the whole. And the incomes of average Indians have hardly budged in recent years, with most of the country still dependent on farming and many others working in jobs that barely keep them fed.

Indian and American policymakers and businessmen have been trying to devise ways that the United States could help India meet the moment — through a combination of trade, technology transfer, labor mobility and integration with global supply chains.

India’s trade with the United States is worth about $190 billion now, Atul Keshap, a former American ambassador to New Delhi who is president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said in an online discussion this week. It should soon be worth $500 billion, he argued, on par with the size of the U.S. trade relationships with only a few others: Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China.

The relationship could be boosted by the two countries’ altered relationships with China, not only in geopolitics, but also in civilian business and trade. American companies and political leaders are eyeing India — with its 1.4 billion people, same as China — as the sole country fit to shoulder some of the immense weight that China has carried in the world economy. “It’s a lot easier to invest $100 million in a country with 1.4 billion people than in a country with 40 million people,” said Cate Ambrose, chief executive of the Global Private Capital Association, an industry group focused on emerging markets.

With much of the world’s economy hindered by the war in Ukraine, inflation and other headwinds, the Indian economy’s power increasingly stands out. This week, Airbus, a European airplane-maker, signed deal to sell 500 aircraft to IndiGo, a low-cost Indian carrier founded in 2006. It is the kind of contract that American leaders dream of winning for the U.S. airplane giant Boeing.

Indians’ median incomes may be stagnant, even as gains made by wealthier people have brought the per capita income up to $1,200 a year. But the room for growth makes the country attractive as a consumer market. Last year, for example, 123 million passengers flew between India’s airports. The government’s goal is to reach 1 billion by 2040.

A new emphasis in the U.S.-India relationship is high-value manufacturing, and an initiative on emerging technologies has brought together government agencies from both countries to speed up cooperation on microchips, satellites and artificial intelligence. The White House argues that these projects, which sidestep bilateral trade negotiations, should help foster “resilient supply chains” for both countries.

Damien Cave

One of the things that makes Modi an interesting kind of popular leader in our current global moment might be his optimistic tone. He speaks of positive momentum, success and destiny more than flaws and enemies.

Mujib Mashal

As we wrote in our recent story about his role as a radio host, Modi has many avatars for keeping himself intimately omnipresent across India’s vastness — including that of a poet. He has written poetry in Gujarati, though he was reading a Hindi poem just now.

Congressional addresses often end with poetic language, but not usually poetry. After quoting the poem Amanda Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration, Modi recited lines in Hindi that he penned himself.

On China, Modi has always been careful to avoid escalating tensions. When tensions at the India-China border escalated to bloody skirmishes, American diplomats were saying Modi’s government was not comfortable with U.S. officials mentioning China by name in statements made out of New Delhi.

A policy proposal from Modi, as he calls for the African Union to get full membership in the G20. (The speech so far has been big on promoting accomplishments but light on articulating demands for change.)

As Peter notes, the omissions of the words “Russia” and “China” show how carefully Modi is choosing his words as he supports the spirit of the U.S. position, while clearly signaling that India is not going to take a side in these geopolitical rivalries.

The technology transfer piece of the defense deal reflects not just improved U.S.-India ties, but also a major shift in how the United States works with allies in the Indo-Pacific. Australia is getting nuclear-powered subs from America. Japan is buying American Tomahawk missiles. It’s all part of a broader effort to balance China’s military growth.

U.S.-India defense relations have had to overcome a history of deep mistrust rooted in both bureaucracies. But it feels like the countries are turning a new page. The American defense secretary and national security adviser were both in New Delhi in the weeks before Modi’s visit to Washington.

India’s ties to Russia stretch decades, and India still relies on Russia for a majority of its military equipment. So India has been careful in calling for peace and dialogue while staying away from condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

In discussing Ukraine, Modi calls for respecting U.N. principles of sovereignty, earning a standing ovation. He also said “we all must do what we can to stop the bloodshed and human suffering.” However, India continues to buy a lot of oil from Russia, engaging in a practice that the United States argues fuels the Russian war machine.

Likewise, when he discusses “the dark clouds of coercion and confrontation” that are “casting their shadow in the Indo-Pacific,” he leaves unstated who might be doing the coercing and confronting, never mentioning the word “China.”

When Modi mentions Ukraine, he shifts to passive construction. “With the Ukraine conflict, war has returned to Europe,” he said, without mentioning the word “Russia.”

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Reporting from Washington

State Dinners: Who Gets Them, Who Doesn’t and Why They Matter

As President Biden welcomed India’s prime minister to the White House , the two leaders were looking for more than a fine vegetarian meal and a night of glitzy entertainment.

Under the guise of pomp and pageantry, state visits are a chance for presidents to push foreign dignitaries to align with American interests. They can be a way to celebrate old, ironclad alliances . And with high-profile guest lists , multicourse meals and top-flight entertainment, they are much-coveted invites in Washington .

“These are not just dinners,” said Matthew Costello, a senior historian for the White House Historical Association. “There’s a lot more that goes into them in terms of planning, in terms of invitations, and a lot is geopolitics, a lot is foreign policy.”

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union, to the White House in 1959, he was focused on thawing Cold War tensions after the launch of Sputnik. Before President Barack Obama hosted President Xi Jinping of China, the two countries negotiated for weeks over an arms control accord for cyberspace. President Ulysses S. Grant held the first state dinner for King David Kalakaua of Hawaii to strengthen trade.

The dinners can also provide a window into the regions the United States is prioritizing — and the ones being neglected.

European and Latin American nations have received the most state dinner invitations, while sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asian nations have received the fewest, according to a study by the Center for Global Development that tracked 40 years of state visits from the Carter to Obama administrations.

Out of 160 dinners, just 15 were with guests from sub-Saharan Africa, the study found.

“To be a foreign leader and not get the state dinner, you feel snubbed,” said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian. “It’s often the smaller countries in the world who don’t get them, but when you’re dealing with big power players like India, it’s a must.”

The invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India was not without controversy. Mr. Biden has made the global struggle between democracy and autocracy a key part of his foreign policy, but Mr. Modi’s government has cracked down on dissent in ways that have raised fears of authoritarianism.

Still, the White House views the world’s most populous nation as a potentially welcome addition to its coalition against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as a crucial player in its growing economic competition with China.

The other nations whose leaders received the official invitation to dine with Mr. Biden — France and South Korea — have also been partners in Mr. Biden’s effort to confront Russia.

The state dinner can sometimes be a means of smoothing over hiccups among allies.

Mr. Biden hosted President Emmanuel Macron of France for the first state visit of his administration, more than a year after the two nations feuded over a deal to provide Australians with nuclear-powered submarines. Mr. Biden invited Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, for a state visit after he canceled a trip there in May because of negotiations over the debt ceiling with congressional Republicans.

“There are multiple times we see presidents using these visits to not just describe immediate concerns, but also to talk through short-term and long-term solutions,” Mr. Costello said.

Domestic politics often hang over the dinner, as well.

Julianna Smoot, Mr. Obama’s social secretary from 2010 to 2011, said she made sure to invite the often-feuding majority and minority leaders of the Senate, Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, to state dinners for a rare détente. Governors and mayors who had previously expressed support or campaigned for the president were likely to make the list. And the primary donors of presidential campaigns could expect an invitation, particularly if they had business connections to the visiting nation.

“They didn’t become donors in politics because they were slouches,” Ms. Smoot said. “A lot of them do international work and have an interest” in attending the dinner.

The prospect of strengthening political partnerships overseas and within U.S. borders was usually enough to get a quick response from invitees.

“You’re supposed to say yes,” Ms. Smoot said of responding to the invitations, “unless there’s a death in the family.”

Cheers and laughs for Modi’s hat tip to how well Indian American kids have done in successive national spelling bees.

Mentioning that the United States “has become one of our most important defense partners” gets a standing ovation. Not mentioned: India still buys weapons from Russia.

Liberal Democrats boycott Modi’s speech to Congress.

A half-dozen liberal House Democrats are boycotting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to Congress on Thursday afternoon, in protest of what they criticize as his abysmal human rights record, particularly toward Muslim minority groups in India.

Four of the protesting members released a statement Thursday condemning the address as “an embarrassing spectacle,” arguing that by giving Mr. Modi such a rare platform, “Congress undermines its ability to be a credible advocate for the rights of religious minorities and journalists around the world.”

“We must never sacrifice human rights at the altar of political expediency,” Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Cori Bush of Missouri, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jamaal Bowman of New York wrote in the joint statement. They called on other members of Congress to join their protest and “stand in solidarity with the communities that have been harmed by Modi and his policies.”

But while other lawmakers have acknowledged and even criticized Mr. Modi for promoting antidemocratic and Hindu nationalist policies, and criticized him for failing to condemn violent assaults against minority groups, they have recoiled at the idea of boycotting a visit from such an economically and strategically important U.S. ally.

“We need to engage,” said Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, a member of Indian descent who co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on India, arguing that India’s government leaders are “not going to be open and receptive to something that comes off as the West lecturing.”

“I think they’d be much more open to a dialogue as equals about the project of multiracial democracy,” he said.

