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Lok Sabha elections: Important political events of the day

Home minister Amit Shah will hold a roadshow in West Bengal and Karnataka

Updated: Apr 23rd, 2024


Prime minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting in Rajasthan and two public meetings in Chhattisgarh today. 

He will address public meetings in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) at 10:45 a.m., Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh) at 2:45 p.m. and Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) at 5 p.m. The Prime Minister will appeal to the people to vote in support of BJP candidate Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria from the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat.

Home minister Amit Shah will hold a roadshow and a public meeting in West Bengal followed by a public meeting in Maharashtra and a roadshow in Karnataka.

Amit Shah will hold a roadshow in Malda South (West Bengal) from Head Post Office to Rabindra Statue 11:30 a.m, followed by addressing a public rally at 12:45 p.m. in Karandighi, Raiganj (West Bengal).

He will address a public rally at 4:30 p.m. at the Akola Cricket Club Ground in Akola (Maharashtra) followed by a roadshow in Bengalore South (Karnataka) from Swami Vivekanada Circle to St. Francis School at 7 p.m.

Major political developments across country today

  • BJP national president JP Nadda will address a public meeting each in Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh), Rajendra Park, at 11 a.m., in Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), SAF Ground, at 1:30 p.m. and Satna (Madhya Pradesh), BTI Ground, at 3 p.m.
  • Defence minister Rajnath Singh will address public meetings at 10 a.m. in Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), at 1:50 p.m. in Khunti (Jharkhand) and at 4:35 p.m. in Bhagalpur (Bihar).
  • Rajnath Singh will be present when union minister Arjun Munda files his nomination from Khunti Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.
  • Delhi environment minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai will hold a Sankalp Sabha in support of AAP and INDIA bloc candidate Sushil Gupta at 5 p.m. at the Community Centre, Jhansa Pehowa Assembly constituency in Haryana's Kurukshetra.
  • Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address one public meeting each in Chitradurga (Karnataka) at 3 p.m. and Bengaluru (Karnataka) at 5:45 p.m.
  • Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath will hold a public meeting each in Amroha at 12 noon, Baghpat at 3 p.m., and Meerut at 4:30 p.m. followed by a roadshow.
  • Samajwadi Party national president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, will address a public meeting in Meerut's Siwalkhas Assembly constituency in support of the party's Lok Sabha candidate Amarpal Sharma.
  • BJP leader Kangana Ranaut will hold a roadshow in Rajasthan's Jodhpur and Pali.
  • She will hold a roadshow in support of BJP candidate PP Choudhary in Pali Lok Sabha constituency at 5 p.m. and in Jodhpur at 7:30 p.m. followed by a roadshow in support of union jal shakti minister and BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
  • Congress leader and Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m. in Kerala's Alappuzha in support of Congress general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from this seat.
  • Pilot will launch Congress's poll campaign 'Scan Me' in Thiruvananthapuram at 2:30 p.m. and will hold a public meeting in support of party candidate Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram at 4 p.m.
  • Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will address a public meeting at Uttar Pradesh's Alipur on Hapur Road at 12 noon, followed by a public meeting at Maheshwar Inter College ground in Aligarh district.
  • Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) national president Jayant Singh Chaudhary and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will address a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat at Janta Vedic College, Baraut.

(Source: IANS)

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