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Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates: Invoking Singur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday alleged the “obstructionist mindset” of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her TMC has deprived Eest Bengal of industries and jobs. The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission for reducing the campaigning ban on Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and said it is a “dark day for parliamentary democracy and history will not pardon the panel”. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said it was deplorable that the EC could not sustain its own order and accused the poll body of buckling under pressure of the Modi government by reducing the ban on Sarma from 48 hours to 24 hours. The Election Commission on Friday had banned Sarma from all modes of campaigning for 48 hours for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary, but reduced it to 24 hours this evening after the minister tendered an “unconditional apology” and assured the poll panel that he will abide by the provisions of the model code. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a “tourist politician” on Saturday at a rally in Kerala’s Sulthan Bathery. “Wayanad is Rahul baba’s constituency. He was Amethi’s MP for 15 years and did not do anything to make Amethi better. Later, he shifted to Wayanad. I’ve never witnessed a tourist politician like Rahul baba. He will do no development in the region,” he claimed. He added, “In the last 2 decades of reign of LDF-UDF, there has been no growth and development. Kerala is now embroiled in corruption, appeasement, and political violence,” A total of 14 workers of two political parties were arrested for allegedly distributing cash to voters in two areas here on Saturday, police said. Based on information, the police went to an area in Coimbatore south constituency where they caught 12 BJP workers distributing the money to residents. A sum of Rs 46,000 was seized from them and six two-wheelers were impounded, the police said. In another incident, two AIADMK workers were held for distributing money in an area coming under Coimbatore north constituency, they said. A total of Rs 24,500 in cash was seized from their possession, they added. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in a rally in the North 24 Parganas district, “I request to all the minority brothers and sisters not to allow their vote division.” DMK Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital, PTI reported. Kanimozhi, who has been actively campaigning for the 6 April Assembly polls, has cancelled her programmes after testing positive for the virus, the report quoted sources as saying. Also the party’s women’s wing secretary, Kanimozhi has been admitted to a hospital, they said. On Friday, she had toured southern regions, including Tirunelveli and Tenkasi. Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli on Saturday, claimed that the traditional sport Jallikattu “could be banned again if Congress-DMK come back to power”. “It was promised in their manifesto in 2016,” he added. The single-phase Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu is set to be held on 6 April. Hours after a BJP candidate’s vehicle was used to take a polled EVM to the strong room, Election Commission on Friday ordered fresh voting in one polling station of Assam’s Ratabari seat. While addressing a rally in Uluberia Purba, the Uttar Pradesh CM accused the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government of turning Bengal into a ’land of hooliganism and anarchy’. Ahead of the third and final phase of Assam Assembly polls, the prime minister visited Tamulpur in Baksa district to address a rally on Saturday. The home minister addressed a roadshow in Thousand Lights Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. He is campaigning for BJP candidate Khushbu Sundar. The EC on Friday barred the Assam minister from campaigning for 48 hours for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People’s Front chief Hagrama Mohilary. Nandigram witnessed a direct contest on Thursday between the TMC supremo and her former colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the BJP in December last year. Exuding confidence that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lose from the Nandigram constituency, Amit Shah on Friday accused her of running the government on the 3T model of ‘Tolabaji’ (extortion), ‘Tanashahi’ (dictatorship) and ‘Tushtikaran’ (appeasement). Identifying cross-border infiltration as the biggest problem of the North Bengal region, which he claimed faced injustice at the hands of the Trinamool Congress government, Shah said that the menace will be stopped after the BJP is voted to power in the state. Shah, who was on a whirlwind tour of the state from the North to South Bengal addressing two rallies and taking part in two roadshows, said that the saffron party would win 50 of the 60 seats that have gone to polls till now in this election. Reaching out to two major communities of north Bengal, Shah said that Nepali and Rajbasnhi languages will be made associate languages of the state. “Didi has lost Nandigram. The scenes that you witnessed