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  • Kerala Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting Timings, Key Candidates And Phase 2 Polling Constituencies, Counting Date, rahul gandhi shashi tharoor |

    Kerala Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 25.61% of polling was recorded  till 11 am in Kerala’s 20 Lok Sabha seats for the 2024 general election after commencement of voting at 7am on Friday. People began arriving at the state’s over 25,000 polling booths early in the morning to avoid the expected hot weather later in the day. During the election, over 66,000 security personnel were deployed and a webcasting system was used to monitor the process.

    Voting began with a mock poll that included votes for all candidates, including NOTA, listed on an EVM.
    According to the EC’s instructions, at least 50 votes were cast in the mock poll, and actual polling began after the EVMs were cleared. Around 2.77 crore voters will decide the fate of the 194 candidates contesting the state’s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies.

    Will the BJP’s drought in Kerala end? Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sharp attack on the Congress boost turnout after a relatively muted voter enthusiasm last week? These are some of the questions on people’s minds ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.

    Key Candidates In Fray In Kerala Lok Sabha Elections:

    Among the notable candidates contesting in this phase are Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Kerala’s Wayanad, where he faces the CPI’s Annie Raja and state BJP chief K. Surendran, and Congress’ Shashi Tharoor vs BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram.

    Two union ministers, the majority of sitting MPs, a state minister, three actors, and a few MLAs were among the candidates who tried their political luck this time in Kerala, where the CPI(M)-led ruling LDF, the Congress-led UDF, and the BJP-led NDA all ran active and aggressive poll campaigns.

    The BJP is relying on actor Suresh Gopi, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Anil Antony, the son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony, to establish a presence in Kerala, which has never elected a BJP MP. Chandrasekhar faces three-time Congress MP Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram.

  • Shashi Tharoor denies receiving defamation notice sent by BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar ‘Not received…’ – The Economic Times Video

    Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), April 11 (ANI): Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor on April 11 denied receiving any defamation notice sent against him by BJP’s LS Candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Shashi Tharoor said that he hasn’t received the notice yet and when it shows up it will get a suitable reply. He said, “I have not received the notice. God knows which address he sent it to…At some point, it will show up and it will get a suitable reply. It should be pointed out that I at no stage made any specific allegation. I merely said that this is the talk of the town, not just of the town but the coastal belt as well and that people are talking about this practice happening…I’ve heard this from various people, including people of some prominence in the local community…I have an election to fight. If this is the way they or somebody on their behalf wants to do it, all I can say is I’m glad they’re pumping money into Thiruvananthapuram’s economy.

  • LS Polls 2024: ‘Not just an election for me but a mission…’ says Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar – The Economic Times Video

    While speaking on his preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that it’s not just an election for him but a mission. He said that he aims to set Thiruvananthapuram, the constituency from where is contesting from, on a path forward to start gaining benefits of schemes of PM Modi’s governance.He further said, “It’s not just an election for me but a mission where I can put Thiruvananthapuram at a path that it can move forward and starts gaining benefits of schemes of PM Modi’s governance. This election is about the performance of the sitting MP and about which govt has delivered. Opposition parties don’t want to discuss performance, the economy but everything else.”

  • Yediyurappa shows clout as Jagdish Shettar returns to BJP

    Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar returned to the BJP on Thursday, months after quitting BJP. Shettar’s return is seen as an indication of Yediyurappa and son, Karnataka unit president Vijayendra, reestablishing their hold over the party, after the humiliating defeat BJP suffered in the May assembly polls.

    Shettar joined BJP in the presence of Union ministers Bhupender Yadav and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Yediyurappa and Vijayendra. Yediyurappa, also a BJP Parliamentary Board member, said the party had got a boost with Shettar’s return.

    Shettar who kept a low profile in the Congress, resigned from the primary membership of the party and legislative council membership. There was speculation that BJP may field him in one of the seats in the Mumbai-Karnataka region for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.The development seemed to have caught Congress leaders by surprise. Chief minister Siddaramaiah told the media in Virajpet that his party treated the veteran with respect, and Shettar had told him he was not going back to the party which humiliated him. KPCC president DK Shivakumar said Shettar had told him even on Wednesday that he was not going back. Shivakumar later met another former BJP leader, Laxman Savadi and expressed confidence that no other leader would quit the Congress. Savadi clarified that he would not be join BJP. “Shettar made it clear that his resignation was personal, and he is doing politics according to his wishes,” he said.

    Shettar and Savadi had joined Congress when BJP denied them MLA tickets. Shettar lost the Hubli-Dharwad seat, but Savadi won from Athani. The two Lingayat leaders from North Karnataka may have provided Congress a boost in the support from the community during assembly polls.