Lok Sabha Elections 2019 updates: Anti-BJP front gains momentum, Naidu meets Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, May 19: Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow, continuing his efforts to put together a coalition to form the next government at the Centre. He reached Lucknow after meetings in New Delhi with Congress president Rahul Gandhi, CPI leaders G Sudhakar Reddy and D Raja, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and LJD leader Sharad Yadav. The Telugu Desam Party chief has already held several rounds of discussions with various opposition leaders, including TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day visit to Uttarakhand today with a visit to Kedarnath shrine. The prime minister is also expected to offer prayers at Badrinath tomorrow before returning to Delhi in the afternoon. The prime minister's visit to the holy shrine came a day before the last phase of the marathon Lok Sabha elections.
Fifty nine parliamentary constituencies, including Varanasi, will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections and the results will be announced four days later, on May 23.
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Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu leaves 10 Janpath after a meeting with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi pic.twitter.com/84ydrkvDYL
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Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu meets CPI (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury pic.twitter.com/hg7adxx3Ok
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Rabri Devi on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's statement on BJP Candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Thakur: Sarkar se alag ho jana chahiye tha, Itni taqleef hai Pragya Thakur se to istifa de ke alag hojana chahiye unko. pic.twitter.com/u2sIp5ihjW
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West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Sunil Arora, states, "ensure that Lok Sabha election in the state is completed peacefully, impartially &without any undue interference of the central govt and without any intervention by the ruling party at the centre."(file pic) pic.twitter.com/6Bwi4iBE5S
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Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu meets BSP Chief Mayawati in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/MQ5xlNUW4R
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Himachal Pradesh: 102-yr old Shyam Saran Negi from Kalpa, who cast the first vote in the 1951 general elections, is all set to vote again in #LokSabhaElections2019 tomorrow. DC Kinnaur says,"We will bring him to the polling booth with full respect&help him exercise his franchise" pic.twitter.com/VSd7qTKM0A
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi meditates at a holy cave near Kedarnath Shrine in Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/KbiDTqtwwE
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