Lok Sabha Elections 2024

In an interview with PTI on Sunday, Jean Dreze, a development economist and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s close aide said that “under the wave of authoritarianism” and “suppression of Opposition voices” by the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party, the Lok Sabha elections commencing on the 19th of April are “as good as rigged”.

Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, abrogation of Article 370, boost to infrastructure, women's reservation bill and CAA are among the top promises that were mentioned in the BJP manifesto in 2014 and 2019.

Shashi Tharoor alleged during an interview with a news channel that Rajeev Chandrasekhar offered money to voters

Congress workers in Rajasthan resigned from the membership over the party's alliance with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP).

Andy Mukherjee has written an opinion piece in Bloomberg asserting that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) which have been used in elections since 2004 are “rightly” the next port of call for judicial scrutiny.

Regarding the significance of the recently opened Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, PM Modi told Newsweek that India's national consciousness is etched with the name of Shri Ram.

On the question of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nisha Bangre said she did not receive any offer from the ruling party. Bangre applied to get her job back in January 2024.

According to authorities in the IT Department, "It has been found through WhatsApp conversations on his mobile phone that he was planning to bring money from Dubai to Chennai through hawala for a prominent Tamil Nadu-based political party."

Vidhya, who will face Congress candidate K Gopinath, C Narasimhan (BJP), and V Jayaprakash (AIADMK) in the April 19 Lok Sabha elections, said her campaign promises would include pushing for a railway station in Krishnagiri, better health facilities, and ensuring basic amenities for hilly residents.

This 'strategic' silence about political parties is hailed as a 'political maturity' because the Muslim clergy fears that if they openly support any non-BJP party or alliance, the Hindu votes will consolidate for the BJP automatically.