Assembly Elections 2024 Updates | Uddhav handed over reins to those who insulted Balasaheb Thackeray: ModiAs the first phase of voting in Jharkhand was completed on Wednesday, with a 66.18% voter turnout in 43 assembly seats, parties are now gearing up for the Maharashtra elections as well as for the phase 2 of Jharkhand polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Maharashtra on Thursday attended a series of public rallies, latched on to Mir's poll promise to hit back at the Congress and said that a Congress leader has promised to provide subsidised cooking gas cylinder even to infiltrators if the I.N.D.I.A. bloc comes to power in Jharkhand. LoP Rahul Gandhi, on the other hand, said Modi would have pursued different policies if he had read the Constitution of India. Stay tuned to DH for all the latest updates on the Assembly elections.
Jharkhand recorded 66.18% voter turnout in 43 assembly seats in first phase
Polling in the first phase of elections to 43 assembly seats in Jharkhand remained peaceful, with over 66.18 per cent of 1.37 crore voters exercising their franchise.
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Independent candidate for the by-poll from Deoli-Uniara, Naresh Meena had allegedly physically assaulted the SDM on Wednesday, at a polling station.
Congress in clutches of urban naxals, became puppet of people with divisive agenda: J P Nadda
BJP chief J P Nadda on Wednesday alleged that Congress was in the grip of "urban naxals" and became a puppet in the hands of elements working to divide India.
You can misguide people only once through your fake narratives: Union Minister Piyush Goyal
There's an 'election fever' amid people. There's a positive response from people on state government schemes and its implementation: BJP MP Ashok Shankarrao Chavan.
The lotus will bloom in Jharkhand: BJP MP Anurag Thakur
PM Modi to meet Maharashtra part workers in 'Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot' program on November 16 at 11:30 am
BJP was confident to win more than 400 seats in Lok Sabha polls. But now, they have formed the government on the crutches: Congress leader Rakesh Sinha
There is a possibility that we will get better results than we are expecting after the first phase of polling: JMM leader Manoj Pandey
"Wherever I go in Maharashtra, I am given a "love letter" by the police. The police only gives notice to Owaisi. Why don't you give it to PM Modi ?" asks AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
Everyone puts forward their point during elections. After elections everyone gets back to their work: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
It has been two years since Congress formed government in Himachal, not once Priyanka Gandhi has met people of the state because they have not fulfilled any of their guarantees: BJP MP Anurag Thakur
BJP and Yogi Aditynath have only one agenda to divide the people and create hate among them: KC Venugopal
We want adivasis, Dalits, backward classes to get representation in decision-making: Rahul Gandhi at rally in Nandurbar
BJP is stealing projects from other states and giving to Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi
By saying my Constitution is empty, Modi is abusing Gandhi, Ambedkar: Rahul Gandhi
From the tribal belt of Nandurbar - which is closely connected to the Gandhi-family, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on RSS-BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling ‘adivasis’ as ‘vanvasis”
Caste census will help ascertain number of adivasis, Dalits, backward classes in Maharashtra: Rahul Gandhi at rally in Nandurbar
Maharashtra govt snatched 5 lakh jobs as multiple projects got shifted to Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi at rally in Nandurbar.
The Constitution may be blank for him because he has never read it in his life: Rahul Gandhi
"This fight is of ideologies. Elections are being held but there is contest between two ideologies. The Congress Party, I.N.D.I.A. alliance say that the country must be run by Constitution. The prime minister says that I show (a copy of) Constitution in public meetings, but it is blank inside. The Constitution may be blank for him because he has never read it in his life," says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
JMM-Congress have been wiped out in the first phase: Shah in Jharkhand
Whether it is Congress, RJD or JMM, all of them are here to loot you... They are letting Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in Jharkhand and causing land and love jihad: Yogi in Nirsa
Jharkhand has suffered naxalism. They have left no stone unturned in destroying Jharkhand: Amit Shah
Each and every infiltrator will be deported from Jharkhand: Home Minister Amit Shah
Bags of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge were checked by the Election Commission as his helicopter landed in Nashik
Jharkhand was formed under the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Congress wanted to stop that: Amit Shah
Our slogan is clear that 'agar hum batengey, to hamare pocket katengey,' which is being done by BJP for 10 years and Mahayuti in Maharashtra for the last 2.5 years: Pawan Khera
Your employment opportunities have been decreased by the infiltrators from Bangladesh...We will bring a law against infiltrators: Amit Shah
We will prevent Hemant Soren from distributing peoples' looted money among corrupt leaders, says Amit Shah in Gandey. Tribal, OBC population dwindling in Jharkhand due to infiltration under Hemant Soren's nose, alleges Amit Shah in Gandey.
