New Delhi: As campaigning for 2019 Lok Sabha elections is in full swing a week before polling begins, party leaders are chalking out various strategies to gather votes.
Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani, who is contesting against Congress president Rahul Gandhi, will address a public meeting in Amethi today. It is for the first time that Ms Irani will be campaigning in the high-profile constituency, after the schedule of the polls were announced.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala in addition to his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, files his nomination today.
Here are the LIVE updates from Lok Sabha election campaigning:
Apr 04, 2019 14:27 (IST)
After Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad tour, BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao says: "Not love for South India but making a virtue out of necessity is the desperate game-plan of the frustrated Congress leadership to save the face of its Party President Rahul Gandhi. South has rejected Congress, lock, stock and barrel and the trend will continue."
Apr 04, 2019 12:32 (IST)
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge files nomination from Gulbarga parliamentary constituency in Karnataka, reports news agency ANI.
Apr 04, 2019 12:30 (IST)
Former Rajya Sabha MP Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu joins Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi, reports news agency ANI. He had resigned from Congress party last month.
Apr 04, 2019 11:41 (IST)
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi files nomination papers from Wayanad, Kerala.
Apr 04, 2019 10:50 (IST)
Congress Central Election Committee announces two more candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha from Gujarat. Babubhai Katara will contest from Dahod and Sherkhan Pathan will contest from Bharuch.
Apr 04, 2019 09:49 (IST)
Union Minister Smriti Irani tells news agency ANI: "He (Congress president Rahul Gandhi) enjoyed a position of power for 15 years because of the support from Amethi, but now he is going to file nomination from elsewhere. This is an insult of Amethi and people here will not tolerate this."
Apr 04, 2019 09:32 (IST)
Election Commission of India has seized Rs 377.511 crore cash, Rs 157 crore worth of liquor, Rs 705 crore worth of drugs and metals worth Rs 312 crore till date, report news agency ANI.
Apr 04, 2019 09:20 (IST)
BJP chief Amit Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh today.