Lok Sabha Election 2019 LIVE: Black money has been turned into white with Modi’s help, says Rahul Gandhi

The AMMK's minority youth wing district secretary K Javed Hussain was hacked to death by a three-member gang, police said Wednesday.

He died on the spot, they said. Hussain was attacked when he was on his way to a shop Tuesday night.

The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was misleading the electorate with "hollow claims" of success of various schemes and dubbed him as a "king of advertisement and villain of development".

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said Modi focussed only on "event management" and ignored "nation management", alleging that he behaved "like a propaganda minister instead of prime minister".

He said Modi's promises and claims are like a "mirage" which disappears when seen with the lens of reality.

He alleged that the NDA government's flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched on May 1, 2016 has proved a "failure" and must serve as warning sign to people that Modi cannot and should not be trusted.

The DMK on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to clarify on the suspicious movements of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines to Theni and Erode on Tuesday.

In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu, DMK's Organising Secretary and MP R.S. Bharathi also asked them the purpose of shifting the machines.

According to Bharathi, about 50 EVMs were brought to the office of Thesildar at Theni from Coimbatore without any intimation to the candidates who had contested in the Theni Lok Sabha constituency and in the by-elections for Periakulam and Andipatti Assembly seats.

The Goa government has requested the Election Commission to relax the model code of conduct in South Goa district, where voting for the Lok Sabha polls has concluded, to take up pre-monsoon works.

Goa's Chief Secretary Parimal Rai wrote a letter to the state chief electoral office last Friday, urging that the poll code be relaxed in the South Goa district, where voting took place on April 23.

State Chief Electoral Officer Kunal on Wednesday said they have received the letter and pre-monsoon works are allowed in the South Goa district on a case-to-case basis.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday posed three questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, including why Pakistan's Premier Imran Khan is "endorsing" him, and said he should answer them during his rally at Ramlila Maidan.

"Why didn't the BJP pass an ordinance and stop the sealing? In 2014, Modi promised full statehood for Delhi. Why didn't the BJP grant full statehood? Why Imran Khan is endorsing Narendra Modi?" Kejriwal asked the prime minister while speaking to reporters.

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad's wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Wednesday denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was worse than a "Duryodhan".

Commenting on Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi's description of Modi as "Duryodhan", Rabri Devi said Modi was far worse.

Rabri Devi has been attacking Modi regularly in her election meetings and interactions with the media.

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Wednesday attacked his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, saying the latter is not listening him is and is surrounded by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) men.

"Tejashwi RSS ke dalla ke chakkar mein pad gaye hain (Tejashwi is surrounded by RSS men)", Tej Pratap Yadav said at an election meeting in Jehanabad, where he was campaigning for Chandra Prakash, the candidate of his newly-floated outfit Lalu-Rabri Morcha.

He has been openly campaigning against the official Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate in Jehanabad constituency for last one week.

After a group of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh accused the BJP of "trying to bribe reporters for favourable coverage" to influence the national election, a video has emerged of envelopes being handed out to the media at a press conference held in the mountainous town last week reported NDTV.

In the CCTV clip, BJP legislator Vikram Randhawa is seen handing out envelopes to journalists in the presence of the party's state unit chief Ravinder Raina. NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the video.

The BJP has denied the allegations. The party said the lawmaker was handing out invites to the journalists for Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's rally in the region. It said it will sue the journalists for defamation.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for propagating lies over the past five years, and spreading hatred to conceal falsehood.

"A few days ago a BJP leader had commented on those who make cow dung (pointing at Varun Gandhi, who referred to Samajwadi leaders as those who once used to make cow dungs).

"But the truth is that the woman whose picture was being used for campaigning, was actually using cow dung to make food. BJP has spread hatred to conceal its false propaganda," he tweeted in Hindi.

Sadhus in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday took out a roadshow in support of former Chief Minister and Congress candidate from this Lok Sabha constituency Digvijaya Singh.

Singh also took part in the roadshow which covered Peer Gate and Sankari lanes in old Bhopal.

Namdeo Das Tyagi alias Computer Baba, who was leading the group, said that sadhus from across the country have come to ensure Singh's victory in the elections to be held here on May 12.

Delhi HC dismisses a PIL seeking direction to restrain Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi CM from making full statehood promises to Delhi as an electoral promise & advertising about it. Petition filed by one Anil Dutt Sharma stated that it is a false agenda of the party.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Across India, it’s not just young people who are coming out in large numbers to vote for NYAY; older more experienced voters too have understood how powerful the idea is. Modi Ji, your time is up. The time for change has come.”

Supreme Court refuses to pass any order on the petition filed by Congress MP, Sushmita Dev, seeking direction to the Election Commission to take appropriate action against PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for their alleged hate speeches.

SC asks Election Commission to examine by tomorrow the plea of former BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav against rejection of his nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Samajwadi Party had fielded Tej Bahadur as its candidate against PM Modi from the constituency.

A young man from Amethi has sent a letter written in blood to the Election Commission seeking a directive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abstain from making objectionable comments that hurt the sentiments of the people.

Manoj Kashyap of Shahgarh in Amethi has written that he was 'traumatised' by the statements of the Prime Minister against late Rajiv Gandhi.

He has written that the former Prime Minister lowered the voting age to 18 years, implemented the Panchayati Raj system and brought in the computer revolution in the country.

"Former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee had also praised Rajiv Gandhi in an article," he pointed out.

I feel that the person that people here have chosen- that Narendra Modi is actually the modern incarnation of Aurangzeb, said Sanjay Nirupam, Congress, in Varanasi

Polls held on 11th April at 168 polling stations of the Tripura West Parliamentary constituency declared void. Re-polls to be held on 12th May from 7 am to 5 pm, said Election Commission of India