The Biden administration has been pursuing closer ties with India, particularly as the United States’ standoffs with Russia and China intensify. India’s large economy and population make it an enticing partner for the United States, particularly as Washington tries to reduce its economic reliance on Beijing, and there is a concerted effort to woo New Delhi away from Russia, from which it continues to purchase weapons and oil , in order to help undermine Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

But the protesting lawmakers objected viscerally to the geopolitical justifications for Mr. Modi’s address. Pointing out that Mr. Modi once failed to get a U.S. visa because of his participation in deadly religious riots, they argued he should not be rewarded years later with a diplomatic red carpet.

“A joint address is among the most prestigious invitations and honors the United States Congress can extend,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Democrat of New York, who is also boycotting Mr. Modi’s speech, wrote in a statement that she tweeted out Wednesday evening. “We should not do so for individuals with deeply troubling human rights records — particularly for individuals whom our own State Department has concluded engaged in systematic human rights abuses of religious minorities and caste-oppressed communities.”

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Indian Americans are divided over Modi’s visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India stressed inclusivity when he appeared before a yoga class on the lawn of the United Nations in Manhattan on Wednesday, trumpeting the Hindu discipline as an act of “unity.”

But Indian Americans appeared deeply divided about Mr. Modi’s visit.

“To host him for a state dinner and give a semblance of the two democracies — the world’s largest and the world’s oldest — of everything being well and good in both democracies, that is a charade,” said Sunita Viswanath, the executive director for Hindus for Human Rights, an organization founded as a resistance effort to Mr. Modi’s policies.

She spoke while standing in front of the White House at a protest on Thursday, urging President Biden to call out India’s anti-democratic shift, even while he woos its leader.

“If we are friends, the best kind of friend we can be is one that asks difficult questions — and tells the truth,” Ms. Viswanath said while holding a sign that said “real Hindus don’t lynch,” a reference to mob violence against Muslims in India that has surged under Mr. Modi’s regime.

Still others welcomed Mr. Modi’s visit to the United States — some literally: On Tuesday the mayor of Edison, N.J., Sam Joshi, greeted the prime minister personally at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, part of an official welcoming delegation, and later did yoga with him.

In Manhattan, where the yoga session was held, several trucks emblazoned with questions about his human rights records and the hashtag #CrimeMinsterOfIndia drove through Times Square.

Images of the Modi truck at large. pic.twitter.com/q8QEOZZtNj — Aatish Taseer (@AatishTaseer) June 21, 2023

In an interview, Mr. Joshi focused on the bridge-building possibilities of the visit, which the mayor, who is of South Asian descent, said he was asked to join by the president.

“I know that this is a step toward the U.S. and India moving in a better direction,” he said on Thursday from Washington, where he was attending Mr. Modi’s congressional address. “That is the reason why I am here.”

A handful of members of Congress, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York City, pledged to boycott the prime minister’s address to Congress, citing Mr. Modi’s troubled record on religious and press freedom.

“I encourage my colleagues who stand for pluralism, tolerance, and freedom of the press to join me in doing the same,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement.

In New York City, three elected officials of South Asian decent called upon their colleagues to denounce the visit to the city.

“Modi is reshaping the nation from a secular democracy into a right-wing Hindu nationalist state,” New York City Council members Shekar Krishnan and Shahana Hanif and New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani wrote in joint statement. “Prime Minister Modi’s oppressive and unjust policies run counter to all of the values that New York City holds dear.”

On Friday, Mr. Modi’s itinerary called for him to speak to about 1,100 Indian Americans in Washington. “There are a large portion of us from all over U.S.A. who wanted to see him on this tour,” said Amitabh V.W. Mittal, the general secretary of the United States Indian Community Foundation, a nonpartisan organization created for the purpose of hosting the diaspora event.

Mr. Mittal dismissed criticism of the prime minister’s policies as unfair. Mr. Modi, he said, has championed innovation in the tech sector, added jobs and pushed to modernize the country’s infrastructure for all Indians regardless of sect.

Mr. Mittal said he welcomed other opinions, and that people of different faiths would be at the event his group was hosting. “Every good leader has good opposition,” Mr. Mittal said. “If he doesn’t have good opposition, that’s not good for democracy.”

What to know about the state of India’s democracy.

As President Biden rolls out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, he is embracing a country that is coming into its own on the global stage.

India is the world’s most populous nation, finally emerging from the shadows of its colonial past and the immediate burden of combating hunger and disease, and is now also the fifth-largest economy. It has a young work force, a strong tech industry, a growing consumer market and barely scratched potential as a manufacturing hub.

But all the talk of India’s rise masks a backsliding of its democratic traditions.

Expert opinion on the health of India’s democracy falls on a wide spectrum between outright alarm at an authoritarian turn, and belief that the concern is exaggerated given that India has pulled through such stresses on its constitutional democracy before.

Some democracy watchdogs have expressed worry. The way Mr. Modi has cracked down on dissent and free speech, and hounded his opponents, is often seen as comparable only to the 1970s Emergency, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suspended democracy. India tops the global list of internet shutdowns. Opposition leaders are frequently raided by investigating agencies and bogged down in court cases.

Other experts, while acknowledging concerns, have said the cause for alarm is overstated. Rahul Verma, a fellow at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, argued in an academic article that India under Mr. Modi was a paradox of sorts, with “democratic erosion in certain areas such as civil liberties and protection of minorities, but deepening of democratic norms in many other areas.” For example, more people — particularly women — are voting and running for office.

What sets apart Mr. Modi’s systematic consolidation of power, much of it achieved not through dramatic power grabs but through more subtle and lasting means, is that it is entrenching Hindu supremacy in India’s constitutionally secular democracy.

Mr. Modi’s outsize influence over the arms of state has created widespread impunity for his right-wing vigilante supporters, who are doing the ground work of turning India into a Hindu-first nation. There is a perpetual sense of combustibility, with the country’s religious minority of more than 200 million non-Hindus, most of them Muslims, often at the receiving end.

Large-scale riots with mass casualties have become rarer than in the recent past, but hate is more easily spread through social media, where Mr. Modi’s party and support base have a dominant presence. Emboldened vigilantes have attacked mosques and churches, hounded interfaith couples and lynched men accused of transporting beef, and viral videos of the violence on social media have created a suffocating constancy to the tension.

When clashes happen, the state often doles out justice in a partisan manner. Police officers are often restrained in their actions against Hindu vigilantes. But the authorities — trailed by news cameras — are increasingly quick to exert swift, collective and extrajudicial punishment , particularly in the form of bulldozing homes, when the perpetrator of a crime is Muslim.

Happymon Jacob, who teaches foreign policy at the New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University, said India had reacted angrily when the United States had raised human rights concerns, “sending a message to the U.S. that it needs to choose between preaching to India or engaging India.”

“I think the U.S. has realized that it would be sacrificing the geopolitical utility of the Indo-U.S. relationship if it decides to castigate India on human rights issues,” he said.

Karan Deep Singh contributed reporting.

A scorecard for Narendra Modi’s India.

After nearly a decade in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brings to Washington a record that has prompted pride and outrage.

Among fans, he is beloved for overseeing record growth, building roads and airports, and expanding access to sanitation, clean water , cooking fuel and digital payment systems. Critics, however, say Mr. Modi and his party have unleashed a dangerous wave of Hindu nationalism, muzzling critics and encouraging violent discrimination against minorities.

Mr. Modi’s supporters and detractors have ample evidence to back up their assessments. And, as is often the case with India, which now has the world’s largest population , a lot can be understood through numbers.

10 to 5: Under the Modi government, India has moved up five places in the global economic rankings, becoming the fifth largest economy in the world. It is projected to have the fastest growth of any major economy this year, continuing a trend that began under Mr. Modi’s predecessor.

74 to 148 : In nine years, according to the government, the number of airports in India has doubled.

382 to 693: The number of medical colleges in India has also soared. In February, the government said its universities could seat nearly 100,000 medical students each year, up from around 50,000 in 2014.

117.2 million : That would be the number of toilets that Mr. Modi says his government has installed under a program for rural sanitation.

8 billion: The transactions that took place on India’s new digital payments system in January alone. The rapid growth of the program , which began under Mr. Modi’s predecessor, has relied in large part on the government’s push to give every citizen a unique identification number, called the Aadhaar, which allows for payments small and large.

4: Governments run by Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in four Indian states demolished dozens of properties belonging to Muslims after a series of protests last year. Mr. Modi, who started working with the B.J.P. in the 1970s, has done little if anything to discourage such efforts — or violence against Muslims by Hindu nationalists, or widespread anti-Muslim bias in India’s police forces. An independent study from 2019 found that one in two police officers felt that Muslims were “naturally prone” to crime.

2 million: In the state of Assam in northern India in 2019, two million people were told that they were considered stateless after a mass citizenship check . New York Times reporters interviewed several members of the tribunal making the decisions, and they said they had felt pressured by the government to declare Muslims to be noncitizens.

35: In August 2019, the Modi government stripped constitutional autonomy from India’s only Muslim-majority state, Jammu and Kashmir. Since then, according to Human Rights Watch, at least 35 journalists in Kashmir have faced police interrogation, raids, threats, assault, restrictions on movement, or fabricated criminal cases for their reporting.

