Lok Sabha Elections 2019 LIVE updates: BJP President Amit Shah to file nomination from Gandhinagar today

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 LIVE updates: BJP President Amit Shah to file nomination from Gandhinagar today

BJP President Amit Shah will file his nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat on Saturday in the presence of Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari and leaders of BJP's allies such as Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal and LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Days ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, two of India's biggest parties - Congress and BJP - will organise multiple rallies and road shows on Saturday. BJP President Amit Shah, who is replacing BJP veteran L K Advani, will file his nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat today. Before filing his nomination, Shah will hold a four-km road-show in Ahmedabad from Sardar Patel Statue in the Naranpura area of Ahmedabad and will culminate at Patidar Chowk in the Ghatlodia area. Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari and top leaders of BJP's allies such as Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal and LJP's Ram Vilas Paswan will be present during Shah's filing of nomination.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Aalo, Arunachal Pradesh today. PM Modi, in his yesterday's campaign in Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, scathed attacks on Opposition parties and said that it is now time to give a befitting reply to people who insult the capabilities of our scientists and armed forces. He criticised Congress and BJD for having ample time to develop the state but failing to do so. In Telangana, he accused the state government of not letting the people enjoy the services of the Ayushman scheme. He also added that before 2014 only 40% of the population there had toilets, while now every household has.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday criticised the Prime Minister at a rally in Haryana for helping people like Nirav Modi, while neglecting the youth of the country. Joining in, Priyanka Gandhi attacked the Prime Minister for his disconnect with the people of Varanasi at a rally in Ayodhy.

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11:30am: BJP President Amit Shah started his road-show in the presence of union ministers and NDA leaders.

11:25am: Samajwadi Party (SP) on Satuday released a list of two candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

11:15am: BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay Shah also present at the 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha'in Ahmedabad.

11:05am: Speaking at Vijay Sankalp Sabha, Uddhav Thackeray chief Shiv Sena said, "My father taught me to do everything from heart, issues that we raised were of the people, we (BJP-Shiv Sena) had differences but we settled them."

10:55am: Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Ram Vilas Pasawn, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal at 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha' in Ahmedabad.

10:25am: Ahead of filing nomination, BJP President Amit Shah pays tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

10:20am: Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, Smriti Iran will be present for Amit Shah's filing of nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.

10:10am: BJP President Amit Shah will file his nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat at 1:20pm.

10:00am: Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha supported her father Shatrughan Sinha's political decision to join Congress, saying that he will be able to do more good work and not feel suppressed.

9:50am: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said, "If voted to power, we will scrap the NITI Aayog. It has served no purpose other than making marketing presentations for the PM & fudging data."

9:40am: Punjab police on Friday recovered Rs 9.6 crore of hawala money from 3 vehicles during regular security checking at Khanna city.

9:30am: Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao has written to Election Commission of India to direct the Income Tax department desist from conducting raids in the interest of free and fair Lok Sabha elections.

9:20am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Aalo, Arunachal Pradesh today.

9:10am: Election Commission sends second notice to Ministry of Railways over the matter of PM Narendra Modi's pictures printed on railway tickets.

9:00am: EC sends 2nd notice to Ministry of Civil Aviation, seeking a reply on Madurai Airport matter where PM Narendra Modi's picture was seen on boarding passes.

8:50am: IT dept conducted a raid at the residence of DMK treasurer Durai Murugan, at Katpadi in Vellore.

8:40am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally at Aalo in West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh.

8:30am: Gujarat BJP President Jitu Vaghani said that party has planned grand road show and procession from Sardar Patel Statue in Naranpura area of Ahmedabd.