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Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Highlights: Rahul Gandhi Says Minimum Income Scheme A Surgical Strike On Poverty

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The BJP has so far released nine lists for the Lok Sabha election candidates. (Representational)

New Delhi:

National elections - to be held in seven phases - begin April 11 and Tuesday will be the last for filing nominations for second phase of polling. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party has so far released nine lists for the general elections while its rival, Congress, on Monday announced eleventh list of Lok Sabha candidates. 

Ahead of the polls, the parties are locking horns over various issues including poverty, farmer welfare, among others. 

Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday made a huge poll promise of ensuring a minimum income support for 20 per cent of the poorest population of the country,  assuring Rs. 72,000 a year. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley taking a jibe at the Congress said it wakes up to the needs of the poor right ahead of the elections. 

Here are the Highlights on Lok Sabha Elections 2019:

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Former BJP leaders Ghanshyam Tiwari and Surendra Goyal have joined Congress. Congress President Rahul Gandhi was present at the event 

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Samjawadi Party releases another list of candidates
Samjawadi Party releases another list of candidates; Devendra Yadav from Etah, Hemraj Verma from Pilibhit and Anand Sen from Faizabad.
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Maneka Gandhi to contest from Sultanpur and Varun Gandhi to contest from Pilibhit. Ram Shankar Katheria to contest from Etawah. Rita Bahuguna Joshi to contest from Allahabad: Arun Singh. 

Jaya Prada to contest from Rampur (UP), Jagdambika Pal from Domariagan (UP). Humayun Kabir to contest from Murshidabad (West Bengal). Actor Joy Banerjee from Ulberia (West Bengal), he added 
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Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray: Rajendra Gavit (with the tilak on forehead), BJP's sitting MP from Palghar Lok Sabha seat, has joined Shiv Sena. He will be Shiv Sena's candidate from Palghar, Maharashtra.
Mar 26, 2019 15:38 (IST)
BJP releases list of 42 star campaigners for phase 1 and 2
Mar 26, 2019 15:15 (IST)
Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, a day after making the Rs 72,000-a-year promise for the poor, today said the scheme would be a "surgical strike". Full story here

Mar 26, 2019 15:11 (IST)
The Supreme Court today said the 'pressure cooker' can't be given to the breakaway TTV Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam or AMMK as a common symbol. But in a relief to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's nephew, the top court asked the poll panel to "consider and make endeavour" to allot a common symbol to the group. Story here 
Mar 26, 2019 15:09 (IST)
Samajwadi Party Announces Alliance With Nishad Party, Janwadi Party, Rasthriya Samanta Dal
Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party today announced an alliance with the Nishad Party, Janwadi Party (Socialist) and the Rasthriya Samanta Dal for the national election. Read the story here 



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