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  • PM Requests Supporters To Remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ Suffix From Social Media Handles |

    New Delhi: Thanking millions of his supporters for lending massive support during the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged them to remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ from their social media profiles, asserting that the message of “everyone being one family has been effectively conveyed”. “Through the election campaign, people across India added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to their social media as a mark of affection towards me. I derived a lot of strength from it,” PM Modi posted on X.

    The slogan had found a strong resonance on the ground and struck a right chord with lakhs of citizens over the past few months after PM Modi, while responding to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s taunting remarks on not having a family, declared that the whole country and its 140 crore citizens are his family.

    On Tuesday, PM Modi thanked the people of India for giving the NDA a majority for the third consecutive time, saying that it is “a record of sorts” and has given the BJP-led NDA government the mandate to keep working for the betterment of the nation.

    “With the message of all of us being one family having been effectively conveyed, I would once again thank the people of India and request that you may now remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ from your social media properties. The display name may change, but our bond as one Parivar striving for India’s progress remains strong and unbroken,” he said.

    Several apps, merchandise, and even songs with ‘Main hoon Modi Ka Parivar’ theme have been launched in the past few months with all BJP leaders, ministers, and supporters updating their social media profiles by putting ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ next to their name.

  • Public has rejected negative politics; govt formation is a matter of numbers: Akhilesh Yadav – The Economic Times Video

    Lucknow: After his party’s performance in Lok Sabha elections in UP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav says, “Yes, I am going to Delhi. It is all a matter of numbers (govt formation). The public has rejected negative politics. We aimed to stop BJP. I thank the public for this and their cooperation. The votes were cast to save the Constitution, democracy and reservation, and we hope that by walking on the path of social justice we will be able to fulfil the dreams of Netaji and Samajwadis.”

  • Lok Sabha Elections results: Smriti Irani concedes defeat in Amethi by Congress’ KL Sharma; BJP workers break down in tears – The Economic Times Video

    Congress worker, candidate from Amethi, Kishori Lal Sharma has defeated Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha Elections. Gandhi Family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma defeated BJP’s Smriti Irani from Amethi by a margin of 1,67196 votes. Smriti Irani gracefully accepted the defeat and assured that she would continue to serve the people of Amethi. After conceding defeat in Lok Sabha, BJP candidate Smriti Irani met with the party workers in Amethi. BJP workers broke down in tears after meeting their party leader after the massive defeat by Congress candidate.

  • Ahmedabad East And West Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Check Winners Here |

    Ahmedabad East And Lok Sabha Constituency Results 2024 : Hasmukhbhai Patel from the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured victory with over 700,000 votes against Himmatsinh Prahladsinh Patel from the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad East. Meanwhile, Dineshbhai Makwana (Advocate) from the Bharatiya Janata Party has won with more than 600,000 votes against Bharat Yogendra Makwana from the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad West.

    The seat comprises seven Assembly segments: Dahegam, Gandhinagar South, Vatva, Nikol, Naroda, Thakkarbapanagar, and Bapunagar. It is categorized as a general seat. The main contenders in this constituency are the BJP and the INC. 

    In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP aims to continue its dominance, fielding Dinesh Kodarbhai Makwana as its candidate for the Ahmedabad West seat. On the other hand, the Congress has announced Bharat Makwana as its contender, hoping to challenge the BJP’s hold on the constituency.

    Ahmedabad East And West: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024

    4:51 PM: Hasmukhbhai Patel from the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured victory with over 700,000 votes against Himmatsinh Prahladsinh Patel from the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad East. Meanwhile, Dineshbhai Makwana (Advocate) from the Bharatiya Janata Party has won with more than 600,000 votes against Bharat Yogendra Makwana from the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad West.

    4:23 PM: Hasmukhbhai Patel from the Bharatiya Janata Party has secured victory with over 700,000 votes against Himmatsinh Prahladsinh Patel from the Indian National Congress in Ahmedabad East.

    3:06 PM: Dineshbhai Makwana (Advocate) from the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading in Ahmedabad West.

    3:04 PM: Hasmukhbhai Patel (H.S. Patel) from the Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading in the elections.

    10:25 AM: Himmatsinh Prahladsinh Patel from the Indian National Congress and Makwana Jayantibhai Kanjibhai from the Bahujan Samaj Party are currently trailing from Ahemedabad East.

