Lok Sabha Elections 2024 highlights: INDIA bloc leaders urge EC to ensure guidelines followed during counting of votes

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• 02 Jun 2024, 08:19 PM

  EC to hold a press conference in New Delhi tomorrow at 12.30 pm

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 06:45 PM

  INDIA bloc leaders urge EC officials to ensure guidelines followed during counting of votes

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 06:44 PM

  Delhi Court sent Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till June 5

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• 02 Jun 2024, 05:14 PM

  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal returns to Tihar jail as his interim bail ends today

  He was released from jail on May 10 on interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam to campaign in the Lok Sabha polls. 

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 04:39 PM

  'All exit polls fake': Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

  "All exit polls fake, what was the reason for BJP to release these fake figures," he said.

   

  WATCH  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says "Exit polls for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections have come out yesterday. Take it in writing, all these exit polls are fake. One exit poll gave 33 seats to BJP in Rajasthan whereas there are only 25 seats there...The real issue is why they had to do… pic.twitter.com/oLkdoxh3ZL

  — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 04:19 PM

  'Your son is returning to jail today. This is not because I am...': CM Arvind Kejriwal

  "I want to tell the people of Delhi - your son is returning to jail today. This is not because I am involved in any corruption but because I have raised my voice against dictatorship. During (Lok Sabha election) campaigning, the PM accepted that they don't have any proof against me. They have raided more than 500 places but have not recovered a single penny," he said.

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 03:10 PM

  EC asks Congress's Jairam Ramesh to share details of claim on Shah calling up DMs

  The poll panel has asked him to share details of his claim by 7 pm on Sunday.

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 02:09 PM

  'Sidhu Moose Wala ka song suna hai... 295?': Rahul Gandhi's funny response

   Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday referred to Punjabi singer Siddhu Moosewala's '295 track' to reply to the number of seats the INDIA bloc will win in the Lok Sabha polls.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 12:56 PM

  ‘Congress performing poorly because of daydreaming’: Ravi Shankar Prasad 

   After the predictions of the exit polls that say the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will emerge victorious for the third straight time in the Lok Sabha polls, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad targeted Congress and said the party is performing poorly as they didn't stop daydreaming. Prasad also advised Congress to work on the ground and stop criticising PM Modi.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 12:23 PM

  Exit polls predict BJP led NDA to double its tally in Odisha

  The exit polls on Saturday predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to double its tally in Odisha in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 11:58 AM

  Congress flags new rule restricting counting agents at ARO tables on counting day, EC clarifies

  After the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday, marking the end of the world's largest polling exercise that began on April 19, Congress leader Ajay Maken  flagged the new rule that candidates' counting  agents are not allowed at the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) tables during the vote counting process on June 4.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 11:07 AM

  Telangana Congress leader Madhu Yashki Goud says, 'Exit polls are not always 100% correct'

   

  #WATCH | Hyderabad: On exit polls for #LokSabhaElections2024, Telangana Congress leader Madhu Yashki Goud says, "Exit polls are not always 100% correct...Congress party has always taken a stand of not indulging in TRP ratings...Congress party always believes in people's verdicts… pic.twitter.com/Fv6I8l8FRW

  — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 10:00 AM

  PM Narendra Modi is to hold 7 meetings today on a wide range of topics. The first meeting to be held to review post-cyclone situation, especially in the states of the northeast. 

   

  PM Narendra Modi is to hold 7 meetings today on a wide range of topics. The first meeting to be held to review post-cyclone situation, especially in the states of the northeast. Then, he will hold a meeting to review the heatwave situation in the country. He will hold a meeting… pic.twitter.com/S6GKlSrkx1

  — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 09:54 AM

  Congress will win at least 10 of 17 LS seats in Telangana: Revanth Reddy

  elangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has expressed confidence that the Congress will win at least 10 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state and that the INDIA bloc would form a government at the Centre.

   

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 09:24 AM

  BJP candidate from South Chennai, Tamilisai Soundararajan says, 'Results are on 4th June...Exit polls have revealed that PM Modi will be the Prime Minister for the third time...'

   

  #WATCH | Katpadi, Tamil Nadu: On exit polls, BJP candidate from South Chennai, Tamilisai Soundararajan says, "Results are on 4th June...Exit polls have revealed that PM Modi will be the Prime Minister for the third time...In Tamil Nadu, we (BJP) will be getting more seats than… pic.twitter.com/WHnPR3RUVP

  — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 07:46 AM

  Counting of votes underway for the Sikkim Assembly elections

   

  Counting of votes underway for the Sikkim Assembly elections
  
  Ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) crosses the halfway mark; leading on 24 seats. The majority mark in the Sikkim Assembly is 17 out of 32 Assembly seats. pic.twitter.com/6cvVzrSsYl

  — ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024

   

   

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 07:45 AM

  Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge to hold meeting to strategise on poll outcomes

   A day after voting concluded for the Lok Sabha polls and the exit polls predicted yet another victory for the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is slated to join a virtual meeting with all candidates from his party along with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday morning, sources from the party said.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 07:26 AM

  The Republic PMarq exit poll gave 359 of 543 seats to NDA, 154 to INDIA bloc and 30 to others. Republic Matrize poll gave 353-368 seats to NDA, 118-113 to INDIA bloc and 43-48 to others.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 07:26 AM

  The exit polls predicted 'Modi 3.0' with PM Modi having led the BJP's poll effort through rallies and roadshows in various parts of the country. According to India Today-Axis My India exit polls, NDA is predicted to win 361-401 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. The INDIA bloc is expected to win 131-166 seats, it said and gave 8 to 20 seats to other parties.

  
• 02 Jun 2024, 07:25 AM

  Two polls predicted that the BJP would improve its numbers from the 303 seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP-led NDA improved its numbers in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls compared to the 2014 election. It is again poised for an upward trajectory, the exit polls predicted. The pollsters gave varying numbers to the INDIA bloc, a grouping of parties opposed to the BJP, but predicted that it would perform better than the Congress-led UPA in 2019. (ANI)