Election 2019 LIVE: Sonia to File Nomination from Rae Bareli; Mamata vs Amit Shah in Bengal Today

Under NDA our forces will have a free hand to take on terrorists...but the mahamilwati alliance want to curb the power of our forces. They are now spread fear that if Modi comes back to power then there won’t be any more elections...that he will destroy constitutional bodies...that he will end reservation: PM Modi

Addressing a rally in Bhagalpur, Bihar, PM Narendra Modi said, “All that I have been able to do is because you made me your chowkidar. Only the strong-willed can talk about peace...you all know what Pakistan was before 2014...they used to attack us and then threaten us...you are aware of how that has changed...you know what we did, we entered their homes and attacked them...I know what needs to be done...we were earlier shackled now I have broken them.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Bhagalpur, Bihar.

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Union minister Nitin Gadkari told CNN News18, “As a minister at the Centre we have a good track record…we will repeat the same victory with a better margin.” Asked about the agricultural crisis, he said, “Agricultural crisis is not the crisis of 5 years…Diversification of agriculture sector will help increase the income of farmers. The way in which the government is working is going to be very positive for the country.”

Visuals of Union minister Smriti Irani and her husband Zubin Irani performing pooja ahead of her filing nomination from Amethi parliamentary constituency.

BJP leader Smirti Irani performs pooja, along with her husband Zubin, before filing nomination papers from Amethi at her residence Gauriganj. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will accompany her to file nomination. Before filing her nomination, she will also do a roadshow along with Yogi Adityanath.

Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani will file her nomination papers from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency today. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are likely to accompany her. According to Durgesh Tripathi, the district chairperson of the BJP, Irani was to file her nomination on April 17, but due to a holiday on that day (Mahaveer Jayanti), she changed the date. Amethi figures in the fifth phase of the seven-phased general elections, and voting there will be held on May 6.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is trying to retain the Rae Bareli seat for the fifth time. The seat, which will vote in the fifth-phase on May 6, will see a straight contest between Sonia Gandhi and Dinesh Pratap Singh, who had recently joined the BJP after leaving the Congress. The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have not fielded any candidate in this Congress bastion. Sonia Gandhi had won the seat in 2004, 2006 (bypolls), 2009 and 2014.

UPA chairperson and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers for the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat and hold a road show today.  Before the filing of nominations, the Gandhi family will organize a ''havan'' at the Congress's central office. She will then hold a road show before filing the nomination, party spokesman LKP Singh said. 

Congress put out a message on its official Twitter handle saying, "Today you decide, Love over hate, Jobs over pakoda, Policies over propoganda, One nation over division, Vote for Congress, Vote for you. Today you pledge, #MyVoteForCongress #AbHogaNyay.(sic)" As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections started, Congress President Rahul Gandhi also urged voters to vote wisely for the soul of India and its future. Referring to promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before assuming power, Gandhi reminded voters that instead of jobs and Rs 15 lakh in bank accounts of people, the Modi government has given them "no jobs, distrust, violence, hate and fear". "You vote today for the soul of India. For her future. Vote wisely," he said on Twitter.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of creating hurdles in getting permission to hold a rally in Darjeeling where BJP national president Amit Shah is scheduled to campaign today. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also set to rally in Darjeeling on April 11. Darjeeling will vote in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 18. The BJP has fielded Raju Singh Bista, a candidate who is backed by the Gorkha National Liberation Front and Bimal Gurung faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, from the hilly district of Bengal.

Vote for the Soul of India: Rahul | As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections started, Congress President Rahul Gandhi urged voters to vote wisely for the soul of India and its future. Referring to promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before assuming power, Gandhi reminded voters that instead of jobs and Rs 15 lakh in bank accounts of people, the Modi government has given them "no jobs, distrust, violence, hate and fear". "You vote today for the soul of India. For her future. Vote wisely," he said on Twitter. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the mood across the nation is firmly in favour of the National Democratic Alliance. Modi also informed that he will campaign in Bhagalpur and Assam in the day.  "This morning will campaign for NDA at a rally in Bhagalpur, Bihar. Later in the day, will be in Assam where I will join public meetings in Mangaldai and Silchar. The mood across the nation is firmly in favour of the NDA," PM Modi's tweet said.