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Lok Sabha Election 2024: PM Modi (L) will hold rallies in Bihar and Bengal today, while Akhilesh Yadav (R) has yet not started campaigning in western UP amid constant changes in SP’s candidates list.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Seats where SP has changed candidates are Moradabad, Rampur, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Gautam Budh Nagar (candidate changed twice) and Badaun.
Election 2024 News LIVE: As the political heat rises with first phase of Lok Sabha polls around the corner, the Samajwadi Party seems to be revamping its game. The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has now changed its Baghpat candidate. Around 10 Uttar Pradesh candidates have been changed by SP so far, including in Meerut where BJP has fielded ‘face of Lord Ram’ — Arun Govil. The party has been making changes ever since its main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party, announced their candidates.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam has removed ‘A Congressman’ from his X (formerly Twitter) bio, hours after he was expelled from the party for six years for indiscipline and making anti-party statements.
Here Are Other Election-related Updates
• Today (April 4) is the last day of nominations for phase two polling. And in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party is struggling to finalise its candidates. Rumours suggest that the tussle is still on in Meerut and the Akhilesh Yadav-led party may change its candidate again on the seat at the last moment.
• Badaun seat is also under lens as Akhilesh’s uncle Shivpal Yadav wants his son to contest instead of him. Earlier, Moradabad and Rampur seats saw drama.
• Amid continued changing of candidates, SP chief Akhilesh is yet to begin campaign in western Uttar Pradesh, even as just two weeks are left for last day of canvassing.
• Seats where SP has changed candidates: Moradabad, Rampur, Baghpat, Meerut, Bijnor, Gautam Budh Nagar (candidate changed twice) and Badaun.
• Bihar’s former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, meanwhile, hit out the BJP for campaigning in four state seats where the saffron party has fielded “100% dynastic candidates”.
प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी आज बिहार में प्रथम चरण की सीटों का प्रचार करने आएंगे। चारों सीटों पर विशुद्ध % परिवारवादी उम्मीदवार है इनमें से दो कथित क्षेत्रीय परिवारवादी पार्टियों के तथा दो उम्मीदवार देश की सबसे बड़ी परिवारवादी एवं वंशवादी नेताओं से भरी पड़ी पार्टी के है।…— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) April 4, 2024
• Yadav’s attack comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to trailblaze the NDA’s Lok Sabha poll campaign in Bihar on Thursday (April 4). The PM and his party has often slammed the Opposition for promoting dynastic politics.