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The Congress party announced a fresh list of candidates for the Lok Sabha as well as Assembly elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chennai for a massive roadshow at Panagal Park. The roadshow will end at Eldams Road. Mr. Modi will be introducing the South Chennai, North Chennai and Central Chennai Lok Sabha candidates. South Chennai LS candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan, BJP chief K. Annamalai are seen along with the Prime Minister in the vehicle.
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Standing atop a decorated car, the Prime Minister waved at his supporters who lined up on either side of the road and he also carried a small cutout of the BJP’s symbol, the Lotus.
Eager supporters showered flower petals on Modi even as the people raised chants hailing him.
Read today’s editorial on political parties and their manifestosThe Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on April 9 announced its seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha polls with the Shiv Sena (UBT) getting the major chunk of 21 seats, while the Congress will contest 17 seats and the NCP (SP) 10. The Congress gave up its claim on the contentious Sangli and Bhiwandi seats, which will now be contested by the Sena (UBT) and the NCP (SP), respectively.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of making several attempts to stall the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and of insulting Lord Ram by rejecting the invitation for the ‘ pran pratistha’ ceremony. Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, Mr. Modi also said that the Congress is immersed in the swamp of appeasement and can never come out of it. Meanwhile, Former Union Minister Birender Singh along with his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata on April 9 joined the Congress in Delhi. Mr. Singh, who was the Union Steel Minister in the Modi Government, and his wife resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 8.
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