yesterday tell us that she is losing. By 2 pm on 2 May (when votes will be counted), Didi will be out of power in Bengal,” Shah said while addressing a rally at Sitalkuchi in North Bengal, close to the India-Bangladesh border. His comments came at the backdrop of the TMC supremo camping at a booth in Nandigram, where she is locked in a fight with her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari, for more than two hours after complaining of vote loot by the BJP. “I heard that someone told her to contest from a seat in North Bengal, but she declined as she was not confident of winning. After two phases of polling that has covered 60 seats, the BJP is winning 50. We know we will win all the seats in North Bengal,” the BJP leader said. The BJP runs its government on the model of development, but Mamata runs her government on the 3T model of Tolabaji, Tanashahi and Tushtikaran, he claimed. Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, all problems of the people of North Bengal will be solved, Shah said. “Shouldn’t infiltration be stopped? Doesn’t it take away the jobs of our youths? Replace Didi; even birds won’t be allowed to enter Bengal, let alone humans. The TMC government can never stop it. Only we can do it,” he said at the rally in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district. Reaching out to the state’s politically crucial refugees, Shah said that they would be granted citizenship by implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “Mamata didi has done nothing for the development of North Bengal. After coming to power, the BJP will constitute a North Bengal Development Board and spend Rs 2,000 crore annually on the region’s development,” he said. He also promised to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which will cater to the people of not only Cooch Behar district but also of the entire region. “Prime Minister Modi Ji works towards ‘Jan Kalyan’ (welfare of people). But in Bengal, Mamata didi is busy in ‘Bhatija Kalyan” (welfare of nephew). She is only interested in making her nephew the next chief minister," he said at a rally at Kalchini in Alipurduar district. Reaching out to the people of the Darjeeling hills, he said the BJP government will work towards a permanent political solution to the problems of the hills and Terai and Dooars regions. “We would also make Nepali and Rajbanshi language as associate languages of the state. We would also promote Nepali language films and will arrange for its subsidy. We will also come up with a Nepali language radio channel,” he said. Referring to the TMC’s ‘Khela Hobe’ slogan, Shah said, “Nobody is scared of your (Mamata’s) Khela Hobe. All the goons will be thrown behind bars after 2 May.” Once considered a bastion of the Congress and then the TMC, the BJP has made deep inroads in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by bagging seven of the eight seats in North Bengal. Later in the evening, Shah took out two roadshows in Arambag and Baruipur in separate districts in South Bengal.
Assembly Election 2021 Updates: Modi slams Mamata over 2011 Singur protests; Shah calls Rahul Gandhi 'tourist politician'
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
AIADMK urges EC to restrain I-T raids on Ministers, candidates
The ruling AIADMK on Saturday urged the Election Commission to restrain the Income Tax department from conducting “unwanted searches” on its leaders that are deliberate violations of the provisions of the Representation of People Act and its rules.
The party accused the DMK and Congress leaders, having influence with bureaucrats and higher officials, of making the authorities carry out the raids.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Over 10 election officials including observers replaced after testing positive for COVID-19
Over 10 election officials, including a few observers and one returning officer have been replaced in West Bengal after they tested positive for COVID-19, a senior official said. “Yes, several officials have been replaced after they tested positive for COVID-19. We have replaced some observers who had tested positive for the disease before coming to West Bengal and also those who were diagnosed with the contagion after coming here. Naturally, they were replaced,” the official said.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Election Commission transfers three West Bengal police officers
The Election Commission Saturday ordered the transfer of three West Bengal police officers. In a letter to the poll-bound state’s chief secretary, the Commission saidSP (Alipurduar) Amitabha Maiti, DCP(Chandannagar, Hooghly) Tathagata Basu and Deputy SP (Industrial Diamond Harbour Police district) Mithun De be transferred and a report sent to it by 10 am Sunday
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Rahul Gandhi hits out at EC in a two-word tweet
While the Congress leader did not clarify the context of his tweet, the Congress party is at loggerheads with the poll panel over more than Election. In Assam, the Congress has criticised the panel’s decision to cut down the campaign ban duration on BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma. It has also taken exception to the way it handled the EVM controversy in Ratabari.
