Election 2019 LIVE: I-T Raids at Home of YSR Cong MP and Guntur Candidate Modhugula V Reddy

Unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Odisha chief minister does not over-promise and that reduces the level of dissatisfaction among people, says a senior journalist.

Bhim Army To Support Congress, NCP in MH | Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan has announced his party's support to Congress, NCP, RPI (K), Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan & People's Republican party, in Maharashtra, news agency ANI reported. 

Amit Shah Accuses Akshay Yadav, Shivpal Yadav of Spreading Rumours |  Hitting out at SP-BSP alliance candidate Akshay Yadav and PSP(L) founder Shivpal Yadav, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday said the uncle-nephew (chacha-bhatija) duo were trying to spread rumours.  Speaking at an election rally here, Shah said, "Uncle-nephew are trying to spread rumours. Family-oriented (parivaarwaadi) parties thought Uttar Pradesh politics was their fiefdom. Sometimes they field their brother, sometimes their sons. They have not done any good to UP, and it is the BJP government, which has brought back the state on the path of development."

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu will cast his vote on Thursday at 7:30am at Mandal Parishat School, Undavalli.

Former Jawaharlal Students’ Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is contesting from Begusarai as a candidate of the Communist Party of India (CPI), has declared a humble figure of Rs. 8.5 lakh as his annual income in last two years. Kumar also mentions that he is unemployed. The affidavit includes the five cases against him during his tenure as president of JNU students union.

Akhilesh Yadav Slams EC | Former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the EC for using pictures of army personnel on a poll awareness poster.

We welcome EC ban on NaMo TV and movie.

But how will the EC stop politicians from using the army to ask for votes, when they are using the army themselves? pic.twitter.com/Xa0tvKzI8Y

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 10, 2019

The Income Tax Department conducted a search on April in Vijayawada at the premises of Gurappa Naidu, a Cost Accountant for DP MP Galla Jayadev. Information was received on toll-free-number that cash was kept at the residence of Gurappa Naidu which was to be used in elections. During the search, Rs 45.4 lakh cash was seized.

I-T Teams Raids YSRCP MP's Home |  I-T raids currently underway at the residence of YSRCP MP candidate from Guntur parliamentary constituency, Modugula Venugopala Reddy.

Andhra Pradesh: I-T raids underway at the residence of YSRCP MP candidate from Guntur parliamentary constituency, Modugula Venugopala Reddy. Also, Income Tax officers raided his office and the residence of his Chief Election Agent Sudhakar Reddy. pic.twitter.com/4yDeCEQFa5

— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2019

AAP-Congress Alliance | Aam Admi Party MP Sanjay Singh on an alliance with Congress: "In Punjab, we have 4 MPs and 20 MLAs, and the Congress doesn’t want to share seats there. The same situation is in Haryana, Goa and Chandigarh. In Delhi, where they don’t have any MLA or MP, they are demanding 3 seats. So, this alliance is not possible."

AP Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu playing with his grandson Devansh after completing an election campaign.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Ranchi Lok Sabha seat, Ramtahal Chaudhary has resigned from the party. Chaudhary says he will contest as an Independent candidate. This resignation comes after the BJP had announced Jharkhand Khadi Gramodyog Board Chairman Sanjay Seth as its candidate from Ranchi.

Congress candidate from Sivagangai Karti Chidambaram in a sarcastic tweet took a jibe at the raids conducted by the Income Tax Department.

Heard my favourite visitors are coming home! Will be eagerly awaiting them @IncomeTaxIndia

— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) April 10, 2019

Karnataka Congress files a complaint against PM Narendra Modi to the EC for politicising the Defence Forces. 

@INCKarnataka files a complaint against @narendramodi to the ECI for politicising the Defence Forces & using the Airstrikes & martyrdom of CRPF jawans to woo voters.

Bereft of issues, Modi is stooping to new lows.

ECI should take strict action against Mr Modi. pic.twitter.com/xZo3aR11yK

— Dinesh Gundu Rao / ದಿನೇಶ್ ಗುಂಡೂರಾವ್ (@dineshgrao) April 10, 2019

Chattisgarh DGP DM Awasthy told CNN News18 that a security cover of 30000 personnel has been deployed for peaceful polling during the Lok Sabha elections in Naxal-hit Bastar.