    9:36 AM: Hasmukh Patel representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is currently leading from Ahemedabad East.

    8:54 AM: In the latest update from Ahmedabad West, Dineshbhai Makwana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is currently in the leading.

    8:09AM: The vote counting process for Ahmedabad East and West has officially commenced at 8 AM.

    6:48 AM: Vote counting will begin at 8 AM starting with postal ballots. Counting of votes from Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will commence around 8:30 or 8:45 AM.

    Background Details Of The Seat

    Reflecting on the previous general elections, sitting MP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki from the BJP emerged victorious in the Ahmedabad West seat, securing 641,622 votes. Raju Parmar from the Congress was the runner-up, securing 320,076 votes.

    In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP’s Patel Hasmukhbhai Somabhai won the seat with a margin of 434,330 votes in Ahmedabad East. He secured 749,834 votes, achieving a vote share of 67.00%, and defeated Gitaben Patel from INC who received 315,504 votes, amounting to a 28.19% vote share.

  • Omar Abdullah: J&K Election Results 2024: Omar Abdullah concedes defeat from Baramulla, congratulates Engineer Rashid – The Economic Times Video

    National Conference (NC) vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday conceded defeat to Independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in North Kashmir. In a social media post, he said it was “time to accept the inevitable” as the voters have spoken.

  • Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting of votes underway for 543 LS seats – The Economic Times Video

    The counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 has begun at 8 am. A party or a coalition needs to win at least 272 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats to be in power at the centre. With one seat, Surat already decided in NDA’s kitty unopposed, votes for 542 seats will be counted today.

  • Exit poll predictions: ‘People ready for new Independence Movement…’, Akhilesh Yadav attacks BJP – The Economic Times Video

    Lucknow (UP): Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party Chief, Akhilesh Yadav claimed that people are ready to start a new movement of Independence against BJP. He further said that the public is in the “Do or Die” mode of Mahatma Gandhi. He said, “The results of the elections were distorted by some corrupt media persons and officers. The corrupt policies of the BJP are bad for the future of India. The public is in the ‘Do or Die’ mode of Mahatma Gandhi and is ready to start a new independence movement. The public is ready to sacrifice like freedom fighters. The youth is saying ‘Mera Rang De Basanti Chola’.”

  • Lok Sabha Election 2024: States That May Create Trouble For NDA As Per Zee AI Exit Poll |

    The Lok Sabha election results 2024 are just around the corner. Zee News conducted an AI Exit Poll to predict the likely outcome of the general elections. According to the AI exit poll, the BJP-led NDA is expected to win 305-315 seats, the INDIA alliance 180-195 seats, and others up to 52 seats. The National Democratic Alliance will form the government for the third time. The exit poll results indicate that the India Alliance can turn the game in Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi potentially leading to heightened tensions within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

    Here are the states that may create trouble for BJP as per Zee-AI exit poll: 

    NDA To See Possible Dip In Uttar Pradesh

    According to the Zee News AI exit poll, the India Alliance is expected to win 22 to 26 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. That is, if exit poll predictions are reflected in the results, the India Alliance appears to be doing well in Uttar Pradesh. According to exit polls, the BJP-led NDA is likely to win 52 to 58 seats. Other parties are likely to receive 0–1 seats. That is, overall, the NDA appears to be losing ground in UP compared to the previous election. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won 64 seats, the SP won 5, and the Congress won only one. The BSP won ten seats.

    INDIA Alliance Likely To Benefit In Delhi

    The national capital has 7 Lok Sabha seats, and according to Zee News’ AI Exit Poll, the India Alliance is expected to win 3 to 5 of them. The BJP is likely to win 2–4 seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the BJP won all seven seats in Delhi. That is, according to exit polls, the India Alliance appears to be doing well in Delhi this time around.

    Close Contest In Bihar

    The NDA won 39 of Bihar’s 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. However, this time around, the NDA may lose in Bihar. According to Zee News’ AI exit poll, the NDA and India alliance are tied 50-50 in Bihar. The NDA and the India alliance are expected to win 15 to 25 of Bihar’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. At the same time, other parties may not even open an account.

    Will Maharashtra Witness The Biggest Turnaround?

