New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh's grand alliance leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati today had a face-off in a place close to Ayodhya, the temple town part of the Lok Sabha seat that has been the centre of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. This is the first time since coming to power in 2014 that PM Modi visited the area - a move that's expected to fuel the claims of right-wing groups and allies like the Shiv Sena that the BJP uses the temple issue to draw votes.
PM Modi addressed a rally in Maya Bazaar area, which is just 25 km from the disputed site. But for the national election, Maya Bazaar falls under the neighbouring Ambedkar Nagar parliamentary seat and not the Faizabad seat.
Here are the Highlights from the Lok Sabha Elections 2019:
May 01, 2019 18:24 (IST)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holds a road show in Azadpur area, in Chandni Chowk constituency.
May 01, 2019 17:33 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi in Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, says: "One of the first things the Sri Lankan government did after the blasts was to ban Zakir Naik's TV channel. This is the same Zakir Naik in whose 'durbar' Diggi Raja was once seen. Doob maro Congress walon (Congress leaders should drown themselves)
May 01, 2019 16:59 (IST)
Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav on rejection of Varanasi candidate's nomination says: "When they are asking for votes in the name of nationalism, they should have faced a soldier. People who dismissed him from his job because he complained about food, how can those people be called real patriots?"
May 01, 2019 16:40 (IST)
The Congress expresses disappointment over the Election Commission's clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech in Wardha, saying it has become "crystal clear" that the model code of conduct has become the "Modi Code of Conduct".
May 01, 2019 16:10 (IST)
Rajesh Gupta, Tej Bahadur Yadav's lawyer, tells news agency ANI: "We had submitted the evidence that was asked from us. Still, the nomination was declared invalid. We will go to the Supreme Court."
May 01, 2019 15:34 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Kaushambi says: "When Jawahar Lal Nehru came to the Kumbh Mela, there was a stampede due to lack of facilities. However, to save the face of the government, the media that time did not have the courage to show it."