Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Major political events of the day

Prime minister Narendra Modi today will hold four public meetings- two each in Bihar and West Bengal- to campaign for the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. 

In Bihar, the prime minister will address public meetings in Gaya at 10 a.m. and in Purnea at 12:30 p.m. From there, he will proceed to West Bengal to hold public meetings in Balurghat (2:30 p.m.) and Raiganj (4:15 p.m.).

Major political events that will unfold across the country today:

• BJP president JP Nadda will hold three roadshows in Tamil Nadu today. His roadshows in Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, and Perambalur are slated for 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 4:10 p.m., respectively.
• Union home minister Amit Shah will campaign for the BJP in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh today. He will hold public meetings in Jammu's Paloura at 10:45 a.m. and Uttarakhand's Kotdwar at 2:15 p.m.

In the evening, the home minister will hold a roadshow in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara.

• Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is scheduled to visit Nagaland to address an election rally in Dimapur. The public rally will begin at 12 noon.
• Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold multiple public outreach programmes in Kerala. The programme titled 'Janasamparkam' is scheduled at Kodiyathur, Theyyathumkadavu in Kozhikode district, at 10:30 a.m.

Subsequently, the Wayanad MP will proceed to Malappuram district, where he will participate in five public outreach events at Keezhuparamba Town, Urangattiri, Mampad, Nilambur, and Moothedam.

• Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will hold roadshows in Assam and Tripura. Her roadshows in Assam's Jorhat is slated for 11:30 a.m. and in Tripura West at 2:45 p.m.
• Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav, the sitting Mainpuri MP, will file her nomination.
• Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot will address a public meeting in Ajmer at 11 a.m.
• Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from today. He will campaign for AAP candidate in Bhavnagar.
• Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will address an election rally at 1.30 p.m. in Nehtaur. He will also hold a roadshow in Saharanpur at 4.10 p.m. From there, CM Yogi will proceed to Shamli to hold a public meeting for BJP's Kairana Lok Sabha seat candidate.
• Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh will campaign for NDA candidate Bhupendra Yadav from the Alwar Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan.
• Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati will address an election rally in Bijnor at 11 a.m.
• Congress leader Digvijay Singh will file his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat.
• Congress leader Sachin Pilot will address a public meeting in Jammu's Udhampur.
• Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will file his nomination for the Lok Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh's Guna seat.

(Source: IANS)

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