84: India shut down the internet at least 84 times in 2022, the highest number of any country for the fifth consecutive year. In many cases, the blackouts were targeted to locations with ethnic or religious violence that might undermine the image of a peaceful, prosperous India that Mr. Modi promotes — at home, and now in Washington.

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PM Modi In US Highlights: PM Modi Concludes 4-Day US Visit, Next Stop Egypt

Pm modi us visit live updates: prime minister modi was visiting the us from june 21-24 at the invitation of president biden and the first lady..

PM Modi in US Live Updates: This is PM Modi's first state visit to the US.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi capped his power-packed US state visit with an address to the Indian community in Washington which focussed on visas and 'new India'. "A lot of you have had issues with  H1B visa renewals . We have now decided that you will not have to go outside america to renew these visas. This visa will get renewed in America itself. We will try and implement a similar procedure for L category visas in the future," he said.

His speech came hours after he addressed a group of young entrepreneurs and professionals at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington, said the partnership between India and America "is not of convenience, it is a partnership of conviction, shared commitments".

Earlier in the day, PM Modi attended the state department luncheon with Vice President Kamala Harris and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Prime Minister Modi attended the State Dinner at the South Lawn of the White House yesterday, hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The dinner was attended by big names in the tech world and billionaire industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani, Google CEO Sunder Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Before that, PM Modi addressed the US Congress after he held bilateral talks with Joe Biden at the Oval Office.

Prime Minister Modi was visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of President Biden and the First Lady.

Here are the Live Updates on PM Modi's US Visit:

After the successful visit to the USA, PM @narendramodi emplanes for Egypt. pic.twitter.com/a5YX446nTG - PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 24, 2023

#WATCH | Google CEO Sundar Pichai after meeting PM Modi, says "It was an honour to meet PM Modi during the historic visit to the US. We shared with the Prime Minister that Google is investing $10 billion in India's digitisation fund. We are announcing the opening of our global... pic.twitter.com/ri42wI3Adv - ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

#WATCH | US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti speaks on PM Modi's visit, "I feel that AI is the future- America and India. We had more things that we got done than any other in the history. This was an exceptional visit. We are now in the deepest and the broadest friendship of... pic.twitter.com/CQX5YxqUqw - ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2023

Amazon to invest another 15 billion dollars in India : Andrew Jassy, Amazon CEO #ModiInAmerica pic.twitter.com/Ht6IrHnFk4 - Megha Prasad (@MeghaSPrasad) June 23, 2023

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#HistoricStateVisit2023 #IndiaUSAPartnership Testimony to the friendship between India and the US, the iconic lower Manhattan landmark @OneWTC sparkling in the lights of tricolor, welcoming @narendramodi on the historic State Visit. @IndianEmbassyUS @ANI @Yoshita_Singh ... pic.twitter.com/oZw4gSqWhU - India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) June 23, 2023

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Together, the United States and India will shape the future as we work towards a world that is open, prosperous, secure, and resilient. pic.twitter.com/E7NFDpEmGX - President Biden (@POTUS) June 23, 2023

• PM said that even after the two decades of 9/11 and one decade of 26/11, the problem of terrorism remains a pressing challenge for the global community.
• Clearly, what he was highlighting was the need for the international community to recognize that the people who sponsor terrorism, support terrorism, they continue to pose a serious challenge to the safety and security of our societies and have to be very sternly and firmly dealt with
• When the Prime Minister and the President held their discussions all aspects of such global challenges were discussed between the two and how India and US could cooperate to mitigate, address, try and deal with this challenge as comprehensively as possible that was also discussed between the two leaders.
• And going forward, it would be our effort to see how some of those discussions can translate into concrete. Cooperative decision between India and the US
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Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Highlights: JP Nadda says PM Modi moving ahead with focus on 'GYAN'

Lok sabha polls 2024 highlights: prime minister narendra modi addressed a public rally in jammu’s udhampur today, april 12 as part of bharatiya janata party’s campaign for lok sabha elections 2024. .

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Jammu and Kashmir will get the statehood soon. The Prime Minister also said that the assembly elections in the erstwhile state will also be held soon. 

The PM was addressing a public rally in Jammu’s Udhampur today, April 12 as part of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The Prime Minister said his government had buried the wall of Article 370. He challenged the Congress to bring back the article that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. He also told the voters that he has fulfilled his guarantees in the past ten years. 

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Opposition for hurting religious sentiments by eating non-vegetarian food during Navratri, days after a video of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav eating fish was shared on social media

Union Minister Jitendra Singh is contesting the elections from the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat. This is PM Modi’s third visit to Jammu and Kashmir this year. Earlier, he addressed rallies while inaugurating several development projects on February 20 and March 7 in the erstwhile state.

The PM is also sheduled to address a public rally at 2:15 PM in Barmer, Rajasthan. Later in the day, PM Modi will hold a road show from Somnath Square to Gupteshwar Darwaja in Rajasthan's Dausa. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will also address an INDIA bloc rally in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The seat is crucial because BJP has fielded its Tamil Nadu president from here. PM Modi addressed a rally in Coimbatore earlier this week.

The nomination filing process for the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls to be held in 94 constituencies across 12 states on May 7 began on April 13, Friday. The Election Commission issued a notification on behalf of the President, in this regard, on Friday. April 19 is the last date for the filing nomination papers for the third phase.

In other events, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu to campaign for Sivaganga candidate T Dhevanathan Yadav on Friday. Shah is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu. He is also scheduled to participate in four road shows and a public meeting. 

Samajwadi Party (SP) national President, Akhilesh Yadav, along with their opposition INDIA bloc partner Congress, will start campaigning for the SP candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency on April 12.

Voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases with the first phase scheduled on April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. Stay with LiveMint to track live updates on Lok Sabha elections.

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Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra said, "A meeting of the 31-member campaign committee, that has been formed under the chairmanship of Ashok Gehlot, was held today...Everyone gave their feedback as to how our campaign should be...All of these have been discussed today. It was decided today that we will have a discussion with everyone once again tomorrow - to ensure that we make our war rooms at the Vidhan Sabha and district levels further active and take our Guarantee card to every household personally..."

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: JP Nadda says PM Modi moving ahead with focus on 'GYAN'

BJP national chief JP Nadda said PM Modi is moving ahead with focus on ‘GYAN’. Here 'GYAN represents: G- garib (poor), Y- yuva (youth), A- anndaata (farmer), N- nari shakti (Women power)

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Case filed against K Annamalai

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: A case has been registered against state BJP president and party candidate from Coimbatore, K Annamalai and Coimbatore District BJP Secretary Ramesh for allegedly campaigning in the Avarampalayam area last night beyond the permitted campaigning hours. The election code of conduct is that candidates who are contesting for parliamentary elections should end their campaigning by 10 pm.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  They made Saharanpur centre of Fatwas, says Yogi Adityanath slamming opposition

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday that former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh was the one who gave the farmers the due respect in Independent India. And, the CM said, show the gratitude, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given him the Bharat Ratna... Be it SP, BSP or Congress people fell victim to their 'danga policy'... The Saharanpur which has so much potential to be developed as Kashi as a centre of education was made the city of communal agitation and the centre of Fatwas."

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: ‘Are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi safe?’ asks Mamata Banerjee

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addressed a public rally in Coochbehar, on Friday. “Those people (BJP) say that Bengal is not safe. Are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi safe? Just ask them what work they have done. In the accident that happened in Jalpaiguri, compensation has been given by the state government but what have they done for those people?" she asked. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani files nomination papers

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Congress candidate from Kalaburagi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani files his nomination, He was accompanied by DK Shivkumar and other leaders.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Omar Abdullah to contest from Baramulla seat

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Baramulla seat in North Kashmir.  The announcement was made by party president Farooq Abdullah on Friday. Senior party Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi will contest from Srinagar seat, Abdullah said. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Ram Mandir not an election issue, says PM Modi in Udhampur 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Congress party for skilling the Pran Pratishtha of Ram Mandir held in January this year. 

“Congress says Ram Mandir is an election issue for BJP. I want to say that Ram Mandir was never an election issue, nor it will ever become an election issue. The struggle for Ram temple was going on even before the birth of the BJP… When foreign invaders destroyed our temples, the people of India fought to save their religious places. The leaders of Congress and its allies lived in big bungalows but when it came to changing the tent of Ram Lalla, they used to turn their back," PM Modi said during a rally in Jammu Udhampur. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: They eat non-veg during Navratri, PM Modi slams Opposition 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Opposition for hurting religious sentiments by eating non-vegetarian food. “I don’t have a problem with whatever one eats, but I oppose those who instigate beliefs…They eat non-veg during Navratri and tease people by showing the video," PM Modi said in Udhampur, days after a video of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav eating fish was shared on social media

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi changing his ‘family’ by contesting from Wayanad, says Smriti Irani

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Union Minister Smriti Irani accused Rahul Gandhi of changing his family by contesting from Wayanad. “You all must have seen that Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination and declared in writing that Wayanad is his family. It was okay till there. Then we heard from a leader of Karnataka that Rahul Gandhi said the people of Wayanad are more loyal... For 15 years (the people of Amethi) carried a useless MP who did no work, and remained missing even after winning. Now he is blaming the loyalty of Amethi. You all were also supportive. Now will he clarify what Amethi is for him if Wayanad is his home? I have seen people changing colour. This is the first time I have seen Rahul Gandhi changing his family," Irani said. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Statehood and assembly polls in J&K soon, says PM Modi

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Jammu and Kashmir will soon get the statehood. 

