Election 2019 LIVE: Mayawati Asks EC to Ban Leaders from Visiting Temples Under Model Code of Conduct

Like the 14 seats of Phase 6, the remaining 13 seats going to poll on May 19 can also be electorally defined by the large sections of lesser prominent backward and dalit castes.

AAP National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met locals in Barnala, Sangrur as he went out for a morning walk today. Kejriwal is in Punjab to campaign for AAP candidates from the state.

AAP संयोजक @ArvindKejriwal इस समय पंजाब के दौरे पर है, बरनाला में सुबह मॉर्निंग वाक पर लोगों से मिलते हुए!
लोगों का अरविंद केजरीवाल के प्रति क्रेज बता रहा है कि पंजाब में AAP भारी मतों से जीत रही है!#KejriwalinPunjab pic.twitter.com/6d2e0xed43

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) May 14, 2019

SC Vacation Bench to hear on May 17, the petition filed by SP-BSP candidate Ghosi Atul Rai seeking protection from arrest in a rape case till May 23.

Supreme Court Vacation Bench to hear on 17th May, the petition filed by Ghosi Atul Rai, SP-BSP candidate from Uttar Pradesh, seeking protection from arrest in a rape case till 23rd May. pic.twitter.com/DPofMRmrTr

— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2019

Karnataka BJP chief B S Yedyurappa reacts to Congress leader K C Venugopal's claims that several BJP MLAs will join Congress, saying, "Not a single person from BJP will join any other party. After May 23,more than 20 Congress MLAs who are not happy with H D Kumaraswamy will not continue in the party."

BSP Chief Mayawati also claims, "PM Modi's government is losing this election, it appears that even RSS has stopped supporting them. In view of unfulfilled election promises and the public agitation, their swayamsevaks are not being seen putting in the work, it has made Shri Modi nervous."

Watch Video |  Congress MLA Yashomati Thakur abuses public officials in Amravati

Defending herself, Thakur has said, "Authorities were supposed to release water but didn't, so we had to become aggressive. We've been demanding release of water since last 2 weeks, Collector had also ordered release of water from Upper Wardha but BJP MLA intervened."

#WATCH Yashomati Thakur, Congress MLA from Teosa, Maharashtra abuses public officials during an official meeting on water resources, in Amravati. (13.5.19) (Note - Abusive language) pic.twitter.com/0bqEDQtuMV

— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2019

Appealing to the Election Commission, Mayawati says that holding roadshows and visiting temples has 'become a new fashion' of election campaigns. She aims to draw EC attention to the amount of money spent on these campaigns and demands the election body to count it in the candidate's expenditure. She further raises a also demand to ban media from covering these road shows and temple visits.

The mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh will hold a joint rally in Salempur today. BSP supremo Mayawati, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief Ajit Singh will address the rally.

Ban Leaders Visiting Temples: Mayawati to EC | BSP chief Mayawati, in a media briefing, calls for Election Commission's action against leaders going to temple. Calling it a violation of the model code of conduct, the BSP supremo says the EC should impose a ban on these leaders. She further claims that people know the ground reality and she can sense the change in thinking of people and it will be out soon. 

We're in Jhabua's Alirajpur district sitting in the house of Shankar Tadwal, a tribal rights activist, who has been directly or indirectly involved with nearly every tribal centric outfit that has been founded in Madhya Pradesh.

Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrashekhar Rao's bid to rope in DMK in his proposed alternative front appeared to be a non-starter with the Dravidian party chief MK Stalin urging the Telangana Chief Minister to extend TRS's support to the Congress. Continuing his efforts to bring together regional parties, Rao called on Stalin at his residence on Monday and discussed with him his proposal for a federal front, DMK sources said. However, Stalin conveyed to Rao that his party was in a pre-poll alliance with the Congress and he had also pitched the name of Rahul Gandhi for the office of the Prime Minister.

The prime minister said the BJP had tried to reverse it during the past five years, claiming that the defence production had been increased by 80 per cent.

A day after BJP national president Amit Shah was allegedly denied permission to land his chopper in Jadavpur, he will hold a road show in Kolkata today evening. Starting from Shahid Minar in Dharmatala, the rally will move towards Swami Vivekananda's Residence in Manicktala.

The withdrawal of permission for Adityanath's meeting follows similar action against BJP president Amit Shah's scheduled rally at Jadavpur Monday in the city.

SC to Hear BJP Activist Priyanka Sharma's Plea | The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by BJP youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, around 11 am. Sharma, against whom a complaint was filed at Dasnagar Police station, has been sent to two weeks' judicial custody. She is seeking bail. Her arrest was followed by protests from the BJP and other social media users.

Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address public meetings in three districts of Madhya Pradesh. He will be visiting Neemuch, Ujjain and Khandwa today. His sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who joined politics this year, will be campaigning in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh and Bathinda, Pathankot and Gurdaspur in Punjab. Targeting Priyanka, SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal had on Monday questioned the former's intention behind her visit to Punjab. Badal had tweeted asking if Priyanka was trying to help her brother or she really cared for the issues of the poor farmers in the state.

Modi Rallies in UP, Bihar, Chandigarh Today: As the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections draws closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Chandigarh today. He is scheduled to hold rallies in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, Buxar and Sasaram in Bihar and Chandigarh. The prime minister had on Monday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi for Sam Pitroda's comment on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Addressing a rally in Bathinda, he said Rahul Gandhi should be "ashamed" of himself rather than "pretending" as if he is scolding Congress leader Sam Pitroda for the comments.