PM Narendra Modi will address two election rallies in Jharkhand’s Palamu and Gumla on May 4. He was greeted by a huge crowd at a mega roadshow in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi on Friday night.
Raj Thackeray will hold a rally to canvas votes for Union Minister Narayan Rane, who is contesting from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat, on Saturday.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray continues to get a steady stream of BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leaders visiting him for support in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls despite his party not being an active player in the political theatre currently. Earlier this week, following the announcement of their candidature, Chief Minister Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde, who is contesting from Kalyan, and Naresh Mhaske, who has been fielded from Thane, met the MNS supremo at his Shivaji Park residence.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his papers from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli constituency, barely an hour before nominations closed for the Lok Sabha seat on May 3.
Mr. Gandhi — accompanied by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, his mother Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, brother-in-law Robert Vadra, and party general secretary K.C. Venugopal — filed his nomination for the seat, describing it as an “emotional” moment. His mother Ms. Gandhi had held the seat till February, when she resigned after winning a Rajya Sabha election from Rajasthan.