Election “Commission”.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 3, 2021
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
UDF, LDF mum on Sabarimala issue as they need votes: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday asked the CPI(M) and the Congress to make clear their stand on the Sabarimala issue and claimed there
was total confusion among them over the matter and the two parties were not reacting as they need the votes. Joshi, who was in the state capital as part of the
saffron party’s electioneering, told the media that in the Sabarimala matter, the state and the national leadership of the Congress are on opposite sides.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Row erupts in Kerala over SDPI’s support to UDF candidate in Manjeswaram
A controversy has erupted in Kerala over the decision of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), a political offshoot of Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), to support the Congress-led UDF in Manjeswaram Assembly seat where BJP leader K Surendran is considered to be a top contender in the 6 April polls. Attacking the Congress, the BJP has asked the opposition party to reveal its stand on the issue.
Hitting out at the Congress, BJP’s Smriti Irani said in 2012 the state government had informed the Kerala high court that “they (PFI) are the enemies of the state”. She wondered how the Congress party could accept the support of such outfits in elections.
The Congress and the UDF have not reacted to the development which unfolded after the SDPI said today it would support the candidate fielded by the UDF to ensure the defeat of BJP state president Surendran in 6 April polls.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP slams UDF over SDPI’s announcement of support in Manjeshwaram constituency
The BJP slammed the Congress over the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), a political offshoot of Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), extending its support the Congress-led UDF in the Manjeswaram Assembly seat. BJP leader K Surendran is considered to be a top contender in the constituency.
Attacking the Congress, the BJP has asked the Opposition party to reveal its stand on the issue. The saffron party threatened that the decision of the Congress to accept the support of the SDPI “will have its echo” in the Assembly polls in Assam.
Addressing a poll meeting in the constituency, Union Minister Smriti Irani said the national leadership of the Congress “will have to explain” to the people of poll-bound Assam on how it can take the support of an outfit which “waged a battle against the people of Northeast”.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Magisterial probe ordered into Assam EVM row
A magisterial probe has been ordered to determine why a polling team in Assam carried an EVM in a vehicle owned by the wife of a BJP candidate, officials said on Saturday. Karimganj district deputy superintendent Anbamuthan MP issued an order on Friday night to probe the incident, which has snowballed into a huge controversy amid the ongoing Assam Assembly elections, the last phase of which is slated for Tuesday.
Additional District Magistrate Rajeshan Terang has been asked to conduct the enquiry and submit a detailed report within three days. “… This incident posed a threat to security of the polled EVMs and has an adverse effect on the law and order situation,” the order said.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘History will not pardon EC’, says Congress after campaign ban on Himanta Biswa Sarma reduced
The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Election Commission for reducing the campaigning ban on Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and said it is a “dark day for parliamentary democracy and history will not pardon the panel”.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said it was “deplorable” that the EC could not sustain its own order and accused the poll body of “buckling under pressure” of the Modi government by reducing the ban on Sarma from 48 hours to 24 hours.
The Election Commission on Friday had banned Sarma from all modes of campaigning for 48 hours for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary, but reduced it to 24 hours this evening after the minister tendered an “unconditional apology” and assured the poll panel that he will abide by the provisions of the model code.
A dark day for Parliamentary democracy.
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 3, 2021
#ECI doesn’t even have the guts to sustain its own order. Deplorable that EC buckles under Modi Govt’s pressure & reverses its own order of ban on Sh. Himanta Biswa Sarma.
History will neither pardon #ECI nor #BJP for this sin.
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— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) April 3, 2021
Will #ECI tell -
1 Was this somersault taken suo moto or on a fresh plea by BJP/Himanta Sarma?
2 If yes, why did EC then not call upon the complainant, BPF & Congress?
3 If no, why this vexatious change of heart?
4 Does it now give a license to issue threat with impunity? https://t.co/F9JaDaLA88
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP will jail people trying to stop Durga puja, says Adityanath in Bengal rally
Calling upon people to oust the Mamata Banerjee government, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that the BJP, if voted to power in Bengal, will ensure security for all women and create job opportunities for the youth. Adityanath, who addressed two rallies during the day, also said that those who had tried to stop Durga puja and Saraswati puja “will be put behind bars” if the saffron party forms government in Bengal.