“Modi thinks far ahead. So what has happened so far is just the trailer. I have to get busy in creating a new and wonderful picture of the new Jammu and Kashmir. The time is not far when Assembly Elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir will get the status of statehood. You will be able to share your dreams with your MLA and your ministers," PM Modi said addressing a rally in Udhampur. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: No one has caused as much damage to J&K as the family-run parties have, says PM Modi in Udhampur

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Congress, the National Conference and the PDP.

“The Congress, the National Conference, the PDP and all other parties want to take Jammu and Kashmir back to those old days. No one has caused as much damage to Jammu and Kashmir as these family-run parties have done. Here political party means of the family, by the family and for the family," he said addressing a rally in Udhampur.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: I challenge Congress to bring back Article 370, PM Modi in Udhampur

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday challenged the Congress to bring back Article 370. 

“For the sake of power, they had built a wall of 370 in Jammu and Kashmir...Due to your blessings, Modi demolished the wall of Article 370. I have also buried the debris of that wall in the ground. I challenge any political party in India, especially Congress, to announce that they will bring back Article 370. This country won't even look at them," Modi said at a rally in Udhampur

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: I fulfilled my guarantee, says PM Modi to Udhampur voters

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Udhampur on Friday.

“I have been coming to Udhampur for the last several decades. I have been visiting the land of Jammu and Kashmir for the last 5 decades. I remember that during the Ekta Yatra in 1992 you gave me a grand welcome and honour here. You also know that then our mission was to hoist the tricolour at Red Square and the mothers and sisters here had given us a lot of blessings…In 2014, I had come back after visiting Mata Vaishno Devi and on this very ground, I had guaranteed you that I will free you from whatever several generations of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered. Today, with your blessings, Modi has fulfilled that guarantee.," PM Modi said addressing a public rally Udhampur.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Water of Ravi used to go to Pakistan during Congress governments, says PM Modi in Jammu

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Addressing a public rally in Udhampur, PM Modi said that his guarantees will be fulfilled. "You remember how the weak governments of Congress kept the Shahpurkandi Dam stalled for decades. The fields of the farmers of Jammu were dry and the villages were in darkness, but our water of Ravi was going to Pakistan. Modi had given a guarantee to the farmers and has fulfilled it also," he said in Udhampur public rally. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Lakhs of families of J&K have the guarantee of free ration for the next 5 years, says PM Modi in Udhampur

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that lakhs of families of Jammu and Kashmir will get free ration for next five years. 

“I had told you to trust me and I will solve the problems of 60 years. I had guaranteed respect for the mothers and sisters here. I gave a guarantee that the poor would not have to worry about two meals a day. Today lakhs of families of Jammu and Kashmir have the guarantee of free ration for the next 5 years," the PM said addressing a public rally in Udhampur. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: EC has no time for Opposition: Digvijaya Singh

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has alleged that the Election Commission does not reply to the Opposition or provide time for meetings. Singh posed three basic questions regarding the voting machines to the poll body. 

"I have complaints with the Election Commission, they don't reply to us on any issue and don't give us time to meet. I have said this in the parliament and outside the House. I have three basic questions. Is it (EVM) a stand-alone machine? Does VVPAT have any connectivity with the internet? Third, I want to know which software you have installed in the VVPAT? Why don't they reply to these questions? A national party is seeking time since April 2023, but they don't give us time. I have complaints with the ECI, they are totally partial in their work," Singh said.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: BSP releases names of 9 candidates

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released its fourth list comprising names of nine candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024. 

The Mayawati-led party has named Bhim Rajbhar from Azamgarh and Bal Krishna Chauhan as its candidate from Ghosi seat. Mohd Irfan will contest from Etah while Shyam Kishore Awasthi has been fielded from Dhaurhara seat.  The party has fielded Sacchidananda Pandey from the Faizabad seat. 

The party has fielded Daya Shankar Mishra as its candidate in Basti and Javed Simnani from Gorakhpur. In Chandauli, the BSP has named Satyendra Kumar Maurya as its candidate, while Dhaneshwar Gautam will contest the Robertsganj seat.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Nominations for Phase 3 voting begins today

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: The nomination filing process for the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls to be held in 94 constituencies across 12 states on May 7 began on April 13, Friday. The Election Commission issued a notification on behalf of the President, in this regard, on Friday.  April 19 is the last date for the filing nomination papers for the third phase.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav to launch campaign from Pilibhit today

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will kick off the Opposition INDIA bloc's joint campaign for upcoming Lok Sabha Elections from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil resigns from BJP

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: BJP leader Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil resigned from the primary membership of the party. He met Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar party chief Sharad Pawar yesterday

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Scuba divers perform voting awareness exercise 60 ft underwater near Chennai's Neelankarai 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: The Election Commission of India shared a video of scuba divers in Chennai enacting the voting process sixty feet underwater near Chennai's Neelankarai. The exercise, the poll panel said,  is its bid to create voter awareness.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Election Commission in partial, says TMC leader Shantanu Sen

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: TMC leader Shantanu Sen has said that the election commission was ‘partial’. “For the first time, after independence, the Prime Minister along with his Minister selected the election commissioners... The entire country knows which party breaks law and order and follows the way of hooliganism. In West Bengal, TMC has been in power for three terms because of support from the common people. Those who don't get the love and support of people here, opt the way of hooliganism," Sen was quoted as saying by news agency ANI

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Congress likely to field Kanhaiya Kumar from a seat in Delhi, says report

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: The Congress party is likely to field former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student’s Union president Kanhaiya Kumar from one of the three seats that it is contesting in the national capital. 

Kumar, who is presently in-charge of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections against Bhartiya Janata Party leader Giriraj Singh from Bihar’s Begusarai as a Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Rahul, Stalin to address INDIA bloc rally in Coimbatore

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address an INDIA bloc rally in Coimbatore, a crucial Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu. The BJP has fielded its  state president, K Annamalai, from the seat. PM Modi was in Coimbatore two days ago.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: PM Modi to address public rally in Udhampur today 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Jammu’s Udhampur today, April 12 as part of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Union Minister Jitendra Singh is contesting the elections from the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat.

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Lok Sabha Election 2024: In Kerala, Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of creating disharmony in country

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of creating disharmony in the country and of harming millions of people while addressing a mega rally in Kerala's Kannur. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written personalised letters to all BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates contesting in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, asking them to convey his message to voters in their respective constituencies. This election is an opportunity to connect the country's present with a bright future, PM Modi said in his message.

Congress attacks BJP's Tejaswi Surya for infamous 'Guru Raghavendra Bank Scam'

The Congress has attacked BJP MP Tejaswi Surya for his alleged involvement in the 'Guru Raghavendra Bank Scam.'

Voicing concerns for those who have been scammed, Congress is staging a “Don't Bank on Surya” Campaign, highlighting the alleged involvement of the BJP MP, and his uncle and Basavanagudi MLA Ravi Subramaniam.

An ATM card model, featuring Tejaswi Surya's photo, has been printed and distributed to the South Bangalore voters as part of the campaign.

The Guru Raghavendra Bank scam, which came to light in 2020, involved an alleged misappropriation of around Rs 2,500 crore by the bank management.

Over 15,000 depositors with deposits exceeding Rs 6 lakh remain uncompensated.

With inputs from Sagay Raj

Eight Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh to go for polls in Phase 1

Electorate in as many as eight Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh are all set to cast their ballot in the first phase of general elections on Friday, April 19.

Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm in Bijnor, Moradabad, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Saharanpur, Rampur and Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 9 districts of the state.

Out of a total of 80 candidates in the fray in these constituencies, seven are women. Notably, the Kairana Lok Sabha constituency has the highest number of candidates in the poll fray, with 14, while the Nagina and the Rampur constituencies each have the lowest number of candidates at six each.

Meanwhile, elaborate security arrangements have been ensured by the Election Commission of India for fair and peaceful elections. 

With inputs from Samarath Srivastava

Amit Shah holds election rally in Ahmedabad, lauds work done by Modi government

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held an election rally in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has always worked to make India secure. 

The senior BJP leader further lauded the Modi government, saying that it was this government that helped India rise to fifth spot from 11th place on the largest economies list.

India will become the third-largest economy during PM Modi's third term, Amit Shah added.

Speaking on the threat of terrorism, the former BJP president said that while the UPA regime could not do much to avert terrorist attacks, the Modi government conducted surgical strikes inside Pakistan.

Amit Shah has been fielded by the BJP from Gujarat's Gandhinagar for a second term, a seat that was once held by party veteran Lal Krishna Advani.

Pink polling booth set up in Sikkim's Soreng

A pink polling booth has been set up in Sikkim's Soreng for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections on April 19.

