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Early trends in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 suggest a significant surge for the BJP-led NDA over the opposition bloc. Amidst tight security, India awaits the outcome of this high-stakes electoral battle.
Polling was held in 13 seats in Punjab, 13 in Uttar Pradesh including the high-profile Varanasi constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term, 9 in West Bengal, 8 in Bihar, 6 in Odisha, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Jharkhand, and the lone Chandigarh seat.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts issued notice to the ED, seeking its response to both Kejriwal's regular and interim bail pleas. The judge set the next hearing for June 1 at 2 pm.
As of 1 p.m. local time (0530 GMT), overall voter turnout stood at 39.13% across the nine states holding polls in this latest phase, according to figures from India's Electoral Commission cited by the ANI news agency.
Earlier today, reports emerged that members of the governing All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) allegedly blocked the vehicle of Agnimitra Paul, a candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the Medinipur constituency.
The controversy stems from Maliwal filing a police complaint accusing Kumar of misbehaving and pushing her at Kejriwal's residence during a meeting on January 16. Kumar was subsequently arrested but released on bail.
The seeds of the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis were sown in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. The BJP and Shiv Sena (SHS) had contested the election jointly under the alliance Mahayuti, while the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) formed the Maha Aghadi alliance.
Kharge's rebuke came in response to Modi's claims during recent campaign rallies that a potential Congress government would reinstate the scrapped constitutional provision of Article 370.
The Home Minister's remarks come amid ongoing debates and concerns surrounding the implications of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's semi-autonomous status.
The excise scam, which erupted in July 2022, revolves around alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the new excise policy introduced by the AAP government in November 2021.
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