“You had given 50 years to the Congress, 30 years to the Left and 10 years to the Trinamool Congress, I urge you to give five years to the BJP… We will change the face of West Bengal. The BJP will stop all tortures perpetrated on the women of West Bengal. It will ensure that youths get employment opportunities,” Adityanath said at a public meeting in Falta area of South 24 Parganas district.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
LDF indulges in political violence, alleges Amit Shah
In his rally in Sulthan Bathery in Kerala, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The LDF has nothing to do with efficiency. They only aspire for power on fear of political violence. Numerous workers of BJP and RSS have been killed in Kerala. Vijayan Ji, the BJP is never afraid of working hard and will never be afraid.”
He also raked up the Sabarimala temple issue and said, “Congress was sitting mum when Lord Ayyappa’s devotees where being lathi-charged here! BJP-NDA strongly feel management of temples should be managed by devotees and not atheists.”
Bypoll elections LATEST Updates
BJP rebel alleges he withdrew nomination for Sahada bypoll after ’threats’
A day after BJP rebel Ladulal Pitliya withdrew nomination as an independent candidate in the Sahada Assembly bypoll, a video clip and a letter circulating on social media suggest he pulled out of the elections as “the BJP was mounting pressure” on him, and his family was being harassed. An audio clip has also surfaced online in which he is purportedly repeating his allegations, and requesting Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to provide protection to his family.
While Pitliya remained unavailable for comment despite repeated attempts, the BJP described the letter “a conspiracy” by Congress leaders.
In his purported handwritten letter to Gehlot, Pitliya has alleged that his family has been facing problems and threats after he filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Sahada. He alleged he was threatened to withdraw his nomination.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah calls Rahul Gandhi ’tourist politician’ in Sulthan Bathery rally
Union Home Minister Amit Shah called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a “tourist politician” on Saturday at a rally in Kerala’s Sulthan Bathery.
“Wayanad is Rahul baba’s constituency. He was Amethi’s MP for 15 years and did not do anything to make Amethi better. Later, he shifted to Wayanad. I’ve never witnessed a tourist politician like Rahul baba. He will do no development in the region,” he claimed.
He added, “In the last 2 decades of reign of LDF-UDF, there has been no growth and development. Kerala is now embroiled in corruption, appeasement, and political violence,”
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC halves campaigning ban on Himanta Biswa Sarma after ‘unconditional apology’
The Election Commission on Saturday reduced the 48-hour campaign ban imposed on Assam minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma to 24 hours after he tendered an “unconditional apology” and assured the poll panel that he will abide by the provisions of the model code. The BJP leader now can start campaigning from Saturday evening.
He was on Friday initially barred from campaigning-related activities till 4 April for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary.
In his representation to the Election Commission on Saturday, Sarma had pleaded to reduce the ban to 24 hours on the ground that he is himself a candidate in the constituency which is scheduled to go for polls on Tuesday.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
74 women candidates in fray in Assam Assembly elections
Political parties have made promises galore to woo the 49.35 percent strong women electorate but only 74 women candidates are in the fray for the three-phase Assam Assembly elections in 2021. The number of women candidates in this year’s Assembly election is less compared to the last two state Assembly polls.
In the 2016 Assam Assembly election, there were 91 women candidates in the fray with eight of them winning while in 2011, 85 women contested and 14 made it to the Assembly, the highest so far elected to the House.
The 74 candidates comprise a mere 7.82 percent of the total 946 candidates in the fray for the 126 member Assembly.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
JP Nadda holds roadshow in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari
BJP National President Shri @JPNadda's roadshow in Vilavancode, Kanyakumari. #Vote4NDA https://t.co/WX54tqGym6
— BJP (@BJP4India) April 3, 2021
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Three Kerala constituencies bordering Tamil Nadu to be sealed on polling day
The Election Commission on Saturday informed the Kerala High Court that three Assembly constituencies bordering Tamil Nadu will be sealed on the day of the state Assembly elections on 6 April. The EC said central forces would also be deployed in problematic booths in the three constituencies — Udumbanchola,
Peerumedu and Devikulam Assembly seats in Idukki district.
