LS Election 2024 Date: Nearly 97 crore are eligible to vote this time (Representational)
New Delhi:
The Election Commission will announce the schedule of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls this afternoon. In a post on X, the poll body said the dates for the general and some state assembly elections will be announced at 3 pm today.
The tenure of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House will have to be constituted before that. The tenure of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Odisha assemblies will also end in June.
Nearly 97 crore people are eligible to vote in the upcoming polls.
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In the last parliamentary polls, the BJP, seeking a third consecutive term this time, won 303 seats, while the Congress got 52 seats. It could not muster enough numbers to claim the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The upcoming polls are extremely crucial for the Opposition bloc INDIA, fighting to stop the BJP’s run.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 5 Facts About Yusuf Pathan, Trinamool Pick For Bengal Congress Stronghold Baharampur
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1) Born on November 17, 1982, in Baroda, Yusuf Pathan is the elder of the Pathan siblings who have represented India in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
2) In 2007, he debuted in the T20 World Cup final against Pakistan, going on to win the title. He was also part of the squad that won the 2011 World Cup on home soil.
3)Known for big-hitting abilities, Yusuf Pathan won two more IPL titles with Kolkata Knight Riders.
4)Mr Pathan joins the illustrious list of cricketers who have represented India both on the field and in politics. Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammed Azharuddin, Gautam Gambhir, Kirti Azad, and Chetan Chauhan are some of the prominent names from the field of cricket who also tasted success in the political arena.
5) He will be up against a political heavyweight in Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who has been undefeated from Baharampur since 1999.
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1) Born on June 19, 1970 to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi is the grandson of Indira Gandhi, also a former Prime Minister, and the great-grandson of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahul Gandhi was homeschooled after the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
2) Rahul Gandhi entered electoral politics during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from UP’s Amethi seat, then a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family. The high-profile Lok Sabha seat was previously represented by Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and Sanjay Gandhi.
3) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power in 2004. Rahul Gandhi wasn’t a part of the government. He focused on working in the party and was appointed Congress’s general secretary in 2007.
4) Rahul Gandhi was appointed Congress vice president in 2013. The UPA government suffered defeat at the hands of the Narendra Modi-led BJP’s campaign in the 2014 elections. The Congress was reduced to its lowest-ever tally of 44 seats.
5) In 2017, Rahul Gandhi was appointed Congress president, replacing his mother Sonia Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi lost his family stronghold seat of Amethi, but was elected from Wayanad. He resigned from the post of Congress president in view of the party’s dismal performance in the polls.
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1)Apart from his mother, the teachings of Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, an Independence movement activist, politician and writer, also had a deep influence on Amit Shah.
2) Amit Shah’s interest in politics could be gauged from his active participation in the election campaign of Maniben Patel, the daughter of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at the age of 13.A few years later, Mr Shah joined the RSS
3) Amit Shah, who became the secretary of BJP’s Ahmedabad unit in 1989, participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and later in the Ekta Yatra.
4) In 1997, Amit Shah, already the National Treasurer of the BJP’s Yuva Morcha, contested the Sarkhej assembly by-election and won by a margin of 25,000 votes. During his tenure as an MLA, Amit Shah developed close ties with then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, eventually forming one-half of the Modi-Shah juggernaut.
5) In 2014, he took over as the BJP National President and was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2017. In 2019, he entered the Lok Sabha after winning the Gandhinagar seat by a margin of over 5 lakh votes. He became the country’s Home Minister.
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1) Born on September 17, 1950, in Vadnagar town of North Gujarat’s Mehsana district, Narendra Modi lived with his entire family in a single-storey house.
2) As a child, Narendra Modi, was believed to have been inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
3) At the age of 17, Narendra Modi left Vadnagar to travel across India, exploring cultures, and getting to know his country better. In 1972, Narendra Modi went to Ahmedabad and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
4) In 1987, Narendra Modi entered mainstream politics and was made the General Secretary of BJP’s Gujarat unit in a year. In 2001, the party’s high command chose Narendra Modi to replace Keshubhai Patel as the Gujarat chief minister, a post he went on to hold until 2014.
5) In 2014, the BJP came to power at the Centre after a decade of Congress rule, and Narendra Modi, who by then had established himself as a name synonymous with development, was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister.
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