Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: PM Modi To Visit Rudrapur In Uttarakhand Today; Heatwave Advisory For Poll Panel Issued – News18

The political mercury in the country is continuously rising with the upcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024 set to be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1. The Congress informed that it will release its manifesto for the polls on April 5 at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi. Meanwhile, the manifesto committee of the BJP on Monday met at the party headquarters and conducted its proceedings under the chairmanship of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Polling for the Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in seven phases, the first of which is on April 19. Voting will also be held on April 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25, and June 1. The counting of votes for all 543 Lok Sabha seats will take place on June 4.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE Updates | Top Highlights

• PM Modi in Rudrapur Today: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick off the BJP’s Lok Sabha election campaign in Uttarakhand with a rally in Rudrapur, situated within the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency. According to state BJP president Mahendra Bhatt, the rally is expected to draw a crowd of over one lakh people.
• SC Notice To Election Commission on VVPAT Plea: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Election Commission of India and the Centre on a plea seeking a comprehensive count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips in elections. READ MORE
• Heatwave Advisory for EC: With just a few days left for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the government has sent advisories to the Election Commission of India against heatwave to reduce fatalities and illness.The country is expected to experience extreme weather difficulties in the form of increased number of heatwaves during the next three months, said Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju, which operates IMD.
• Congress to Announce Poll Manifesto on April 5: The Congress will release its Lok Sabha election manifesto on April 5 at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) office in New Delhi, announced General Secretary KC Venugopal in a post on X.
• Former BJP leader Laxman Tiwari joins Congress in MP: Former Madhya Pradesh MLA and BJP leader Laxman Tiwari joined the Congress on Monday. Tiwari emphasised the need to bolster the Congress, which is witnessing a wave of defections in the BJP-ruled state, upon joining the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
• Congress Releases 10th List: The Congress on Monday announced two more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Abhay Kashinath Patil to contest from Akola, Maharashtra and Kadiyam Kavya to contest from Warangal, Telangana.