#WATCH | Pink voting booth set up in Sikkim's Soreng for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections tomorrow. 1122 voters cast their votes at this booth set up in Yatri Niwas, Soreng. CM Prem Singh Tamang will cast his vote here tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/aECSULzbye — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2024

Asaduddin Owaisi hits out at BJP candidate Madhavi Latha for 'arrow gesture'

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday hit out at Hyderabad BJP candidate Madhavi Latha for allegedly pointing an arrow towards a mosque during her Ram Navami Yatra in the city.

Hyderabad | On a video showing Hyderabad BJP candidate Madhavi Latha allegedly pretending to shoot an arrow at the mosque in Hyderabad during Ram Navami yatra, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says, "People of Hyderabad had seen BJP's intentions. They will not acept BJP-RSS' vulgar… pic.twitter.com/UGMS9nqWZ9 — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2024

Congress alleges party's election campaign offices in Assam damaged, case registered

The Congress on Thursday alleged that its party campaign offices in Morigaon district of Assam were damaged by some 'unidentified persons'. Police said that an FIR has been lodged in connection with the party's allegations.

The complaint said that the damaged offices belonged to Congress candidate and sitting MP Pradyut Bordoloi. 

"Security forces, along with a magistrate, went to the spot to assess the situation. Later, a case was registered at Jagiroad Police Station and a probe launched," an official of Morigaon district administration was quoted as saying by PTI.

The party has also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission and demanded the poll body look into the matter. 

West Bengal: BJP candidate alleges his car was attacked by TMC workers

BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar on Thursday claimed that his car was attacked by miscreants belonging to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal's Nadia.

West Bengal: In Nadia, BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar claims that his car was attacked by some people associated with Trinamool Congress, today He says, "I have a pond over which there has been a dispute with some people for the past few months. The guard appointed by me who is… pic.twitter.com/CANuasE43m — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2024

Congress demands candidature of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) nominees be cancelled

The Maharashtra Congress has demanded that the candidature of all the nominees from the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena be cancelled, alleging that the party violated Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by using state transport buses for its election campaign.

In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer, the Congress also demanded action be taken against the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) for providing buses for a party's election campaign.  

Chirag Paswan says he is 'hurt' by foul language being allegedly used for his family in RJD rally

Reacting to a 'purported' viral video showing 'derogatory' language being used for his family, Lok Janshakti party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said he was disappointed and hurt that such language was used in Tejashwi Yadav's rally.

Chirag Paswan wondered why Tejashwi was doing politics to win just one Lok Sabha seat.

#WATCH | A purported viral video shows derogatory language being used for Chirag Paswan's mother in Tejashwi Yadav's rally. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan says, "I am hurt that the leader in front of whom my family and I were abused is my younger brother.… pic.twitter.com/tAW9fH2aun — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2024

TMC leader calls Left and Congress 'BJP ke do bhai', attacks Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday attacked Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, calling him 'a man of Prime Minister Modi'.

Claiming that the BJP is promoting Adhir Chowdhury, he said "'BJP ke do bhai, Left front aur Congressai."

#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal: TMC leader Kunal Ghosh says, "Adhir Chowdhury is a man of Narendra Modi. 'BJP ke do bhai, left front aur Congressai'. Adhir Chowdhury is going to be defeated and to keep him in the news, BJP is promoting him." On TMC's manifesto, he says, "Alliance… pic.twitter.com/2Qpv454kLB — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauds 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' anthem

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reposted on X, the 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' anthem composed by Meet Bros, calling it a great effort to inspire young voters.

The anthem focusses on first-time voters in the country, who will be taking part in the world's largest exercise in the form of Lok Sabha elections. 

A great effort to inspire first time voters to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections! #MeraPehlaVoteDeshKeLiye . https://t.co/EXBsCDpwDf — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 18, 2024

BJP candidate for Telangana's Malkajgiri Etela Rajender files nomination

Etela Rajender, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat in Telangana, filed his nomination papers on Thursday.

Rajender was accompanied by Union ministers Kishan Reddy and Hardeep Singh Puri at the time of his nomination. Malkajgiri is known as the largest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of voter count.

All measures taken for 6.23 crore voters in Tamil Nadu: CEO Satyabrata Sahoo

Tamil Nadu Chief Election Officer Satyabrata Sahoo informed that all measures have been taken for 6.23 crore people to vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19.

“We have 6,23,33,925 voters, of which 3,17,19,665 are female and 3,06,05,793 are male and 8,467 are third gender voters. The are 10,92,420 first time voters and 6,14,002 voters are above the age of 85”, Sahoo said.

Sahoo further added that out of a total of 950 candidates in the fray, 874 are male and 76 are female. At least 190 companies of Central Armed Police Force have been deployed for election duties, and 8,050 polling booths have been identified as vulnerable and 181 as critical.

With inputs from Pramod Madhav

29 special poll booths for Lok Sabha elections in Manipur

At least 29 special polling booths have been set up in Manipur, where people living in relief camps, amid violence in the state, can cast their votes. 

Voting will take place in two phases for the two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur.

In the first phase on April 19, voting will take place in approximately half of both the constituencies- Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur. Whereas, in the second phase (April 26), voting will take place in the remaining constituencies.

PM Narendra Modi in Kerala Highlights (April 25): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday expressed the state’s gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allocating a Vande Bharat train for the state and dedicating several development projects to the nation. The PM flagged off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat train from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod — a significant initiative ahead of the 2024 general elections. Vijayan said he was placing Kerala’s “gratitude to you for allocating a Vande Bharat train” and expressed hope that more would follow. This is for the first time that the CM, who has been aggressively campaigning for the proposed SilverLine semi-high speed rail corridor project, is making any remark regarding the southern state’s reception of the Vande Bharat.

Meanwhile, PM Modi, who is on a two-day trip to Kerala, has said the Centre lays emphasis on cooperative federalism. “If Kerala develops, India will develop faster,” he added while speaking at an event to inaugurate a host of development projects in Thiruvananthapuram. He also reached out to the youth and church leaders in Kerala as he took on the ruling CPI(M) in the state as well as the main opposition Congress, accusing them of working against the interests of the people. Speaking at the conclave, Yuvam 2023, Modi said: “The way Northeastern states and Goa accepted the BJP , its work and its government, Kerala too will accept it in the coming days,” Modi said, as he asked the youth to stand for change.

Modi said the BJP government at the Centre is working along with the youth and is making development a reality. “While previous governments were known for scams, the BJP government in the past nine years has been creating opportunities for the youth,” he said. Taking a swipe at the ruling CPI(M) and Congress in Kerala, he said, “While one party is working to promote its political interest above the interest of the state, the other is working for the interest of one family. Time has come to defeat these two political ideologies.”

PM Modi in Kerala Highlights: PM Narendra Modi to flag off Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express, Shashi Tharoor to attend; follow this space for all the latest updates.

PM Modi inaugurated Kochi's water metro.

Kerala | PM Modi inaugurated Kochi's water metro. pic.twitter.com/rIUXKVqiJ1 — ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Centre lays emphasis on cooperative federalism. “If Kerala develops, India will develop faster,” he added while speaking at an event to inaugurate a host of development projects in Thiruvananthapuram.

Elated to be in Thiruvananthapuram! Various development projects are being launched which will significantly benefit people and further Kerala's progress. https://t.co/r5fbyDam37 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Kerala is a state of aware and educated people. Hardwork and humility of people here are part of their identity"

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates various development projects in Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala | PM Narendra Modi inaugurates various development projects in Thiruvananthapuram. pic.twitter.com/5ZpCKFJcVD — ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2023

PM Modi will dedicate Kochin water metro to nation. "A significant enhancement to Kochi's infrastructure! The Kochi Water Metro would be dedicated to the nation. It will ensure seamless connectivity for Kochi," he wrote on Twitter.

A significant enhancement to Kochi's infrastructure! The Kochi Water Metro would be dedicated to the nation. It will ensure seamless connectivity for Kochi. pic.twitter.com/SAvvEz8SFt — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 23, 2023

PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram.

#WATCH | Kerala: PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram. pic.twitter.com/Lfns48pbMf — ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2023

PM Modi interacts with students onboard Vande Bharat Express.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off Kerala's first Vande Bharat train from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod -- a significant initiative ahead of the 2024 general elections. Modi, who received a rousing welcome on his arrival at Thiruvananthapuram, will also launch the Kochi water metro and lay the foundation stone for a Rs 1,500-crore digital science park.

#WATCH | Kerala: PM Narendra Modi flags off the Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express train from Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station. pic.twitter.com/zdqdmwNE3g — ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives grand welcome at Thiruvananthapuram.

