Three phases of Lok Sabha elections have been completed in the country. The fourth phase of voting will be held on Monday i.e. May 13. The elections will conclude with the seventh phase on June 1. Its results will come on June 4. Let us read the moment by moment updates of the great festival of democracy…
On Kanhaiya Kumar, the Congress candidate from North East Delhi, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, “Kanhaiya Kumar has fought with the Communists and will now fight with the Congress. The same situation will happen as happened in Begusarai after fighting with the Communists…”
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur, Anurag Thakur said, “I started with Kanya Puja and the blessings of my mother. Now I will go to the temple of my Kuldevi. I have come for the fifth time to seek the blessings of lakhs of voters in my area who have given me Sent to Lok Sabha four times. PM Narendra Modi and the top leadership of the party have once again fielded me. I am confident that with the actions of PM Modi and the development of our constituency, we will move towards a massive victory.”
The Election Commission on Wednesday said that a total of 695 candidates are in the fray for 49 seats in eight states and union territories in the upcoming fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting under this phase will be held on May 20. Maximum 512 nomination papers were filed in 13 constituencies of Maharashtra, where papers of 301 candidates were found valid. Uttar Pradesh stood second with 466 nomination papers, where papers of 147 candidates in 14 constituencies were found valid. Maximum 69 nomination papers were received in Chatra parliamentary constituency of Jharkhand. After this, 67 nomination papers were received in Lucknow parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh. In the fifth phase, elections are to be held in Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. So far, three phases of voting have taken place in the seven-phase elections.
Voting for three phases of Lok Sabha elections has taken place. Now leaders of political parties and star campaigners are busy campaigning for the fourth round. In this series, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold public meetings in Odisha and Jharkhand today. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address the media in Hyderabad on Saturday. According to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Union Cooperation Minister Shah will also perform Ganga Aarti in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh today.