Is Mamata in RSS Core Committee: Congress | Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today mocked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she is a core committee member of the RSS and has compromised with the BJP in the state. Banerjee is saying she would not support Prime Minister Narendra Modi but she has to come clean on whether or not she would support the BJP if someone else is selected as the prime ministerial candidate by the BJP, Chowdhury said.

Ninety-one Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states and two UTs, including all in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, will go to polls tomorrow in the first phase, with Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju and VK Singh among several Union ministers in the fray. 

Recognise Your True Brothers: Yogi Adityanath to Muslim Women | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a public meeting in Aonla in UP today urged them to recognise their "true brothers" as he referred to the Centre's step to ban triple talaq, PTI reported. "The wicked practice of triple talaq was being used as a weapon to exploit them (Muslim women) in many ways. By abolishing the process, we have brought back their dignity and respect... I want my Muslim sisters to recognize their true brothers. Women power must be respected. India got its freedom in 1947, but now we have to fight a battle for the dignity of the women," he said

Former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje's backing Hudla's candidature and the long tussle over the seat, looks like yet another instance of friction between BJP's central command and state unit.

BJP Violated Poll Code With Press Conference: BJD | The Biju Janata Dal in Odisha has filed a complaint with the EC against the BJP and OdishaTV, which is owned by Baijayant Jay Panda, for violating the Model Code of Conduct by holding a press conference in the 'silent period' when no campaigning is to be conducted and live telecasting the same.

PM Modi Violated Poll Code with Biopic: Surjewala | Congress national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala took to Twitter to slam PM Modi's on violating the model code of conduct. "Election Commission’s decision staying ‘Modi Biopic’ is an affirmation that none less than PM of India, Shri Modi was complicit in violating the Model Code of Conduct. Since EC’s order also applies to ‘NaMo TV’ it is now up to the EC to ensure that it is also shut down," he said.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora reaches out to voters before the first phase of voting begins for the Lok Sabha elections tomorrow. 

Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora: It's a humble appeal that more & more people should come & cast their votes so that the bedrock of democracy strengthens. Our efforts will be fructified if each one of us who is an elector shows adequate zeal & faith in democratic system pic.twitter.com/7bKv9xx9ON

— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2019

Congress national spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi slammed BJP's Smriti Irani on her missing nomination affidavit from the EC website.

I am eagerly waiting for our former HRD minister's new education qualification in the affidavit that will be filed tomorrow, surprisingly, the last affidavit filed by minister is not available on EC website ;)

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) April 10, 2019

MLA Alpesh Thakor, MLA Dhavalsinh Thakor and MLA Bharatji Thakor resigned from the Congress today. "For past one year, my supporters and I have been disrespected in the party. I am not joining the BJP. I will never join them," he said.

BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Tripura tomorrow and address a rally at Dharmanagar.

PM Modi Worse Dictator Than Hitler: HD Kumaraswamy | Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "worse than Hitler" for the recent Income Tax (I-T) raids on his party men and a top I-T official seeking action against him, PTI reported. The Janata Dal (United) leader is apparently upset over the recent statewide I-T crackdown on his party men and others and the state Income Tax Commissioner's letter to the Election Commission (EC) seeking legal action against him and the Congress and JD(S) functionaries who protested against the action outside the I-T department here. "Modi is a dictator -- a man worse than Hitler. He is the worst prime minister who brought a bill to confiscate the personal properties of individuals," Kumaraswamy said.

Kamal Nath submitted his nomination on Tuesday for Chhindwara assembly by-poll after the seat was vacated by his staunch loyalist, Deepak Saxena, so that the nine-time MP could get elected to the MP assembly.

The serving personnel of the Indian Army deployed in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura commenced exercising their voting rights for the Lok Sabha election 2019, in accordance to the guidelines issued by Election Commission.

"Earlier only the uniforms of martyred Jawan's used to come back to their families. Atal Bihari Vajpayee changed this and introduced a new rule to bring back their mortal remains. But the Congress has insulted great leaders like George Fernandes and Atal ji who brought about these changes. They humiliated these people. This is an old habit of the Congress party. They did this with Manohar Parrikar as well," says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The Congress never expected that there will come a time, there will be chowkidar who will hunt their crimes from the chambers of hell," he says.

Congress Playing Games With MOD: PM Modi | "The dreams that Manohar Parrikar had for the BJP, we have to fulfil them. The Congress has played games with the Defence Ministry. There was no defence deal in the history of the Congress rule that did not involve a scam. Defence deals kept stalling the advancement of our army," says PM Modi at a public meeting in Panaji, Goa.