PM Modi in Thiruvananthapuram. (Courtesy : sources ) pic.twitter.com/mLZqHcfpeZ — Liz Mathew (@MathewLiz) April 25, 2023

Modi will flag off Kerala's first Vande Bharat train shortly

Adipoli Vande Bharat! Flag off in 2 hours by PM @narendramodi Ji. Thiruvananthapuram - Kasaragod pic.twitter.com/N2byc0nYVU — Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) April 25, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a two-day tour of Kerala, a state where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to expand its base ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

On Tuesday (April 25), Modi is set to flag off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express train from state capital Thiruvananthapuram, and also dedicate the first-of-its-kind Kochi Water Metro to the nation. Read more

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor hails Centre's initiative to launch Vande Bharat train in Kerala. About 14 months ago, Tharoor had tweeted about how bringing Vande Bharat trains to the state could address CM Pinarayi Vijayan's concern for speedy train travel to promote development,and alleviate Congress's concerns about land acquisition and environmental impact.

Recalling my tweets of fourteen months ago suggesting #VandeBharat trains for Kerala. Delighted that @AshwiniVaishnaw has done just that. Looking forward to attending @narendramodi ’s flagging off of the first train from Thiruvananthapuram on 25th. Progress must be beyond politics https://t.co/fAOO0qkXsd — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 19, 2023

#WATCH | "On one hand, the BJP Govt is toiling day and night to increase the exports and distribute Kerala's traditional medicines across the world. On the other hand, a few people are playing a different game. They are toiling to smuggle gold..," says PM Modi in Kochi, Kerala. pic.twitter.com/nOY8qcb01z — ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2023

Addressing the youth rally in Kochi following a mega road show, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for a BJP government in the state. “The way Northeastern states and Goa accepted BJP, its work and its government, Kerala too will accept it in the coming days,” the PM said during the youth conclave.

#WATCH | "...In the past years, efforts were not made to provide new opportunities to Kerala's youth. The struggles between two types of ideologies are causing loss to Kerala. One ideology here places its party above Kerala's interests. The other ideology places a family above… pic.twitter.com/DAAbgE1OSW — ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2023

Taking a dig at the Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPI(M) government in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that while the focus of the BJP-ruled states is providing jobs to the youth, the Kerala government has not been able to do so.

Speaking about his government’s achievement, PM Modi said: “Previous governments did scams in every sector whereas our BJP govt is creating new opportunities for the youth in every sector. The BJP govt ran Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and gave new opportunities to the youth. With the mantra of “vocal for local”, we promoted local products. We opened up the space and defence sectors. Through the PLI scheme, the BJP govt increased manufacturing in the country. Through its policies, the BJP govt also increased exports.”

Lauding the youth of Kerala, the Prime Minister said: “I am delighted that when India is walking ahead with the resolution of New India, when India is shouldering global responsibilities, the youth of Kerala has stepped forward to lead India's development journey.”

#WATCH | "Today everyone is saying that the 21st century is India's. India is a country which has an abundant store of youth power. Earlier the thinking was that nothing can change in this country but now the thinking is that this country can change the entire world..," says PM… pic.twitter.com/iPOeewvOAi — ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2023

Following the mega road show in Kochi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a youth conclave in the city. At the meet, the PM said: “Today, our country is starting the journey of Amritkal. This resolution of the youth of Kerala through Yuvam is very important. A mission becomes vibrant when there is energy of the vibrant youth behind it. When it comes to Kerala, it is so grand and beautiful that coming here, the energy increases even more.”

Kerala welcomes PM Modi with flowers and affection! pic.twitter.com/utZAMH4lcX — BJP (@BJP4India) April 24, 2023

Kochi is all set to welcome their beloved leader PM Shri @narendramodi . pic.twitter.com/vW8j8zRoST — BJP (@BJP4India) April 24, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after landing in Kochi, held a road show in the city. The 1.8 km-long road show is expected to end at the Sacred Heart College ground at Thevara, where the PM would interact with youths at the YUVAM conclave.

#WATCH | Kerala: PM Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Kochi. PM is on a two-day visit to the state. pic.twitter.com/m1aBLyrPZ9 — ANI (@ANI) April 24, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the Kochi water metro, a first-of-its-kind public boat service integrated with a metro rail network, on April 25. The inaugural event will be held in Thiruvananthapuram. The Rs 747-crore project is being implemented by Kochi Metro Rail Corporation Limited. The project is implemented with assistance from German funding agency Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau.

According to KMRL and Kochi Water Metro Limited (KWML) managing director Loknath Behera, the water metro will start sailing with 8 electric-hybrid boats in two routes – High Court-Vypin and Vyttila-Kakkanad. Operations on the first route will begin on April 26 and on the second route on April 26. Once the project is fully operational, the water metro, with 78 boats and 38 terminals, will cover 76 kms in Kochi backwaters, covering six panchayats and three municipalities.

The PM’s Kerala visit assumes political significance as it comes at a time when the BJP has been making all-out attempts to expand its base in the state ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls by highlighting the Modi-led party’s government’s development agenda at the Centre.

The recent formation of a new Christian party by disgruntled leaders of various splinter outfits of the regional Christian party, Kerala Congress, and the new warmth between the Catholic Church and the Sangh Parivar have rekindled the BJP’s electoral hopes in the state, where the party has not been able to expand its footprint despite having made massive efforts in this regard for years. Buoyed by the PM’s visit, the BJP’s Kerala unit has also started a hashtag campaign “Keralamawaitsmodi” on social media.

Also, PM Modi’s meeting with bishops is taking place at a time when a section of the Church has made a promise to support the BJP in the elections if the Union government steps in to raise the prices of natural rubber, which has been a mainstay of farmers’ income in Central Kerala, where a sizeable section of people belong to the Christian community.

Good afternoon and welcome to our Live Blog. As PM Modi touches down in Kerala, we will be covering all the events that the Prime Minister addresses and attends. Stay along with us to not miss out on any newsworthy event.

The Kerala Police Sunday arrested a Kochi native who allegedly wrote a letter threatening a suicide bomb attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to the state starting Monday.

The police identified the accused as M Xavier, a native of Kaloor. Xavier confessed to investigators that he wrote the letter in the name of another person against whom he harboured personal animosity and whose name and phone number were mentioned in it.

Kochi City Police Commissioner K Sethuraman told the media that the threat mentioned in Xavier’s letter was a hoax. “He (Xavier) wanted to trap another person. We arrested Xavier after collecting scientific evidence and conducting a forensic handwriting analysis,” he said.

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मोदी बोले- पर्दे के पीछे कांग्रेस-लेफ्ट की विचारधारा एक: कहा- हमने लूट ईस्ट की नीति को खत्म किया, अब एक्ट ईस्ट की नीति

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने बुधवार (17 अप्रैल) को असम और त्रिपुरा दौरा किया। सुबह असम में जनसभा को संबोधित करने के बाद पीएम मोदी दोपहर में त्रिपुरा की राजधानी अगरतला पहुंचे।

पीएम मोदी ने स्वामी विवेकानंद मैदान में जनसभा में कहा, ''जब त्रिपुरा में CPM और कांग्रेस थीं, तब भ्रष्टाचार फल-फूल रहा था। वामपंथी पार्टियों ने राज्य को भ्रष्टाचार का अड्डा बना दिया। कांग्रेस सरकार ने पूर्वोत्तर के विकास पर ध्यान नहीं दिया। उनकी नीति पूर्व को लूटो की थी।''

10 साल पहले मैंने कांग्रेस और वामपंथियों की लूट ईस्ट नीति को खत्म किया था। अब हम एक्ट ईस्ट नीति पर काम कर रहे हैं। सतही तौर पर वामपंथी और कांग्रेस एक-दूसरे के विरोधी लग सकते हैं, लेकिन पर्दे के पीछे उनकी विचारधारा एक ही है।

पीएम ने कहा- पूर्वोत्तर में रहना हमारा सौभाग्य पीएम मोदी ने कहा कि पूर्वोत्तर में रहना हमारा सौभाग्य है, जहां सूर्य की किरणें सबसे पहले पृथ्वी को छूती हैं। ये भारत के उज्ज्वल भविष्य का प्रतीक हैं। विकसित त्रिपुरा, विकसित भारत की प्रतिबद्धता के साथ आगे बढ़ रहा है।

वहीं, असम के नलबाड़ी में पीएम ने कहा था कि कांग्रेस ने सियासी फायदे के लिए असम को अपने पंजे में जकड़ रखा था। ताकि उनके लिए लूट और भ्रष्टाचार के रास्ते खुले रहें। अब ये पंजा खुल गया है। असम में सबका साथ और सबका विकास हो रहा है।

असम और त्रिपुरा में मोदी की स्पीच की 10 मुख्य बातें...