A submission in this regard was made when the court considered the petition filed by UDF candidates of these constituencies, seeking a direction to the Commission to seal the entry points of the constituencies through which vehicles enter through Tamil Nadu border and deploy central forces for protection in the problematic booths there.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP, AIADMK workers held for distributing cash to voters
A total of 14 workers of two political parties were arrested for allegedly distributing cash to voters in two areas here on Saturday, police said. Based on information, the police went to an area in Coimbatore south constituency where they caught 12 BJP workers distributing the money to residents.
A sum of Rs 46,000 was seized from them and six two-wheelers were impounded, the police said. In another incident, two AIADMK workers were held for distributing money in an area coming under Coimbatore north constituency, they said.
A total of Rs 24,500 in cash was seized from their possession, they added.
(PTI)
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Won’t be called outsider when you go to Varanasi’, says Modi in Bengal rally
Taking a jibe at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for the TMC’s taunt of ‘outsider’ against the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said to attendees of a rally on Saturday, “You will not be called ‘outsider’ or ’tourist’ when you go to Varanasi. You will find many people with ’tilak’ and ‘choti.’ With every step you will hear ‘Har har Mahadev’ chant’.”
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata Banerjee ‘requests minorities’ to not allow vote division
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in a rally in the North 24 Parganas district, “I request to all the minority brothers and sisters not to allow their vote division.”
Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Narendra Modi addressed 23 rallies so far
Spearheading his party’s campaign in the ongoing polls to elect five Assemblies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed 23 rallies so far, 10 of them across four states over the last three days, including Saturday. With the BJP pulling out all the stops to oust West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee from government in West Bengal and to retain power in Assam, these two states have been the focus of Modi’s campaign.
He has addressed rallies in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry too. The prime minister also travelled to Bangladesh recently for two days and attended a number of programmes, an exercise that was criticised by Banerjee alleging they were held with an eye on the polls in West Bengal, a charge rejected by the BJP.
While driving his party’s campaign, Modi has also kept a tab on the coronavirus situation and vaccination programme in the country, official sources noted. With Assembly polls getting over in Puducherry and all states except West Bengal on April 6, Modi is expected to address a number of public meetings in the eastern state in the coming days and weeks as the BJP works to capture power there.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Reject the ‘corrupt, dynastic’ DMK-Congress combine, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the DMK-Congress combine of “corruption and dynasty” politics, and said only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can “protect” those who believe in the culture of Tamil Nadu. Seeking votes for NDA candidates with a promise of all-round development of the state, Shah said its top leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami, had grown from “humble beginnings” while those in the DMK and Congress are from “dynasty.”
“Only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can protect Tamil Nadu’s fishermen, unemployed youth, women and all those having faith in Tamil Nadu’s culture,” he told reporters in Chennai.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
ED attaches Rs 3-cr assets of TMC leaders, others in Saradha case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has attached assets worth Rs 3 crore of TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, its MP Satabdi Roy and Debjani Mukherjee in the Saradha chit fund money laundering case. It said a provisional order for attachment of the movable and immovable properties has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The central probe agency said in a statement that the assets belong to “KunalGhosh, ex-Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress (CEO of Media Group Saradha), Satabdi Roy, Lok Sabha MP from TMC (brand ambassador in Saradha), and Debjani Mukherjee who is director in Saradha Group of companies in Saradha chit fund case.”
Assets worth Rs 600 crore have been attached in this case till now. The ED is probing the money laundering aspect of the alleged ponzi scam since April, 2013.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
DMK MP Kanimozhi tests positive for COVID-19
DMK Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital, PTI reported. Kanimozhi, who has been actively campaigning for the 6 April Assembly polls, has cancelled her programmes after testing positive for the virus, the report quoted sources as saying.
Also the party’s women’s wing secretary, Kanimozhi has been admitted to a hospital, they said. On Friday, she had toured southern regions, including Tirunelveli and Tenkasi.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Amit Shah says this election will decide if Tamil Nadu will follow MGR’s ‘dynasty’
“The current Assembly election is a very important poll for the future of the state. These elections will decide if Tamil Nadu will walk on the path of dynasty or on the path of Makkal Thilagam MG Ramachandran,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a poll rally in Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
Kerala Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Those who tried to sabotage growth of Kerala now speaking of development’, says Pinarayi:Vijayan
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday lashed out at the Congress and BJP, saying those who tried to sabotage the state’s survival and growth in the
last five years were now delivering speeches on development, which amounted to ‘mocking’ the people. Speaking at a press meet, he alleged that the national leaders of the Congress and BJP, including the prime minister, were attempting to create a distorted image of Kerala.
