Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 4 LIVE: Vote in large numbers, help INDIA bloc form govt: Congress appeals to people

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 4 LIVE Updates: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged people to cast their votes in large numbers

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May 13, 2024 - 09:52 Updated: May 13, 2024 - 09:54
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 4 LIVE: Vote in large numbers, help INDIA bloc form govt: Congress appeals to people
9:39 AM (IST)
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TMC unnecessarily nominated Yusuf Pathan from Berhampore: Congress MP

Five-time MP and leader of opposition in the outgoing Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary faces a tough battle as his constituency of Berhampore goes to the polls today.

Mr. Chowdhary faces cricketer and TMC candidate Yusuf Pathat as well as Nirmal Kumar Saha of the BJP. On Monday, the Congress MP arrived at one of the polling booths to take stock of the situation.

Speaking to reporters Mr. Chowdhury said that he was competing with the BJP and the Trinamool had unnecessarily nominated Yusuf Pathan from Berhampore.

9:28 AM (IST)
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Vote in large numbers, help INDIA bloc form govt: Cong's appeal to people

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged people to cast their votes in large numbers in the fourth round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls and help the INDIA bloc form government at the Centre.

In a post on X, Gandhi appealed to the electorate not to be distracted and vote on issues that concern it.

“Today is the fourth phase of voting. After the first three phases, it has become clear that on June 4 an INDIA (bloc) government is going to be formed,” he said.

9:25 AM (IST)
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Former Air Force chief votes in Pune, finds wife's name missing from list

Former Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik on Monday expressed surprise over the name of his wife Madhubala having been deleted from the voters list.

ACM Naik, 75, along with his wife and son Vineet, 43, went to exercise their franchise at polling booth 26 at Sampling School Baner Road in Pune on Monday morning as soon as voting began.

While I and my son were able to vote, my 72-year-old wife’s name was found deleted from the voters list. When we brought this to the attention of the official there, he said that there was nothing he could do to help, ACM Naik told PTI.

We are disappointed. Several such deletions were noticed in the list. It must be found out as to why such deletions are happening, he said.

9:20 AM (IST)
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BJP's Agnimitra Paul arrives to cast vote in Asansol

9:19 AM (IST)
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Dr K Laxman, National President of BJP OBC Morcha casts his vote at a polling booth

9:13 AM (IST)
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Long queues in Maharashtra polling booths

Long lines  have formed  at  numerous  polling stations  in the  district’s  Pune,  Maval,  and  Shirur  parliamentary seats,  where  voting  began  on  Monday morning  with  eight  other  Maharashtra  constituencies  in  the fourth  phase  of the  Lok Sabha  election.

9:10 AM (IST)
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Venkaiah Naidu, Kishan Reddy, Allu Arjun among early voters

Former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP chief in Telangana G. Kishan Reddy, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, popular Telugu actors Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun and Junior NTR were among the prominent persons who exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections in Telangana on Monday.

8:59 AM (IST)
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Film star Chiranjeevi Konidela and his family arrive at a polling booth to cast their vote

8:57 AM (IST)
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EC rescues three kidnapped TDP polling agents in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena on Monday said three TDP polling agents who were allegedly kidnapped in Chittoor district have been traced and secured.

According to a press release from the CEO’s office, the TDP agents were kidnapped from Bokaramanda village in Chittoor district’s Sadum mandal, which falls under the Punganuru Assembly constituency.

8:49 AM (IST)
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Before casting his vote, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav says ‘I appeal to voters to vote in large numbers’

8:46 AM (IST)
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Kashmiri migrants cast their vote at a special polling booth in Jagti camp

8:45 AM (IST)
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‘We should always take our opponent seriously’: AIMIM chief Owaisi after casting his vote in Hyderabad

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen candidate from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi, cast his vote at a polling booth in Hyderabad and said that every opponent in the elections should be taken “seriously.”

After casting the vote, the AIMIM chief asked the people to take every election seriously, adding that the party would win the elections from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.

8:44 AM (IST)
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A senior citizen voter in a wheelchair assisted by polling volunteers at a polling booth
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