• NDA सरकार की योजनाओं में कोई भेदभाव नहीं होता। योजनाओं का लाभ हर किसी को मिलता है। अब NDA ने ठाना है कि देश के हर नागरिक तक पहुंचकर जिस सुविधा का वो पात्र है, वो सुविधा उसे दी जाएगी। अब 70 साल के ऊपर के बुजुर्गों की सेवा आपका बेटा मोदी करेगा। इन्हें 5 लाख तक के मुफ्त इलाज की सुविधा मिलेगी।
• आपका बिजली बिल जीरो आए, इसलिए कम दाम पर सोलर पैनल दिए जाएंगे। इसके अलावा हमने लक्ष्य रखा है 3 करोड़ महिलाओं को लखपति दीदी बनाएंगे। हमने खरीफ की फसलों का MSP बढ़ाया है। इससे यहां के किसानों को लाभ हुआ है। भाजपा ने किसानों को लेकर सभी योजना को जारी रखेंगे।
• असम का विकास इस बात का सबूत है कि जब नीयत सही हो तो नतीजे भी सही आते हैं। मोदी ने मुस्लिम बहनों को तीन तलाक की टेंशन से मुक्ति दिलाई। हमने कानून बनाकर मुस्लिम बहनों और उनके परिवारों को राहत पहुंचाई।
• मैंने कुछ ही दिन पहले असम में देश की बड़ी सेमीकंडक्टर फैसिलिटी शिलान्यास किया है। इससे 15 हजार से ज्यादा युवाओं के लिए रोजगार के अवसर मिलेगा। ये ऐतिहासिक शुरुआत है।
• कांग्रेस को दिया आपका वोट केंद्र में सरकार नहीं बनाएगा। भाजपा को दिया आपका वोट विकसित भारत बनाएगा। 4 जून को नतीजा क्या होने जा रहा है, ये साफ दिखाई दे रहा है।
• हम पूर्वोत्तर में कनेक्टिविटी बढ़ाने पर ध्यान केंद्रित कर रहे हैं। बीजेपी ने भारत में 3 करोड़ नए घर बनाने का फैसला किया है। हमारी पहल से त्रिपुरा के लोगों को बहुत फायदा होने वाला है।
• त्रिपुरा के विकास के लिए बीजेपी ने HIRA मॉडल - हाईवे, इंटरनेट वे, रेलवे और एयरवेज पर काम किया है। त्रिपुरा में 4-लेन हाईवे का निर्माण कार्य चल रहा है। एक समय त्रिपुरा में इंटरनेट कनेक्टिविटी का अभाव था। अब पूरे त्रिपुरा में 5G इंटरनेट उपलब्ध है। अब हम HIRA+ मॉडल पर काम करने जा रहे हैं।
• हम पूर्वोत्तर के विकास के लिए लगातार काम कर रहे हैं। मैं एकमात्र प्रधानमंत्री हूं जिसने एक दशक में 50 से अधिक बार पूर्वोत्तर का दौरा किया है। आज त्रिपुरा के लिए भाजपा का मतलब विकास की राजनीति है।अब, हम HIRA+ मॉडल पर काम करने जा रहे हैं।
• कांग्रेस ने सियासी फायदे के लिए असम को अपने पंजे में जकड़ रखा था। ताकि उनके लिए लूट और भ्रष्टाचार के रास्ते खुले रहें। अब ये पंजा खुल गया है। असम में सबका साथ और सबका विकास हो रहा है।
• जिस नॉर्थ-ईस्ट को कांग्रेस और विपक्ष ने समस्याएं दीं, अलगाववाद को खाद-पानी दिया। उस नॉर्थ-ईस्ट को मोदी ने गले लगाया। जो कांग्रेस के 60 वर्षों में नहीं हुआ, वह मोदी ने 10 साल में किया।

असम की 14 सीटों पर 3 फेज में वोटिंग देश के 543 लोकसभा सीटों पर 7 फेज में चुनाव होने वाले हैं। 19 अप्रैल को पहले फेज की वोटिंग होगी। 4 जून को नतीजे आएंगे। असम की 14 सीटों के लिए शुरुआती 3 फेज में चुनाव होंगे। यहां 19 अप्रैल, 26 अप्रैल और 7 मई को वोटिंग होने वाली है।

भाजपा असम में असम गण परिषद (AGP) और यूनाइटेड पीपल्स पार्टी लिबरल (UPPL) के साथ गठबंधन में हैं। AGP बारपेटा और UPPL कोकराझार लोकसभा सीट पर चुनाव लड़ रही है। भाजपा बाकी 11 लोकसभा सीटों पर चुनाव लड़ रही है। पार्टी सभी सीटों पर अपने उम्मीदवार के नाम का ऐलान कर चुकी है।

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 highlights: The country is gearing up for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, with preparations being made in multiple states. The first phase of elections is on April 19, Friday. Voting will take place in states including Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and more. ...Read More

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'No need to vote for me if...,' says BJP leader Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Lok Sabha constituency, Nitin Gadkari, asserted that if anyone feels that he has done any discrimination, then there is no need to vote for him in the Lok Sabha elections, reported news agency ANI.  "All the recognition that I have received belongs to the people of Nagpur...There is a difference of opinion between wife and husband, families, political parties...In the last ten years, if I have ever done any discrimination in work or injustice to Dalits and Muslims, then there is no need to vote for me. If I have worked with sincerity, then please vote for me," said Gadkari before campaigning for Phase I of the Lok Sabha elections ended today.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'BJP will win double-digit seats in Kerala,' claims defence minister Rajnath Singh

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Exuding confidence in BJP's performance in Kerala, defence minister Rajnath Singh said that the party would register victory in double-digit seats in the state in the upcoming polls, reported news agency ANI.  "I pay my respect and condolences to BJP workers of Kerala who sacrificed their lives to get a double-digit vote percentage for the BJP... Now I can confidently say that BJP will now win double-digit seats in Kerala," said Singh

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Which states will be voting in first phase of polls?

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Voting for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will take place on April 19. Today is the last day of campaigning for political parties, with the BJP and the Congress party concluding their rallies for the first phase of the elections. On Friday, a total of 102 constituencies across 21 states will cast their votes for the general elections. Dig Deeper

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: How many public meetings and road shows BJP leader Rajnath Singh held

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Defence minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh held 26 public meetings and three road shows across 12 states while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections after the notification was issued by the Election Commission of India, reported news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: PM Modi writes letters to all NDA candidates contesting in the first phase

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wrote personalised letters to all BJP and NDA candidates contesting in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 19. Addressing the candidates as his "fellow karyakarta", PM Modi wrote that this in not an ordinary election. "Families across India, especially the senior members, would remember the difficulties they have gone through in the 5-6 decades of Congress' rule. In the last 10 years, the quality of life of every section of society has improved, with many of these troubles removed. Yet a lot more is still to be done and this election will be decisive in our mission to ensure a better life for everyone," PM Modi's letter read. Dig Deeper

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Ready to give funds, but press EVM button in our favour: Ajit Pawar

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said he was ready to sanction funds liberally for development, provided people showed the same generosity while voting for the ruling Mahayuti alliance.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'Rahul Gandhi will become the PM,' predicts Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While campaigning in Kerala's Wayanad, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has predicted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will get a majority of over 5 lakh votes.  "Rahul Gandhi will get a majority of over 5 lakh (votes) because people here are not casting their votes for an MP, but for prime minister. People know that the INDIA alliance will form government (at the Centre) and Rahul Gandhi will become the PM," said Reddy as quoted by news agency PTI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad not to contest polls from Anantnag-Rajouri seat

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad won't contest Lok Sabha polls from Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu & Kashmir, says party.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: ‘Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is sitting at home during election time,’ claims  RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has claimed that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is sitting at home during election time.  "We have seen this for the first time in history that CM is sitting at home. Whether he is staying at home or he has been trapped, this is a thing to ponder upon...," said Yadav.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'BJP is getting election funds via CBI, ED, and IT raids,' says Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has claimed that the BJP is getting election funds via CBI, ED, and IT raids.

 "We will win 40 out of 40 seats...Jharkhand CM & Delhi CM are in jail, the reason you know? It is because of the fear of the elections. They (BJP) do not think about the people, they only think of the corporates...All parties are getting election funds, that's not an issue, but BJP is getting via CBI, ED, and IT raids...," said Stalin as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'UDF and LDF looted the people of Kerala in their successive regimes,' says BJP leader Rajnath Singh

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a poll rally in Kerala, Defence minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh said, "...Supreme Court categorically said that if someone is responsible for the financial crisis of Kerala then it is the state government. I want to say give enough strength to the BJP; LDF, UDF can be only checked by the BJP and we can give them a befitting reply. UDF and LDF have looted the people of Kerala in their successive regimes...The people of India have decided 'abki baar 400 paar'..."

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Lok Sabha elections: AAP launches 'AAP ka Ram Rajya’ website

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Lok sabha elections 2024 live: former tamil nadu cm e palaniswami holds roadshow in salem.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu CM E Palaniswami is holding a roadshow in Salem

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'PM Modi is remembering south India for votes,' says Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has accused PM Modi of ignoring south India before elections.  "It's good for the slogan (BJP's 400 plus slogan) but it won't succeed as PM Modi has got two terms but he has betrayed people. South India is in India only, why didn't he come here earlier, why didn't he give us the bullet train and riverfront like Sabarmati. He is remembering South India for votes. He hasn't given political representation (President, Vice-President, HM, Defence Minister) and financial allocation to South India. BJP has no right to seek votes here, South has banned them... BJP is doing legal corruption and all those who are doing such including Pinarayi Vijayan are coordinating with PM Modi. Why he (Kerala CM) is not supporting the LDF candidate in Wayanad? He is supporting Surendran (BJP's candidate)...," said Reddy as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'If Mr Adani wants land, PM Modi can get him that land,' claims Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched allegations at PM Modi involving industrialist Adani.  While addressing a public meeting in Kolar, Gandhi said, "Wherever Mr Adani wants money, doesn't matter how poor the family is, doesn't matter if they're starving, if Mr Adani wants that land, Mr Narendra Modi can get him that land. He wants Mumbai airport, the owner will get a CBI case and soon will hand the airport to Adani. He wants the storage facility of our farmers, he will get that storage facility."

