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Lok Sabha Polls 2024 LIVE Updates | 'Just Putting Everyone Behind Bars...': Kejriwal Slams BJP

Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 Live Updates: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP leaders would go to the BJP headquarters on Sunday at 12 PM and dared the "prime minister to send anyone he wants to jail".
 

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Lok Sabha Elections Live Updates: Campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections ended at 6 p.m. on Saturday. In the fifth phase scheduled for May 20, 49 seats across eight states and Union Territories will go to the polls to determine the fates of 695 candidates. The states participating in this phase include Bihar (5), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Jharkhand (3), Ladakh (1), Maharashtra (13), Odisha (5), Uttar Pradesh (14), and West Bengal (7).

Following the conclusion of the fourth phase, voting will be completed in 428 seats. After the fifth phase, only two more rounds of voting will be left which will take place on May 25 and June 1. The results will be out on June 4.

Here are major political events in the run-up to the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public meetings in Jharkhand, Bengal, and Odisha on May 19.
  • Aam Aadmi Party Chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP leaders will launch a Jail Bharo programme outside BJP Headquarters today at 12PM. 
  • Union home minister Amit Shah will address public meetings in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
  • Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will address public meetings and seek support for INDIA bloc candidates contesting from Allahabad, Phulpur and Pratapgarh parliamentary seats on May 19.

Stay tuned to Zee News English for live updates on Lok Sabha Elections 2024 

19 May 2024
22:26 IST

2024 LS Polls Live| 'Just Putting Everyone Behind Bars...': Kejriwal Slams BJP

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal stated, "The PM wants us to end the free bus service, but I will not retract this scheme. The BJP claims I will be jailed after June 2. They are targeting us, imprisoning all our party leaders. They even arrested my PA yesterday. Instead of doing good, they are just jailing everyone. People are frustrated with the BJP government. I guarantee that their government will not form on June 4."

21:01 IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: 'People Want Change...,' Says Sachin Pilot 

Congress leader Sachin Pilot said people are angry with the Modi-led government and they want change. "There is a buzz of change in the whole country...People are angry with the 10-year-old central government. People want to change...Especially the youth," he said.

 

19:15 IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024: 'Person like Shahjahan....' : CM Himanta Biswa Sarma 

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that a person like Shahjahan's face action is taken in 10 mins in Assam.

"...For a person like Shahjahan action is taken in 10 mins in Assam...Wait till June 4, PM Modi will take account of every atrocitie that the women of Sandeshkhali had to suffer," he said.

 

18:11 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024| PM Modi Plays Vital Role In Raising India: Pushkar Singh Dhami

Uttrakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he played a vital role in raising India's stature globally.

"In the country, there is only one wave flowing, that is in support of PM Modi and BJP...We all should be proud of working in the BJP...PM Modi played a vital role in raising India's stature globally," Dhami said during a public meeting in favour of BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk, Praveen Khandelwal.

17:21 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Strong And Stable BJP Govt Centre Needed To Stop TMC's Conspiracies: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted TMC while addressing the rally at West Bengal's Medinipur and said that the BJP is a strong and stable government. Modi said, "To stop the conspiracies of the TMC, a strong and stable BJP govt in the centre is a must. Till Modi is in the centre, I'll not let them succeed in their ill intentions. It's Modi's guarantee!" 

15:43 IST

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi Left Without Addressing Rally In Prayagraj

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav left the public meeting in rush after a stampede like situation broke out at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The two senior leaders left the event without addressing the crowd.

13:58 IST

Lok Sabha Polls Live: BJP To Not Get Majority, Says Congress

Congress candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat Vikramaditya Singh said, "This '400 Paar' is a mere statement. This will never be fulfilled. The situation is changing in the country. They (BJP) are wiped out from the South and halved in the North. Now, it seems impossible that the BJP will form its government. INDIA alliance will form the government..."

13:13 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: CM Yogi Says, Congress And Samajwadi Party Is An Alliance Of Corruption

Addressing a public rally in Phoolpur, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath stated that the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party was one of anarchy and corruption. He remarked that riots used to occur frequently during their rule and questioned the audience if they had heard of any riots in the state in recent times.

13:09 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: AAP Concludes Protest 

AAP leader Gopal Rai said that they waited for over 30 minutes but the authorities did not arrest them, so they concluded the march.

 

12:17 IST

Lok Sabha Chunav 2024 LIVE: Arvind Kejriwal Alleges 3 Plans Made By BJP

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was speaking outside the AAP headquarters when he said that the BJP is working on 'Operation Jhaadu' and in coming days, the party's bank accounts would be frozen. According to ED's lawyer, who made this statement in court, the accounts would be frozen soon after the election, the Delhi CM claimed. He asserted that the BJP will clear out AAP's office, and bring the party to the streets. Kejriwal alleged that these were the three plans devised by BJP.

 

12:08 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: Kejriwal Claims PM Modi Working On ‘Operation Jhaadu’ 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was addressing the public outside the Aam Aadmi Party headquarters, he said that the PM Narendra Modi and the BJP is working on ‘Operation Jhaadu’. 

 

11:25 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Sanjay Raut Claims Opposition Being Threatened

On Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's plan to protest outside the BJP headquarters, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut expressed his support. He mentioned that the government would change on June 4. Raut also noted that the opposition continued to face intimidation and threats, a situation occurring not only in Delhi but also in Mumbai.

09:37 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Security Beefed Up Outside BJP Headquarters 

Security enhanced outside BJP headquarters in Delhi in view of protest by Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers here.

08:18 IST

Lok Sabha Elections: PM Modi To Campaign In Six Constituencies In Two Days 

In two days, Modi will campaign in six Lok Sabha constituencies. On May 21, the PM will hold a joint rally for Prayagraj and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies. This rally will take place at Parade Ground in Prayagraj. After this, the Prime Minister will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where he will address a women's convention. Modi will also stay in Uttar Pradesh on May 22. On this day, he will hold public meetings in support of BJP candidates in Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Dumariaganj Lok Sabha constituencies. The PM's rally in Basti will be held at Polytechnic Ground. On the same day, he will hold his second rally in support of the Shravasti Lok Sabha candidate at a ground located in front of Shravasti Airport.

07:40 IST

Lok Sabha Elections: Rs 9,000-Crore Seized During Polls So Far 

In the two months since the Lok Sabha election dates were announced, law enforcement officials have confiscated approximately Rs 9,000 crore in cash, booze, drugs, precious metals, and 'freebies' across the country. This sum is more than two and a half times the total number of seizures made during the 2019 general election period.

With three more rounds of polling scheduled over the following two weeks, the overall number of seizures during this general election is projected to increase.
 

07:15 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Delhi CM Kejriwal Slams BJP 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed the entire country is seething in anger against the BJP and will end its "dictatorial" rule on June 4, the counting day of the Lok Sabha polls.

06:29 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi Dares PM Modi To Debate

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "He (PM Narendra Modi) gave 30-35 interviews to the same 5-10 journalists. 2-3 intellectuals and journalists wrote to me and made public announcements. They also wrote to Narendra Modi and said that there should be a debate in democracy, it is essential; that he should have debate with Rahul Gandhi...I am ready, Narendra Modi can have a debate with me wherever he wants. What do you think, will he come to have a debate with me? No, he can't...Narendra Modi can't have a debate."