Lok Sabha elections 2024 LIVE updates | PM Modi to address rally in Rajasthan on April 23

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting in the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency of Rajasthan on April 23.

A Veerashaiva-Lingayat seer who had decided to take on BJP candidate and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad in the coming Lok Sabha polls as an independent, on April 22 withdrew his nomination, citing orders of his “guru”.

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Alleging the Congress and AIMIM have a tacit understanding, BJP’s candidate for Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K Madhavi Latha said she will approach the Election Commission over the FIR against her by the city police.

An FIR was registered against Madhavi Latha following a complaint that she hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community by gesturing to shoot an arrow towards a place of worship, police said.

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Meanwhile, J&K Apni Party has decided to support Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference in north Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.

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