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'BJP government has left us with inflation and massive unemployment,' says Congress leader P Chidambaram

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While campaigning for his son and Congress candidate from Sivaganga, Karti Chidambaram, Congress leader P Chidambaram accused the BJP government of causing inflation and massive unemployment in the country.  "BJP under PM Modi has been in office for 10 years, which is a big time to assess the government. This government has left us with inflation and massive unemployment, and on these two grounds, this government must go. No government must remain in power for more than 10 years, after which there must be a change of government, of thinking, of policy, and a change of actors... BJP is contesting only about 420 or 430 seats, of which, they are contesting on 25 seats in Tamil Nadu. If they will lose all 25 seats in Tamil Nadu how will they win 400... We will sweep in Tamil Nadu, kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and we will win a substantial number of seats in Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi...," said Chidambaram as quoted by news agency ANI.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'BJP has become godown for the corrupts,' says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has jibed at the BJP, saying, "I have said this earlier, I am saying it now, BJP will be wiped out from the west (Western UP). It is so as they have betrayed the farmer. They said that would double the farmer's income but have failed even to provide MSP... It's not '400-paar' but 400-haar'. BJP has become a godown for the corrupts, all the corrupts are there now. Don't you see what has happened in Electoral bonds? BJP can't answer it. Extortion has been done through ED and CBI. This govt is playing with institutions. If institutions are weakened so does democracy."

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: What Trinamool Congress has promised in its manifesto

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday released its election manifesto, two days before the first phase of the election begins. Coochbehar, Alipurduar, and Jalpaiguri will go to the polls in the first phase. The 10 promises announced included party convener Mamata Banerjee's oft-repeated assurance that there will be no Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Bengal. The promises will be fulfilled once the Trinamool forms the government in the Centre as part of the INDIA alliance, Trinamool leaders said asserting Trinamool's support to the Congress-led alliance in the Centre though there has been no alliance in the state. Dig Deeper

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: TMC releases its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: All India Trinamool Congress has released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'BJP and RSS are trying to kill democracy in India,' says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public rally in Karnataka’s Mandya, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “The election season is here, and it is a fight between two ideologies. On one side is the Congress party and INDIA alliance, which is fighting for the Indian Constitution and Democracy. On the other hand, we have the BJP and RSS which are trying to kill the Democracy and Constitution of the country. They are putting their people in every institution of the country.”

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'PM Modi is running a government, influenced by billionaires,' says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public rally in Karnataka’s Mandya, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “PM Modi is running a government, influenced by billionaires and only works for 22-25 people in the country. Meanwhile, we run the government for common people, farmers and businessmen. During Karnataka elections, we promised ‘five guarantees’ to the people, and I can proudly say that our government has delivered on all the promises that we made.”

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Congress govt had 'loot east policy', says PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Tripura's Agartala, PM Modi said, "Today your mobile bill under the Modi government is ₹ 400- ₹ 500, but if there had been a Congress government in Delhi, your mobile bill would not have been less than ₹ 4000 or ₹ 5000...Earlier, political parties only remembered the North East when they needed your votes. During Congress' rule, only one policy was for the North East.- loot east policy..."

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'Communists ruled in Tripura and they just destroyed the people of Tripura,' says PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Tripura's Agartala, PM Modi said " North East plays a major role in making India 'Viksit'. After years of Independence and during the rule of Congress justice was not done with the capabilities of the states in North East. Communists ruled in Tripura and they just destroyed the people of Tripura. But, today in Delhi there is a government that continuously thinks about North East and Tripura. North East 'mere liye politics ka nahi, prem aur prathmikta ka vishaya hai'..."

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'During Congress government, several ministers didn't even know where Tripura is on India's map,' says PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Tripura's Agartala, PM Modi said "I have visited the Northeast more than 50 times. During Congress government, several ministers didn't even know where Tripura is on India's map. For Tripura, BJP means politics of development. But communists here had a history of 'politics of destruction'".

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'After 500 years Lord Ram is 'Virajman' in Ayodhya's temple,' says PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Tripura's Agartala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Today is the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. After 500 years and a long wait, it is that Ram Navami when Lord Ram is 'Virajman' in Ayodhya's temple.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: 'This huge gathering shows that Tripura won't look back now,' says PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: While addressing a public meeting in Tripura's Agartala, PM Modi said, "I extend my heartfelt wishes on the occasion of Ram Navami. This huge gathering shows that Tripura won't look back now,"

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: PM Modi to hold poll rally in Tripura's Agartala

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold public meeting in Tripura's Agartala

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Lok sabha elections 2024 live: pm modi echoes ‘jai shri ram’ on ram navami.

While addressing a rally in Assam, PM Modi commenced his speech with chants of Jai Shri Ram. He also asked people to swtich on the flashlights of their mobile phones as the 'Surya Tilak' ritual of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya was being performed.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi takes ‘Adani’ jibe at PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi said in his press conference, "In the last 10 years, PM Modi has reduced the system of employment generation by demonetization, by implementing the wrong GST and by supporting big billionaires like Adani. The first task is to once again strengthen employment, and for that, we have given 23 ideas in our manifesto. One idea is the revolutionary idea of the right to apprenticeship. We have decided that we will give the right to apprenticeship to all the graduates and diploma holders in Uttar Pradesh. There will be training and we will deposit ₹ 1 lakh per year in the bank accounts of the youth and we are giving these rights to crores of youth. We will make a law for paper leaks as well."

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: BJP eyes hattrick while Congress takes backseat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gone full-throttle with a high-voltage campaign, while the Congress seems to have adopted a subdued approach as the parties gear up for a three-cornered contest -- scheduled on April 19 and 26 -- in the Udhampur and Jammu constituencies. (PTI)

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav guarantees clean sweep for INDIA

Asserting that "winds of change" are blowing from western Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said there will be an INDIA bloc "clean sweep" from Ghaziabad to Ghazipur.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi on contesting polls from Amethi

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that he will “abide by party decisions” when it comes to contesting polls from his former stronghold Amethi, in Uttar Pradesh.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM over electoral bonds scheme

Rahul Gandhi said during his press conference, “A few days ago, the Prime Minister gave a very long interview to ANI. It was scripted, but it was a flop show. The Prime Minister tried to explain electoral bonds in it. The Prime Minister said that the system of electoral bonds was brought for transparency, to clean politics. If this is true then why was that system cancelled by the Supreme Court. And secondly, if you wanted to bring transparency, why did you hide the names of those who gave money to BJP. And why did you hide the dates on which they gave you the money?”

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi calls PM Modi's interview ‘scripted’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in his press conference with Akhilesh Yadav that PM Modi's recent interview with ANI was allegedly scripted, and that the prime minister was the “master of corruption.”

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM Modi over poverty

Criticising PM Modi's remarks on poverty, Rahul Gandhi said, “No one is saying poverty will be ended in one go, but we can make strong efforts for it.”

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi-Akhilesh Yadav conference begins

Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the joint press conference with Akhilesh Yadav, claimed that BJP will only be limited to 150 seats while INDIA bloc will prevail with a vast majority.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: EC issues notice to Telangana CM KCR

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued a notice to Bharat Rashtra Samiti President and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao over his "derogatory" remarks for the Congress Party in a press conference. Acting on the complaint of Congress leader G Niranjan, the Election Commision noted that KCR had violated the Model Code of Conduct in his press meeting in Sircilla on April 5 while criticising the Congress party. (ANI)

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: TMC to release election manifesto today

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress will release its election manifesto today, April 17, in five languages.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi extends Ram Navami greetings

PM Modi wrote on X on Wednesday, “This is the first Ram Navami when our Ram Lalla has been enthroned in the grand Ram temple of Ayodhya. Today, Ayodhya is in unparalleled joy in this celebration of Rama Navami. After waiting for 5 centuries, today we have the privilege of celebrating this Rama Navami in Ayodhya in this manner. This is the reward of so many years of hard penance and sacrifice by the countrymen.”

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul Gandhi to address two rallies in Karnataka

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address public meetings at Mandya and Kolar in Karnataka on Wednesday for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to Congress sources, he is scheduled to land in Bengaluru around 1.20 pm from where he will go to Mandya by a chopper and address a poll rally at around 2.10 pm. He will then fly to Kolar to address a public meeting at around 4 pm. (PTI)

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Rahul-Akhilesh to hold joint conference

INDIA bloc leaders Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint press conference today in Uttar Pradesh to campaign for alliance's Ghaziabad candidate Dolly Sharma.

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: Meghalaya CM backs PM Modi on electoral bonds

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma backed PM Narendra Modi's stance on the electoral bonds scheme, saying that it was a path towards transparency when it comes to poll donations. 

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi to visit Assam today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam today to campaign for NDA Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency candidate Phani Bhushan Choudhury of the Asom Gana Parishad.

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