That's all for the day, folks! We will be back tomorrow with more updates on the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

May 20, 2019 10:18 PM

May 20, 2019 10:17 PM

BJP in Haryana starts preparations for upcoming assembly election ## BJP in Haryana starts preparations for upcoming assembly election

A day after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls came to an end and most exit polls projected BJP in a comfortable position in Haryana, the saffron party Monday said it has started preparations for the assembly polls in the state, due in October.The state unit of the BJP held a meeting in Rohtak, which was attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state unit chief Subhash Barala.The meeting was also attended by majority of the candidates who fought the Lok Sabha polls which were held in the state in sixth phase of polling on May 12.Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha seats and in 2014, the party had won seven of the eight seats it fought.

May 20, 2019 10:16 PM

Delhi BJP chief demands probe into death of sub-inspector ## Delhi BJP chief demands probe into death of sub-inspector

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Monday demanded a probe into the death of a Delhi police sub-inspector in Vivek Vihar area, saying society has no place for"goondaism and urban naxalism".The 58-year-old sub-inspector Raj Kumar died after he was allegedly assaulted following a quarrel with a suspected criminal in Shahdara's Vivek Vihar area, officials said.Tiwari condoled the death of Kumar and prayed for the bereaved family."....Proper enquiry should be conducted and culprits should be punished as Goondaism & Urban Naxalism should have no place in the society," Tiwari tweeted.Preliminary post-mortem report revealed Kumar died due to cardiac arrest, police said.

May 20, 2019 10:14 PM

May 20, 2019 8:29 PM

NDA attacks Tejashwi for failing to vote ## NDA attacks Tejashwi for failing to vote

The NDA on Monday taunted senior RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav over his failure to cast his vote here on Sunday though other members of his family like mother Rabri Devi, sister Misa Bharti, who is contesting from Pataliputra and brother Tej Pratap Yadav exercised their franchise.BJP spokesman Nikhil Anand scoffed the RJD heir apparent saying he stayed away from voting since no member of family was in the race for the Prime Ministers post and claimed he does not actually accept the leadership of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.JD(U) MLC and spokesman Neeraj Kumar wondered why Yadav kept touring Bihar urging the people to vote in the name of his jailed father Lalu Prasad but himself failed to do the same.

May 20, 2019 8:11 PM

Increase security at counting centre as political opponents plan to manipulate EVMs: AAP to EC ## Increase security at counting centre as political opponents plan to manipulate EVMs: AAP to EC

The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday asked the Election Commission to provide additional security at a counting centre in South Delhi, alleging that political opponents plan to manipulate EVMs ahead of the announcement of poll results on May 23.The letter by AAP's South Delhi candidate and spokesperson Raghav Chadha said that "he has strong reasons to believe that the political adversaries will attempt to open the strong rooms and manipulate or replace the machines as a handful of such incidents have been seen in the past"."Alarming as it may be, this would not be the first time that an attack on the electoral system may take place," he said in the letter to CEC Sunil Arora.

May 20, 2019 8:07 PM

May 20, 2019 6:47 PM

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has called a state core committee meeting later today, at his residence, to take a review of the elections.

May 20, 2019 6:37 PM

NDA leaders to meet on Tuesday ## NDA leaders to meet on Tuesday

Top leaders of the BJP-led NDA will meet over dinner on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah expected to be present, party sources said on Monday.Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Lok Janshakti Party head Ram Vilas Paswan are likely to attend the meeting, which will take place two days before the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on May 23.A meeting of key BJP leaders, including Union Ministers, is also scheduled to be held in the party headquarters before the dinner meeting with allies.

May 20, 2019 5:41 PM

May 20, 2019 5:27 PM

Akhilesh in a huddle with SP leaders after exit poll results ## Akhilesh in a huddle with SP leaders after exit poll results

Forecast of good showing for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh by the Lok Sabha exit polls had its impact on the Samajwadi Party, with its headquarters Monday bereft of any enthusiasm and the party supremo Akhilesh Yadav going into a huddle with senior party leaders.A day after curtains came down on polling, there was silence in the opposition party's office, with Yadav closeted with SP leaders to discuss future strategy after May 23 results of the lower house of Parliament.The SP office here, which is generally abuzz with activities of party workers, was less crowded in the morning with some party supporters seen discussing the future prospects of the party and outcome of its alliance with the BSP and the RLD to keep the saffron party at bay.

May 20, 2019 5:03 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote a blog in which he said, "If the Exit Polls are read along with the 2014 election results, it would be clear that there is a huge maturing of Indian democracy taking place. The electorate keeps national interest paramount before exercising a choice on whom to vote for."

May 20, 2019 4:27 PM

2014 vs 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Here's how the markets fared

Indian markets on Monday opened with their biggest gain since May 16, the counting day of the 2014 general elections.

May 20, 2019 4:06 PM

Amit Shah to host dinner for NDA leaders##Amit Shah to host dinner for NDA leaders

BJP president Amit Shah is expected to host a dinner for the parties allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), reported News18. The Union council of ministers is also likely to meet the same day, it added.

May 20, 2019 3:23 PM

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