Amit Shah Files Nomination from Gandhinagar; 43% Voter Turnout in J&K – 2024 Lok Sabha Election LIVE Updates

In India, voting is being held today for the first phase of the vital Lok Sabha Elections in 2024. Among the more than 1,600 candidates are eight Union ministers, two former Chief Ministers, and one ex-governor. The first round of the elections, which will be held in seven phases, is being contested by as many as 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union territories. Voting will run until 6 p.m. on Saturday.

In 1.87 lakh polling places, the Election Commission has assigned more than 18 lakh poll workers, and over 16.63 crore people would exercise their right to vote there. Of the 16,63 voters, 8,4 crore are males, 8.23 crore are women, and 11,371 belong to the third gender.

Furthermore, voting will take place in the state elections of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim for 92 Assembly seats.

Voter turnout for the Lok Sabha Election of 2024 up to 1 PM was 43.11%.

Also Read: Mamata Banerjee: “I formed an INDIA alliance in Bengal; don’t waste your vote on Congress.”

J&K Lok Sabha Election 2024: Live Results Show 43% of voters participated up until 1 p.m.

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Mamata Banerjee: “I formed an INDIA alliance in Bengal; don’t waste your vote on Congress.”

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that the opposition front in the state has disintegrated and criticized the CPI (M) and Congress, the opposition bloc’s INDIA partners, for “joining hands with the BJP” in West Bengal on Thursday.

Additionally, the Chief Minister asked voters not to support the Congress and the CPI (M). She was speaking at a Murshidabad polling campaign event.

“In West Bengal, there is no INDIA alliance. I was a major player in the opposition alliance INDIA’s inception. I even came up with the alliance’s name. However, the CPI (M) and Congress in West Bengal are BJP employees, according to Mamata Banerjee.

“Don’t cast your vote in favour of the Congress and the CPI (M) if you are hoping to defeat the BJP,” she stated.

In defiance of the Congress leadership’s attempts to broker a seat-sharing arrangement, Mamata Banerjee declared earlier in January that her party will run alone in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha.

Also Read: Arvind Kejriwal Petitions Delhi Court for Insulin in Tihar Jail, Hearing in Progress

Mamata Banerjee declared that the violence in the Murshidabad area was “pre-planned” and accused the BJP of encouraging violence during the state’s Ram Navami celebrations.

However, the BJP retaliated against Mamata Banerjee, claiming that she ought to answer for her failure to shield Bengali Hindus and that she was accountable for the violence that occurred during the Ram Navami celebrations in the district of Murshidabad.

Arvind Kejriwal Petitions Delhi Court for Insulin in Tihar Jail, Hearing in Progress

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, filed a petition in Rouse Avenue Court on Friday requesting that insulin be supplied to the inmates of Tihar jail. At 2:00 PM, the court began hearing Arvind Kejriwal’s petition. Arvind Kejriwal has asked for permission to see his doctor every day for fifteen minutes via video conference to discuss his acute diabetes and unstable blood sugar levels. According to Live Law, he also wants to let his wife participate in and stay at the video conference. The chief minister of Delhi claimed that since being placed in judicial custody, his blood sugar levels have been dangerously fluctuating because of acute diabetes, which puts his health at serious risk.

This development coincides with Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s request on Thursday for the director general of prisons to deliver a factual report about the AAP’s claims that Arvind Kejriwal was not receiving insulin while incarcerated in Tihar. The Delhi cabinet minister, Atishi, who was denied home-cooked meals and insulin while in jail, claimed there was a plan to kill the chief minister, who was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the excise policy case. The charge was denied by the prison administration. This led to the L-G’s order.

“Shri VK Saxena @LtGovDelhi has expressed grave concern over reports based on statements by ministers and AAP leaders alleging non-provision of insulin to Hon’ble CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail, and purported “conspiracies” against him,” the Raj Niwas stated. “DG Prisons has been asked by Shri Saxena to deliver an accurate and comprehensive report on the matter in a day.

Also read: Arvind Kejriwal requests that insulin be provided to inmates in Delhi court; hearing today: AAP

Raj Niwas stated in a series of posts on X that “LG has guaranteed that no laxity with regards to CM’s health will be tolerated, even though prisons are a transferred subject that comes directly and entirely under the AAP Govt.” During a news conference, Atishi asserted that the chief minister’s demands for insulin had been turned down by the Tihar jail administration and that the ED and prison authorities were resisting his efforts to set up a video call with his physician.