Election Tracker LIVE: Mamata Calls Modi 'Expiry Babu'; PM Assures Bengal Freedom from 'Aunt-Nephew'

Amit Shah further said that if the Narendra Modi govt is elected, then in the next 5 years the party will oust every single infiltrator from the country. "Infiltrators are eating our country like termites. They want to change the demography of Jammu. As long as there's BJP govt, we won't let this happen," he said.

Amit Shah during his speech in Jammu and Kashmir accused the Congress and the PDP of step-motherly treatment with Jammu and Kashmir."For 70 years, the NC, the Congress and the PDP had a step-motherly treatment with Jammu. For the first time a mother-like behaviour has been done by Narendra Modi's BJP government," he says.

The former Jammu and Kashmir CM said that a 'new India' where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded is

Amit Shah in Jammu & Kashmir | "The land of Jammu and Kashmir is the crown of Mother Bharati, BJP will not allow anyone to have it," says BJP president Amit Shah in Sunderbani, Jammu & Kashmir.

BJP president Amit Shah slammed NC leader Omar Abdullah for advocating a separate prime minister for Jammu and Kashmir today and asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to clarify his stand on the issue raised by his electoral ally, PTI reported. "Omar Abdullah says there should be a separate prime minister in Jammu and Kashmir. His associates are shouting pro-Pakistan slogans and Congress is silent," Shah said at a rally in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand where Lok Sabha polls will be held on April 11.

Mamata Slams 'Modi Sena' Remark | Mamata Banerjee during her address in Coochbehar said that PM Modi is making a mockery of the Army by calling them Modi Sena. The Bengal chief minister says it is a shameful act."I am born in the land of Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore. We won’t take a nationalist certificate from you," she added.

"West Bengal is being run and ruined by aunt-nephew. BJP will overthrow misrule in the state," PM Modi says in Kolkata, referring to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, TMC MP Abhijit Banerjee.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala showed two videos purportedly showing the cash being recovered in the presence of officials of the Election Commission, the local administration and the police.

Delhi CEC Releases MCC Violation Record | The Delhi chief election commissioners office, the PTI reported, has registered 112 FIRs and daily diary (DD) entries till date against various political parties and others for violation of the model code of conduct, and seized up to Rs 1.21 crore in cash, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. "Out of these, 13 are against the Aam Aadmi Party (six FIRs and four DD entries), 11 against the Bhartiya Janata Party (eight FIRs and three DD entries), three against the Congress (all DD entries), one against the Bahujan Samaj Party (one DD entry) and Samajwadi Party (one DD entry), and 83 against others or non-political (entities)," the CEO office said in a statement.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) complains to Election Commission against Nellore MLA & YSRCP's Nellore candidate Anil Kumar Yadav over a speech he delivered yesterday, news agency ANI reported. The party said "It was intended to terrorise public who are not supporters of YSRCP".

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during her public meeting in Coochbehar attacked PM Modi by referring to him as ‘expiry babu’. "Today at Siliguri you mentioned our government has done nothing for the poor. What have you done?" she said.

DMK president M K Stalin today said he suspected that there could be a "conspiracy" to countermand by polls in two assembly seats, Ambur and Gudiyattam, in the Vellore Lok Sabha seat where IT raids were conducted, PTI reported. He alleged that plans were afoot to countermand the by-elections so that the ruling AIADMK could continue to govern.

Mamata Attacks PM Modi's VIP Culture | "I have nothing against VIP movement, but it is not right to block roads and airspace," Mamata Banerjee says in Coochbehar

Mamata Banerjee in Coochbehar | The TMC chief and West Bengal CM begins her public meeting in Coochbehar. She apologised for reaching late. She says she reached late due to the VIP movement near Siliguri, referring to Modi’s earlier rally before his current Brigade ground address.

"People from various states only say Modi hatao. Why Modi hatao? What crime has he committed? Providing home to poor is a crime? Providing toilet to poor; cooking cylinder; free treatment to poor is a crime? If yes, then I have committed a crime," PM Modi declares to the audience in Kolkata's Brigade Ground.

Amit Shah in Udhampur | BJP party president Amit Shah at a rally in Udhampur said his party won't allow anybody to snatch Jammu & Kashmir from India

PM Modi in Kolkata said the world is looking at India with pride, whether in matters of security or space exploration.

BJP releases its 16th list of 6 candidates in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha Elections. Manoj Kotak to contest from Mumbai North East replacing the incumbent BJP MP Kirit Somaiya. Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirhua' will contest from Azamgarh (UP) against SP's Akhilesh Yadav.

PM Modi in Kolkata | "If the country's political pundits have to guess the 23rd of May, they can guess from the wave that is coming from Bangland," says PM Modi at a public meeting in Kolkata's Brigade Ground. "How big is the crowd at Brigade Parade? Can we compare with Mamata's rally in January?" he asked the audience fading into a large wave of applause.

The Trinamool Congress tweeted about PM Modi's rally in Silliguri saying "he does it again! Another #jumla speech of falsehood and lies at Siliguri #Bengal rally." The party also included a fact-checking platform link on their website. "Here's a #FactCheck of his speech on our website's brand NEW #JumlaMeter >>aitcofficial.org/election2019/lie-o-meter/," the tweet read.

Modi also took on the Congress over its manifesto that talks about reviewing some clauses of AFSPA, saying it acts like a 'shield' for the security forces in the fight against terrorists.

PM Narendra Modi in a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee called her a speed-breaker in the state. "There is a speed-breaker in West Bengal which you know by the name of 'Didi'. This 'Didi' is the speed-breaker in your development," he said.

"We had given Assam special status but the BJP snatched it away. If we come to power, we will once again give Assam the special status," Rahul Gandhi says in Golaghat. 

Launching a scathing attack on PM Modi-led govt, Rahul says that the money for NYAY will come from the pockets of all the businessmen they shielded. " Its time to turn the narrative of this country towards the truth. Earlier the slogan was 'Acche Din' but now it is, 'Chowkidar Chor Hai'," he adds. 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is in Assam and is addressing an election rally in Golaghat right now. "While BJP made you stand in serpentine queues for your own money with draconian policies like demonetisation, we will bring you justice with NYAY and provided minimum income support of Rs 12,000 for all poor families of the country," he says.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala showed two videos purportedly showing the cash being recovered in the presence of officials of the Election Commission, the local administration and the police.

PM Modi Calls Mamata 'Speedbreaker Didi' | Referring to Banerjee as 'speedbreaker didi', Modi accuses the Bengal CM of obstructing BJP's welfare schemes meant for the state and ecouraging poverty in order to win elections. "The Saradha chit fund scam looted the people of Bengal, but when the BJP tried to intervene, speedbreaker didi didn't let us."

PM Modi is now in Siliguri, where he is addressing an election rally. Launching a stinging attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Modi says that 'Didi', as she is popularly called, is playing games with the people of the state. "She is using poor for politics, she is encouraging poverty for electoral gains." 

Congress Siding Separatists, Terrorists: Nirmala Sitharaman | Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in a press conference, attacks the Congress over its manifesto alleging that the party wants to dilute the AFSPA and want to remove the immunity that the law gives to our forces because they are siding separatists. " On one hand Congress' says that they will declare the Pulwama victims as martyrs but on the other they want to dilute the powers of AFSPA," she says. "The Congress is siding terrorists," she adds. 

In the implementation of welfare schemes, there is one important gap in India - the lack of a single updated database that contains information on income and wealth that the government could use to target beneficiaries.