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Last Updated: April 22, 2024, 07:49 IST
People of 89 Parliamentary constituencies across 13 states will exercise their voting rights on April 26. (Representational Image/AP)
Lok Sabha Election 2024: Voting under the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26 will take place in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir
The second phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 26 in 89 Parliamentary constituencies across 13 states. Political Parties have intensified their poll campaigns for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. A row erupted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday suggested if the Congress came to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to Muslims.
Reacting to PM Modi’s remarks made during a Lok Sabha poll rally in Rajastha’s Banswara, the Congress accused the prime minister of creating a divide between Hindus and Muslims.
On the other hand, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stressed that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) “was, is and will remain ours”. While addressing a rally in West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Singh said, “Don’t worry. PoK was, is, and will remain ours. India’s power is increasing…India’s prestige is increasing in the world and our economy is fast progressing. Now our brothers and sisters in PoK will themselves demand to come with India.”
States Going to Polls On April 26
Voting under the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26 will take place in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Latest Updates
Security has been tightened ahead of repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituencies on Monday. Incidents of firing, intimidation, destruction of EVMs at some polling booths and allegations of booth capturing were reported from conflict-hit Manipur in the first phase of polling on Friday.The affected polling stations are Moirangkampu Sajeb and Thongam Leikai in Khurai constituency, four in Kshetrigao and one in Thongju in Imphal East district and three in Uripok and one in Konthoujam in Imphal West district.BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk, Praveen Khandelwal accused former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav of trying to “mislead the people”“Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav doesn’t have a plan or an agenda. He cannot undo the development work carried out by PM Modi and the BJP in the last 10 years in the country. They are nowhere even close to it and that’s why they are trying to mislead the people,” he said.Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president and Assam Minister Atul Bora expressed confidence that the “minorities who did not support the BJP earlier are now enthusiastic to support the NDA”.“The first phase (of polls) has been completed in Assam and I am confident we will win all those five seats…We will come out with flying colours…The atmosphere is different this time…The minorities who did not support the BJP earlier are now enthusiastic to support the NDA,” he said.Stay Ahead With all the Lok Sabha Election 2024 Related Real-Time Updates At News18 Website.
Pragati Pal is Sub-Editor at News18.com, covering general and national day-to-day news. Follow her @PragatiPal6
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