His remarks came a day after Modi said at a poll rally in Thiruvanthapuram that there was a “total hartal on governance” in Kerala.
On Saturday, Vijayan said, “Any move by the RSS for a communal divide has not been successful in Kerala, which is a stronghold of secularism. Those who tried to sabotage the survival and growth of the state in the last five years are now delivering speeches on development. This amounts to mocking the people of Kerala.”
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Narendra Modi urges Assam militants to join mainstream in Baksa rally
Buoyed by a raft of peace agreements with underground outfits in the Northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made an appeal to militants in Assam, who have not surrendered yet, to return to the mainstream as they are needed to create an ‘Atmanirbhar Assam’.
Addressing an election rally in Bodoland Territorial Region’s (BTR) Baksa district, the prime minister said people of the state have rejected violence for development, peace, unity and stability.
Accusing the Congress of encouraging violence, Modi said, “It is our responsibility to ensure the rehabilitation of those who have returned to the mainstream after years of struggle.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Narendra Modi, AIADMK ‘understand’ wants of Dalit community: Amit Shah
The Union home minister also made a pitch for the BJP and AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu, by claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Dravidian party “understand” the wants of the Dalit community.
“It is the NDA govt that has appointed a Dalit as the President of India. Our state head is also a Dalit.”
He added, “Both PM Modi and K Palaniswami understand the problems of the common people. Thus, the government of Tamil Nadu has waived off loans of troubled farmers twice and PM Modi is supporting them with Rs 6,000 per year.”
Both PM Modi and CM of Tamil Nadu understand the problems of the common people. Thus, the govt of TN have waived off loans of troubled farmers twice and PM Modi is supporting them with Rs 6,000 per year.
— BJP (@BJP4India) April 3, 2021
- Shri @AmitShah #WelcomeAmitShahJi pic.twitter.com/Cs2AmWQHuz
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Jallikattu could be banned again under Congress-DMK, claims Amit Shah
Home Minister Amit Shah, addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli on Saturday, claimed that the traditional sport Jallikattu “could be banned again if Congress-DMK come back to power”. “It was promised in their manifesto in 2016,” he added.
The single-phase Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu is set to be held on 6 April.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata accuses BJP of ’engineering communal strife’ in Bengal
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP of “engineering communal strife” in the state to win the ongoing Assembly elections.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
BJP will approach court against EC’s ban on Himanta, says Anurag Thakur
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the BJP will approach the court against Election Commission’s 48-hour ban of Himanta Biswa Sarma on legal and factual grounds.
The EC on Friday debarred the Assam Minister from campaigning for ongoing Assam elections for 48 hours with immediate effect for his remark against Hagrama Mohilary, Bodoland People’s Front Chairperson.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Congress holds protest after reports of EVMs in BJP candidate’s car
Congress leaders and workers on Saturday held protests in Guwahati after an EVM machine was found in the car of a BJP leader Krishnendu Pal. “All BJP candidates are resorting to illegal means. People are with us, BJP is perturbed. What action did EC take against Krishnendu Pal, in whose vehicle EVM was found?, asked Congress leader Sushmita Dev.
Acknowledging a “violation of transport protocol,” the Election Commission on Friday said it has issued a show-cause notice to the Presiding Officer and also suspended him along with three other officers for the lapse.
Congress leaders & workers protest in Guwahati against Assam EVM issue. Party leader Sushmita Dev says, "All BJP candidates are resorting to illegal means. People are with us, BJP is perturbed. What action did EC take against Krishnendu Pal, in whose vehicle EVM was found?" pic.twitter.com/oVJUxrQxmk
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2021
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
In Baksa, Narendra Modi urges militants to join mainstream
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a fervent appeal to militants in Assam who have not surrendered yet to return to the mainstream as they are needed to create an ‘Atmanirbhar Assam’.