    According to the ZEE News AI exit poll, the India Alliance appears to be the largest gainer in Maharashtra. According to exit polls, the NDA could win 26-34 of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, while the INDIA alliance appears to win 15-21 seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election results, the NDA alliance in Maharashtra won 41 of the 48 seats, while the Congress-led UPA received only 5 seats. The AIMIM won one seat, while an independent candidate won one.

    BJP’s Seats Likely To Decrease In Haryana, Rajasthan

    In Haryana, the NDA is expected to win 3-5 seats, while INDIA could win 5-7 of the ten Lok Sabha seats. The BJP defeated the Congress in the recent Rajasthan assembly elections. The BJP defeated the Congress in the recent Rajasthan assembly elections. According to our AI exit poll, the NDA is expected to win 15-19 seats this time, with INDIA taking 6-10 seats.

    NDA Expected To Win 305-315 Seats In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

    ZED News’ AI exit poll predicts that the NDA will form the government for the third time. The BJP-led NDA is expected to win 305-315 seats, according to the AI exit poll. At the same time, the INDIA alliance could win 180-195 seats. Others are expected to receive a maximum of 52 seats. India Consolidated conducted an exit poll for Zed News.

  • Congress Surrenders 2024 Elections? BJP’s Shah, Nadda Criticises Exit Poll Boycott |

    Congress’ Exit Poll Debate Boycott: The BJP has showered the Congress party with cutting remarks since the grand old party announced its decision to not participate in the exit poll debates shows. Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying that his party is in ‘denial mode’. He added that this shows that the opposition has conceded its defeat. 

    Affirming confidence in the exit polls Shah said that the exit poll will showcase the saffron party alliance getting the ‘400-paar’ remark. The Congress does not have the courage to take questions from the media, so it is dismissing the entire exit poll exercise as meaningless, he added. 

    He further said that the Congress campaigned through the polls claiming it would get a majority. However, it now realizes the reality and knows it faces a rout in the exit polls to be broadcast after the elections tomorrow.  

    कांग्रेस को अपनी प्रचंड हार का पता चल गया है, तो अब किस मुँह से मीडिया और जनता को फेस करे? इसलिए, कांग्रेस एग्जिट पोल से भाग रही है।

    मैं कांग्रेस पार्टी से कहना चाहता हूँ कि भागो नहीं, हार का सामना करके आत्मचिंतन करो। pic.twitter.com/pxeT3Qw8wA
    — Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) May 31, 2024

    On the other hand, BJP national president JP Nadda took to social media platform ‘X’ to denounce Congress’ exit poll boycott, he wrote, “Let no one in Phase 7 waste their vote on them.” Nadda said that the resolution of the ‘largest political party in the opposition’ to skip exit poll debates signifies a clear acknowledgment from the opposition party that it has surrendered the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

    He questioned whether the Congress was suggesting that there existed a large conspiracy involving millions of voters, all aimed at ridiculing the party when the actual results were revealed on June 4th. He remarked that it didn’t suit India’s oldest political party to act like a child whose toy had been taken away. He further added that one would anticipate a certain level of maturity from the largest political party in the opposition.

    Congress’s decision to not participate in Exit Polls, on the eve of Phase 7 polling, is an unequivocal confirmation that the Congress has conceded the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It is not surprising, since the Congress usually opts out when it doesn’t expect results to go in its…
    — Jagat Prakash Nadda (Modi Ka Parivar) (@JPNadda) May 31, 2024

    (Based on inputs from PTI)

  • Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 7: CM Yogi, JP Nadda and AAP’s Raghav Chadha cast vote – The Economic Times Video

    Polling began on Saturday for 57 seats in eight states/UT in the seventh and final phase of India’s mammoth electoral exercise. The 57 seats, including 13 reserved for SCs and three for STs, are in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab (13 each), West Bengal (9), Bihar (8), Odisha (6), Himachal Pradesh (4), Jharkhand (3), and Chandigarh (1). Over 10.06 crore voters – 5.24 crore males, 4.82 crore females, and 3,574 belonging to the third gender – are eligible to head to 1.09 lakh polling stations to choose their preferred candidates from the 908 nominees in the fray. The BJP National President JP Nadda cast his vote at a polling booth in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur. AAP MP Raghav Chadha cast his vote at a polling station in Punjab’s Lakhnaur, and UP CM Yogi Adityanath cast his vote at a polling booth in Gorakhnath, Gorakhpur.