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All five seats in Uttarakhand
were discussed in CEC and the
names could be announced in the
first list of the party.
Former Chief Minister of Mad-
hya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
BJP leader Prahlad Patel, and BJP’s
State President VD Sharma were
also present in the meeting, where
discussions were held regarding the
names of candidates for all 29 seats
in Madhya Pradesh.
Out of 17 seats in Telangana,
candidates for 4-5 seats were dis-
cussed and will get a place in the first
list. Three current MPs, G. Kishan
Reddy, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, and
Arvind Dharmapuri may also get
tickets again.
Even as the lists are being final-
ized, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has reiterated the “400 seats pitch”
during his address to a public event Gathering at the public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Unseen), at Arambagh, in Hooghly, West Bengal, on Friday (ANI)
in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad on Friday
and said that the slogan of ‘400 paar’ which he unveiled multiple devel- bless us”. After the ruling party in Uttar
is being raised because the country opment projects worth over Rs 4900 Assam Chief Minister Himan- Pradesh won eight seats in the Rajya
has faith in “Modi’s guarantee.” crore, the Prime Minister said there ta Biswa Sarma too has expressed Sabha elections, BJP leader Sudhan-
Addressing a public rally in Dhan- is an echo in the entire country that confidence in the BJP-led National shu Trivedi expressed happiness and
bad on Friday, PM Modi said that the BJP-led NDA will get over 400 Democratic Alliance (NDA) cross- said that it was an indication that
only one sound is audible everywhere seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. ing 400 seats in the general elections the party would cross the 400 mark
and that is ‘Ab ki Baar, 400 paar’. “I bow down to the land of Ch- of the Lok Sabha. While addressing in the Lok Sabha elections and win
“The slogan of ‘400 paar’ is being hatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. I also bow a press conference at Basistha in Gu- 80 out of 80 seats in the state. “It is
raised because the country has faith down to Baba Saheb Ambedkar... wahati district on Thursday, CM Sar- a matter of great happiness that all
in Modi’s guarantee... I want to apol- When, 10 years ago, I came to Yavat- ma claimed that the Congress party eight BJP candidates won. This is an
ogize that the ‘pandal’ is too small to- mal for ‘Chai pe Charcha’, you bless- is ‘bound to be history’. He further indication that this time we will cross
day. Only 5 per cent of the people are ed us. The people of India made the claimed that the grand old party’s 400 (in Lok Sabha elections) and win
inside, the rest 95 per cent are out- NDA cross 300. In 2019, we crossed national status will diminish. 80 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh,”
side in the sun,” the Prime Minister 350. Today ahead of the 2024 elec- “Congress is bound to be histo- said Trivedi.
said. He further said that the NDA tion, when I have come to join the ry. Congress will be segregated into But after the cross-voting in the
would win over 400 seats in the Lok festival of development, then only various regional parties. The nation- Rajya Sabha elections, in which the
Sabha polls as the country is relying one voice is echoing in the country, al status of Congress will diminish Bharatiya Janata Party won 10 out of
on Modi’s guarantee. this time over 400,” he said. after this election because the NDA 15 seats in three states, Lok Sabha
The PM hit out at the Congress He said women from all sections is heading to a 400-plus victory,” CM MP Danish Ali on Wednesday said
and its allies saying that they were have come to the programme “to Sarma said. that it is happening for the first time
the enemies of positive development in our country that, on one side, the
in the country. ruling party is saying that they will get
“Congress and its alliance par- 400 seats this time, but on the other
ties are the biggest enemies of devel- hand, they are working to break the
opment... The foundation stone of opposition parties. Danish Ali also
the Electricity power plant of North mentioned that these types of things
Karanpura was laid by former PM are not good for democracy and the
Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the end of country’s politics.
the previous century... After that, the “This is happening for the first
scammer government of Congress time in the politics of the country.
came into power and this project was On one side, the ruling party is say-
shut down... In 2014, I gave a guaran- ing that they will be at 400, but on the
tee of reviving this project. Today, a other hand, they are working to break
no. of houses are lightened because the opposition parties. The ruling
of this power plant” the Prime Min- party has formed a committee, and
ister said. these people are responsible for see-
Earlier, Modi on Wednesday ing who will do cross-voting and who
said that every moment of his life is will break the MLAs of other par-
devoted to the resolve of making In- ties. This is not good for Indian pol-
dia a developed country and the de- itics or Indian democracy,” he said.
velopment work done by his govern- The election 2024 will be a big
ment over the past 10 years has laid Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav joins Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party test for Indian democracy, with two
the foundation for the next 25 years. General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, in Agra (ANI) competing visions in front of the big-
Addressing a gathering here in gest electorate in the world.

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