Election Tracker LIVE: China's UNSC Membership Your Great-grandfather's 'Gift', BJP Tells Rahul

The Congress through its Shakti app has uploaded an audio clip by AICC in-charge PC Chacko who is asking party workers in Delhi their view on alliance with the AAP.

Congress Asks Its Workers to Decide on AAP Alliance | The Congress has sought the view of its Delhi unit workers over the issue through an audio clip released on its mobile app as the possibility of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections continues to dwindle. In a survey conducted on the Shakti App, the party has uploaded an audio clip by AICC in-charge PC Chacko who is asking party workers in Delhi to give their view on an alliance with the AAP. The development comes following Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit's claim that there is unanimity against an alliance with the AAP. Congress insiders have, however, said that the alliance with AAP is "almost certain" and will be finalised by end of this month.

BJP Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi For Jibe Over Azhar's Blocked Listing| BJP hit out at Rahul Gandhi's earlier tweet over JeM chief Masood Azhar's blocked listing. "China wouldn't be in UNSC had your great grandfather not 'gifted' it to them at India’s cost. India is undoing all mistakes of your family. Be assured that India will win the fight against terror.Leave it to PM Modi while you keep cosying up with the Chinese envoys secretly," the party tweeted. 

The seat-sharing deal  between grand alliance members in Bihar has been "almost finalised" and the Congress is likely to contest from 11 seats in the state. On Wednesday, intensive negotiations were held among grand alliance constituents in Delhi as top leaders of the formation sought to settle the issue of seat-sharing for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The second list has names of 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of candidates announced by the party for the electorally crucial state, where it was overlooked for an alliance, to 27.

The Congress' second list, which consists of 16 candidates from Uttar Pradesh and 5 from Maharashtra, is raising eyebrows as it includes former parliamentarians from its ranks and three turncoats. This can potentially damage the prospects of the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh and comes a day after BSP supremo Mayawati ruled out any possibility of teaming up with the party.

In Karnataka, the Congress has been given more seats for the general elections, which is being seen as payback for offerring the CM's chair to HD Kumaraswamy despite winning more seats during the assembly elections in the state. The seat sharing was hammered out at a meeting between Congress president Rahul Gandhi and JD(S) secretary general Danish Ali at Kochi in Kerala this evening, party sources said.

Congress' Second UP List and Seat-Sharing Pact With JDS | Meanwhile, two major developments have occurred on Congress' campaign front. 
* The Congress and the JD(S) on Wednesday finally thrashed out a 20-8 seat sharing arrangement in Karnataka .
*The Congress released its second list of 21 candidates consisting of candidates from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

The Congress has remained critical of the BJP government in the Masood Azhar case and even went as far as to blame the party for the terror outfit chief's release in 1999 following the Kandahar hijack incident. At a meeting of Congress workers in New Delhi on Monday, Rahul Gandhi had attacked the BJP, saying, "These people with 56-inch chest, you would recall, in their previous government, the current National Security Advisor Ajit Doval went in an aircraft with Masood Azhar ji and handed over Masood Azhar there in Kandahar." 

This is not the first time that China has put a technical hold on Azhar's listing and neither is this the first time that India has expressed displeasure over China's staunch stand on the issue.

The ministry of external affairs on Wednesday had expressed its disappointment over the outcome of the failed resolution. “This (technical hold) has prevented action by the international community to designate the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed, a proscribed and active terrorist organisation which has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 February 2019,” it said. 

Rahul Gandhi Blames Modi Govt For China Move Against JeM Chief's Listing  | The Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government over China's veto against the designation of JeM chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist in the UN Security Council yesterday. "Weak Modi is scared of Xi. Not a word comes out of his mouth when China acts against India," Gandhi wrote in a tweet on Thursday. The proposal to designate Azhar under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council was blocked was put on a "technical" hold by China. This is the fourth time that China has blocked the resolution against Azhar since 2009.

Weak Modi is scared of Xi. Not a word comes out of his mouth when China acts against India.

NoMo’s China Diplomacy:

1. Swing with Xi in Gujarat

2. Hug Xi in Delhi

3. Bow to Xi in China https://t.co/7QBjY4e0z3

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 14, 2019