JUST IN | Congress releases second list of candidates. Priya Dutt to contest from Mumbai North-Central, Raj Babbar from Moradabad
JUST IN | The Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) have finalised the seat-sharing arrangement for Karnataka.
The Congress will contest on 20 seats while the JD(S) will contest on eight, CNN News 18 has reported.
Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats.
JUST IN | BHIM Army chief Chandrashekhar to contest election from Varanasi against PM Modi.
After meeting Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar in Meerut, Priyanka Gandhi told media persons, "He is a young man who is struggling and raising his voice, but this govt is trying to suppress his voice. I am here because I like his energy and the way he raises voice for youth."
Update | Bihar Mahagathbandhan leaders meeting underway at senior Congress leader KC Venugopal's residence
JUST IN | Meghalaya’s National People’s Party has confirmed that there will be no pre-poll alliance with the BJP, CNN News18 has reported.
Meanwhile, the Congress announced former chief minister Mukul Sangma as the party’s candidate from the Tura parliamentary constituency and sitting MP Vincent Pala from Shillong.
Update: Congress General Secretaries for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, are on their way to Meerut to meet Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Update: Former Congress MP Priya Dutt has told News18 that she will contest Lok Sabha polls. She had earlier said that she would not contest the election to be able to devote time to her family. Dutt has previously represented Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North West constituencies.
Update: Election Commission will be meeting Chief Election Officers (CEOs) of all states and observers tomorrow in New Delhi. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lalasa will brief the observers.
Congress planning to raise expenditure on education to 6%
As a country, we are not spending on education. We are discussing it with the manifesto committee. We want to raise the expenditure on education to 6 percent: Rahul Gandhi
Update: The Union Cabinet has approved “General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019” under Representation of the People Act, 1951. It provides for calling upon the parliamentary constituencies to elect Lok Sabha MPs on the dates to be recommended by the Election Commission.
Congress promises guaranteed minimum income
Rahul Gandhi has said that “minimum basic income guarantee” will be a “revolutionary idea”.
“We will decide a minimum income line and everyone will be brought up to the line through a direct cash transfer,” he added.
“This country is not going to be ruled from Nagpur. Every state in this country has a voice,” Rahul Gandhi has said.
We have a real problem with the GST. We are going to reform the GST. It will be a simpler GST. Job creation is going to happen through small and medium business. We would open the binds for these businesses. Currently, job creators are under attack such as demonetisation and imposition of the GST: Rahul Gandhi
We will take steps to make entrepreneurship easy and simple in this country: Rahul Gandhi
Talking about alliances, Rahul Gandhi has said that it would be wrong to say that Congress has not formed enough alliances.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be holding a press conference in Chennai shortly.
BJP files complaint against Rahul Gandhi; seeks central forces during polling in West Bengal
“Today, we have filed a complaint with the EC about unsubstantiated comments made by Rahul Gandhi,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.
BJP has also sought central security personnel to be deployed at polling booths in West Bengal, citing history of violence during voting there.
Maneka Gandhi to vacate Pilibhit seat for son Varun?
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi might vacate her Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat for son Varun Gandhi, reports have suggested. However, the final decision would be taken by the BJP leadership, they added.
According to the reports, the suggestion was made by Maneka amid apprehensions that Varun might be defeated by a strong Congress candidate in the Sultanpur constituency.
Update: Former Karanataka chief minister and senior BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa has said that Umesh Jadhav, who quit the Congress recently, will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kalaburgi, Karnataka against senior Congress Mallikarjun Kharge.
He however said that the final decision will be taken by the party high command.
Investigate Mr. Vadra. I am the first person to say that, but investigate Mr Modi also. The government has the right to investigate everybody. But the law should apply to everyone: Rahul Gandhi when asked a question regarding Robert Vadra’s alleged corruption.
JUST IN | Congress releases second list of candidates. Priya Dutt to contest from Mumbai North-Central, Raj Babbar from Moradabad
JUST IN | The Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) have finalised the seat-sharing arrangement for Karnataka.
The Congress will contest on 20 seats while the JD(S) will contest on eight, CNN News 18 has reported.
Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats.
JUST IN | BHIM Army chief Chandrashekhar to contest election from Varanasi against PM Modi.
After meeting Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar in Meerut, Priyanka Gandhi told media persons, "He is a young man who is struggling and raising his voice, but this govt is trying to suppress his voice. I am here because I like his energy and the way he raises voice for youth."
Update | Bihar Mahagathbandhan leaders meeting underway at senior Congress leader KC Venugopal's residence
JUST IN | Meghalaya’s National People’s Party has confirmed that there will be no pre-poll alliance with the BJP, CNN News18 has reported.
Meanwhile, the Congress announced former chief minister Mukul Sangma as the party’s candidate from the Tura parliamentary constituency and sitting MP Vincent Pala from Shillong.
Update: Congress General Secretaries for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia, are on their way to Meerut to meet Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Update: Former Congress MP Priya Dutt has told News18 that she will contest Lok Sabha polls. She had earlier said that she would not contest the election to be able to devote time to her family. Dutt has previously represented Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North West constituencies.
Update: Election Commission will be meeting Chief Election Officers (CEOs) of all states and observers tomorrow in New Delhi. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Ashok Lalasa will brief the observers.
Congress planning to raise expenditure on education to 6%
As a country, we are not spending on education. We are discussing it with the manifesto committee. We want to raise the expenditure on education to 6 percent: Rahul Gandhi
Update: The Union Cabinet has approved “General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019” under Representation of the People Act, 1951. It provides for calling upon the parliamentary constituencies to elect Lok Sabha MPs on the dates to be recommended by the Election Commission.
Congress promises guaranteed minimum income
Rahul Gandhi has said that “minimum basic income guarantee” will be a “revolutionary idea”.
“We will decide a minimum income line and everyone will be brought up to the line through a direct cash transfer,” he added.
“This country is not going to be ruled from Nagpur. Every state in this country has a voice,” Rahul Gandhi has said.
We have a real problem with the GST. We are going to reform the GST. It will be a simpler GST. Job creation is going to happen through small and medium business. We would open the binds for these businesses. Currently, job creators are under attack such as demonetisation and imposition of the GST: Rahul Gandhi
We will take steps to make entrepreneurship easy and simple in this country: Rahul Gandhi
Talking about alliances, Rahul Gandhi has said that it would be wrong to say that Congress has not formed enough alliances.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be holding a press conference in Chennai shortly.
BJP files complaint against Rahul Gandhi; seeks central forces during polling in West Bengal
“Today, we have filed a complaint with the EC about unsubstantiated comments made by Rahul Gandhi,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.
BJP has also sought central security personnel to be deployed at polling booths in West Bengal, citing history of violence during voting there.
Maneka Gandhi to vacate Pilibhit seat for son Varun?
Union Minister Maneka Gandhi might vacate her Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat for son Varun Gandhi, reports have suggested. However, the final decision would be taken by the BJP leadership, they added.
According to the reports, the suggestion was made by Maneka amid apprehensions that Varun might be defeated by a strong Congress candidate in the Sultanpur constituency.
Update: Former Karanataka chief minister and senior BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa has said that Umesh Jadhav, who quit the Congress recently, will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kalaburgi, Karnataka against senior Congress Mallikarjun Kharge.
He however said that the final decision will be taken by the party high command.
Investigate Mr. Vadra. I am the first person to say that, but investigate Mr Modi also. The government has the right to investigate everybody. But the law should apply to everyone: Rahul Gandhi when asked a question regarding Robert Vadra’s alleged corruption.