Bag checking during elections is a normal thing. Uddhav Thackeray has created an issue out of it: Goa CM Pramod Sawant
Rahul Gandhi has promised gas cylinders to illegal immigrants. This means they are living here under the protection of Congress and JMM: BJP MP Anurag Thakur
PM Modi addresses rally in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
Congress and allies want restoration of Article 370 and are planning separate Constitution for Kashmir.
Mahayuti govt renamed Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and fulfilled Balasaheb Thackeray's wish.
Maharashtra saw highest foreign direct investment after formation of BJP-led Mahayuti govt.
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Greed of power forced Hemant Soren to sit on lap of RJD-Cong which opposed creation of Jharkhand: Amit Shah in Dumri
Will bid adieu to Hemant Soren and company on Nov 23, says Amit Shah in Dumri
We will set up so many industries in Jharkhand that not even one youth will migrate from here, Shah adds.
Constitution seems blank to PM Modi because he's never read it: Rahul Gandhi in Nanded
Never before in India's history PM did not visit a state that has been burning for over a year, says Rahul Gandhi referring to Manipur.
PM Modi addresses a rally in Panvel in poll-bound Maharashtra
Congress ahead in vote bank politics, lagging in helping poor, charges Modi at Panvel rally
"Congress is far ahead when it comes to vote bank politics, but is enemy of the poor," PM Narendra Modi said at rally in Maharashtra’s Panvel.
Congress will give free gas to Rohingyas, Bangladeshi 'infiltrators' in Jharkhand if I.N.D.I.A. bloc comes to power, alleges Modi
"Their [Congress'] one leader is openly declaring that they will give infiltrators—Rohingyas, Bangladeshi—gas cylinders at cheaper rates. It's the example of how they are playing with your children's future for the sake of votes...," PM Modi said in Panvel.
'Ek hai toh safe hai': Modi says in Maharashtra targeting those 'seeking to divide society'
At the rally in Maharashtra's Panvel, PM Modi said, "Say 'Ek hai toh safe hai' so that those seeking to divide the society lose their sleep."
Batenge to katenge' slogan being used to divert attention from issues like inflation: Congress
Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra of using slogans such as `batenge to katenge' and `vote Jihad' to divert the people's attention from real issues such as food inflation.
The BJP-led government's policies have increased inflation and the prices of food items including edible oil have skyrocketed, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said at a press conference here ahead of the November 20 assembly elections. "Garlic is selling at Rs 500 per kg and onion at Rs 100 per kg. Kitchen budgets of most families have collapsed," he said.
While the Mahayuti government in the state is giving Rs 1,500 to women every month, every Marathi family was being robbed of Rs 90,000 due to inflation, he claimed. "Slogans like `batenge to katenge', vote Jihad are being used to divert the people's attention from these basic issues," the Congress leader alleged. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders have used the slogan `batenge to katenge' (divided we perish) in campaign rallies.
Khera further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about illegal immigrants in Jharkhand, but the BJP government is in power in the country for the last 11 years. "So how did this infiltration happen?" he asked. (PTI)
PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai
Maha Vikas Aghadi people question India’s achievements, says PM Modi in Mumbai at his last rally for Maharashtra assembly elections. For those in Maha Vikas Aghadi, it is party before country, he adds.
Mumbaikars can see the scale at which we are undertaking development works: PM Modi
A party in Maha Vikas Aghadi has handed over its 'remote control' to those who insult Balasaheb Thackeray: Modi on Shiv Sena (UBT)
Prime Minister Modi attacked the Shiv Sena (UBT) by saying, "A party in Maha Vikas Aghadi has handed over its “remote control” to those who insulted Balasaheb Thackeray."
"That is why I challenged them to get the Congress to praise Bala Saheb Thackeray. Till date these people have not been able to get the Congress and the prince of Congress to praise Bala Saheb."
Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi opposed the construction of Ram Temple: Modi
In his last rally in Maharashtra Modi said, "Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi have become slaves to appeasement.
"The leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi opposed the construction of Ram Temple. For the sake of votes, they used the words like 'Bhagwa aatankwad'.
They disrespect Veer Savarkar. They passed a resolution in J&K for the restoration of Article 370.
"Maha Vikas Aghadi always keeps their party above the nation and they have problems with India's progress. They never gave the status of classical language to Marathi."