The second phase of the high-stakes Lok Sabha poll is scheduled to take place on April 18 and political leaders are busy in hectic campaigning to woo the voters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Kathua and is scheduled to address public rallies in Aligarh and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will address a rally in Rampur together with senior SP leader Azam Khan, who is the mahagathbandhan candidate from the Lok Sabha seat. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be in Assam’s Silchar on Sunday in her first campaign trip outside Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will address rallies in Aligarh and Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, while Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to address rallies in Nagina, Aonla and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
BSP supremo Mayawati will be Chhattisgarh on Sunday to address a public rally, while NCP chief Sharad Pawar will visit Beed and Devrai for public rallies. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will address a rally in Osmanabad, Maharashtra. In Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will address public rallies in Banka, Bhagalpur and Purnia. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is scheduled to address rallies in Banka, Purnia, Madhepura and Bhagalpur.
Here are the and latest updates from April 14 (Sunday):
* “I am not scared of I-T raids. Even when Deve Gowda went to somebody’s house for dinner their house was raided. What kind of govt is this? I don’t need to learn from PM. As a CM, I haven’t taken lives of innocent people, like he did,” Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy told ANI.
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru: I am not scared of I-T raids. Even when Deve Gowda went to somebody’s house for dinner their house was raided. What kind of govt is this? I don’t need to learn from PM. As a CM, I haven’t taken lives of innocent people, like he did. pic.twitter.com/bu2ZyIOI8v
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* “Names of Lakhs of voters are deleted online without physical verification. There is a long list the parties have given to EC. It has become even more necessary to count at least 50% of the paper trail of VVPAT. We will demand the same in Supreme Court,” Singhvi said at a press conference.
* “Questions were raised after the 1st phase of election,we don’t think EC is paying adequate attention. If you press the button before X Party,vote goes to Y party. VVPAT displays only for 3 seconds, instead of 7 seconds,” Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi at opposition’s press conference.
Abhishek Singhvi, Congress, at Opposition’s press conference: Questions were raised after the 1st phase of election,we don’t think EC is paying adequate attention. If you press the button before X Party,vote goes to Y party. VVPAT displays only for 3 seconds, instead of 7 seconds pic.twitter.com/78qLE0QlZ7
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* Congress General Secretary for eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigns for party’s MP candidate from Silchar parliamentary constituency Sushmita Dev in Assam.
Assam: Congress General Secretary for eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigns for party’s MP candidate from Silchar parliamentary constituency Sushmita Dev. pic.twitter.com/aZwB0sQHe1
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* Actor Dharmendra campaigns for Hema Malini, BJP MP & party’s candidate from Mathura parliamentary constituency.
Mathura: Actor Dharmendra campaigns for Hema Malini, BJP MP & party’s candidate from the Parliamentary constituency. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/yD9wKDWsKA
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 14, 2019
* BJP releases 20th list of 6 candidates in Haryana, MP and Rajasthan for Lok Sabha election.
BJP releases 20th list of 6 candidates in Haryana, MP and Rajasthan for #LokSabhaElections2019 . Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh’s son Brijendra Singh to contest from Hisar (Haryana). One candidate for by-election to Uluberia Purba assembly constituency (WB) also named. pic.twitter.com/LliLITOxHd
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* “I would like to ask Congress, who would do justice when they did injustice for 60 years? Will Congress ever be able to provide justice to Kashmiri Pandits? Will they be able to provide justice to those massacred in 1984 riots?” PM Modi asked in Kathua.
* Dharmendra to campaign for Hema Malini in Mathura today.
* “The entire country was celebrating Jallianwala Bagh centenary yesterday but Congress politicised this sensitive occasion too. The Vice President was in Jallianwala Bagh for govt event, he paid tribute to the martyrs but Congress’ CM was not there,” PM Modi said in Kathua.
PM Modi in Kathua, J&K: The entire country was celebrating #JallianwalaBaghCentenary yesterday but Congress politicised this sensitive occasion too. The Vice President was in Jallianwala Bagh for govt event, he paid tribute to the martyrs but Congress’ CM was not there. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/KtQ2zspy6E
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* “You have proven the strength of democracy in India, in the first phase of elections. By coming out to vote in huge numbers in Baramulla and Jammu, you have given a befitting reply to the terrorist leaders, opportunists & people in ‘mahamilawat’,” said PM Modi at a rally in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Narendra Modi in Kathua, J&K: You have proven the strength of democracy in India, in the first phase of elections. By coming out to vote in huge numbers in Baramulla and Jammu, you have given a befitting reply to the terrorist leaders, opportunists & people in ‘mahamilawat’. pic.twitter.com/tOMqmDzQ7P
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* “Hari Prasad Vemuru has demonstrated before EC many times that EVMs are prone to tampering. Y’day,we made a representation before EC, subsequently it was told that EC is not willing to discuss with him stating a criminal case against him. It’s unfortunate,” TDP’s K Ravindra Kumar told ANI.
TDP’s K Ravindra Kumar: Hari Prasad Vemuru has demonstrated before EC many times that EVMs are prone to tampering. Y’day,we made a representation before EC, subsequently it was told that EC is not willing to discuss with him stating a criminal case against him. It’s unfortunate. pic.twitter.com/l95TA3OKFo
— ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019
* “They say, as long as there is BJP govt, our borders are secure. We the people of Samajwadi Party believe that as long as there are brave soldiers at our borders, the borders are secure. Govts come and go but the jawans stay at the border protecting India,” said SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Akhilesh Yadav, SP President: They say, as long as there is BJP govt, our borders are secure. We the people of Samajwadi Party believe that as long as there are brave soldiers at our borders, the borders are secure. Govts come and go but the jawans stay at the border,protecting India pic.twitter.com/vZAOKQIvFw
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 14, 2019
* BSP releases fourth list of 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha election.
Bahujan Samaj Party releases fourth list of 16 candidates for #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/9cejO6wwMn
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 14, 2019
* Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday tweeted that PM Modi goes around the country but does not speak about the real issues.
Mr Narendra Modi goes around the country beating his own trumpet on his so-called achievements.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) April 14, 2019
* “Another day, another set of rallies and the great opportunity of interacting with my fellow Indians…Will join rallies in Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Aligarh and Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh). As the campaign is progressing, I can see that BJP’s support is steadily rising,” PM Modi tweeted.
Another day, another set of rallies and the great opportunity of interacting with my fellow Indians…
Will join rallies in Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Aligarh and Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh).
As the campaign is progressing, I can see that BJP’s support is steadily rising.
— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 14, 2019
* TDP responds to EC’s letter expressing displeasure over Hari P Vemuru being part of N Chandrababu Naidu’s delegation that met EC to raise concerns over EVM & VVPAT, states “Would like to state that instead of focusing on the issue, the Commission is trying to avoid the situation”
TDP responds to EC’s letter expressing displeasure over Hari P Vemuru being part of N Chandrababu Naidu’s delegation that met EC to raise concerns over EVM & VVPAT, states “Would like to state that instead of focusing on the issue, the Commission is trying to avoid the situation”
— ANI (@ANI) 14 April 2019
* SP-BSP alliance a mismatch, it will never win, claims Shivpal Yadav (Read more)
* 1,000 youth IPFT workers join Congress in Tripura, reported PTI.
* This election will decide if J-K will be able to remain part of Union with dignity, said National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday.
Source: Zee News