Addressing an election rally in Baksa district, the prime minister said people of the state have rejected violence for development, peace, unity and stability.
The NDA government, he asserted, formulated policies that are non-discriminatory and for all sections of society.
“It’s unfortunate that those who divided society and threw crumbs of development at particular sections for their vote bank politics are said to be practising secularism while we, who ensure that development reaches all, are termed communal,” Modi said, attacking the Congress over long years of violence in the state.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Mamata won Nandigram with ‘comfortable margin’, asserts Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha, the former BJP Union minister who recently joined the TMC, on Saturday asserted that chief minister Mamata Banerjee has already won Nandigram with a “comfortable margin” and there was no question of her contesting from any other seat.
JP Nadda was spreading rumors of Mamata Banerjee fighting election from another seat. He repeated this lie yesterday as well. We’re ready to tackle all their mind games, said the TMC leader.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
DMK’s Kanimozhi tests COVID-19 positive, cancels campaigning
DMK leader and MP Kanimozhi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday. According to sources, she has cancelled her campaign plans and isolated herself at her home in Chennai.
Kanimozhi was scheduled to travel to Madurai. This comes with just three days to go for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, scheduled for 6 April. The election campaign in Tamil Nadu is scheduled to end at 5 pm on Sunday, as per the Model Code of Conduct.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
‘Secularism-communism’ has done damage to India: Modi in Tamulpur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the game of “secularism-communism has done a lot of damage to the country”.
Addressing a rally in Tamulpur in Assam, Modi said, “There are some things going wrong in the country, if we give something for our vote bank by discriminating in society, cutting the society, then see the misfortune, it is called secularism in the country. But if they work for everyone, give it to everyone without discrimination, then they say that they are communal.”
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
TMC govt turned Bengal to land of hooliganism, anarchy: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday took a swipe at Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government and accused her of turning Bengal to a “land of hooliganism and anarchy”.
Adityanath addressed a rally in Uluberia Purba ahead of the third phase of West Bengal Assembly polls.
Bengal is land of nation’s cultural nationalism but TMC goons have made this land of hooliganism and anarchy. Congress, TMC and Left have changed the atmosphere and made it a victim of appeasement. Trends show that BJP will form govt with majority, said the BJP leader.
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Modi addresses rally in Tamulpur
Ahead of the third and final phase of Assam Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tamulpur in Baksa district to address a rally on Saturday.
The ‘Mahajhooth’ of ‘Mahajot’ (grand alliance) has been disclosed. On the basis of my political experience and audience love, I can say that people have decided to form NDA govt in Assam. They can’t bear those who insult Assam’s identity and propagate violence, said Modi
The 'Mahajhooth' of 'Mahajot' (grand alliance) has been disclosed. On the basis of my political experience, & audience love, I can say that people have decided to form NDA govt in Assam. They can't bear those who insult Assam's identity and propagate violence: PM Modi in Tamulpur pic.twitter.com/wldWcpxnGK
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2021
Assam Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
EC orders replacement of Himanta’s brother as Goalpara SP
After barring Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning in the Assembly polls for 48 hours, the Election Commission has also transferred his brother and Goalpara Superintendent of Police Sushanta Biswa Sarma from the district.
An order issued by the Commission on Friday said that Sarma shall be transferred to some suitable post in the state headquarters and IPS officer Veera Venakata Rakesh Reddy shall be posted with immediate effect as the new Superintendent of Police of Goalpara district, which will go to polls in the third and last phase on 6 April.
– PTI
Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021 LATEST Updates
Tamil Nadu will see development only after defeat of ‘dynastic’ DMK-Congress: Shah
Taking a dig at the Opposition in Tamil Nadu, Amit Shah Saturday said the state will see development only after the defeat of “dynastic and corrupt DMK-Congress”.
“Only the development journey started under Narendra Modi’s leadership can make Tamil Nadu of MGR and Jayalalithaa’s dreams. CM and deputy CM did good work. I appeal to people to make double engine govt,” said Shah in Thousand Lights Assembly seat.
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Thousand Lights assembly constituency as he campaigns for the party's candidate Khushbu Sundar.#TamilNaduElections2021 pic.twitter.com/hohWCwoG8O
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2021
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