Politics

Elections to 543 Lok Sabha constituencies will be held in seven phases, but the total of seats in all phases is 544

An old video of late BJP leader Arun Jaitley explaining how electoral bonds provided transparency and a clean political financing tool has gone viral on the internet.

Anuradha Paudwal stated that BJP will decide if she should be running in Lok Sabha poll after her induction into the party.

Asaduddin Owaisi had also submitted a petition against CAA in the Supreme Curt in 2019.

India categorically asserted that it is time for the UN body to acknowledge the prevalence of religiophobia beyond Abrahamic faiths

It was reported in January 2023 that Santiago Martin’s son-in-law Aadhav Arjuna was roped in by the DMK as the chief election strategist of the party in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

It is worth noting that Kejriwal has been calling the persecuted minorities from the three Islamic nations as "Pakistanis" in an attempt to establish a narrative against the oppressed Hindus, implying that these refugees are from an 'enemy nation'.

After the US expressed concerns over the CAA, MEA said that those who have a "limited understanding of India's pluralistic traditions" should not make "misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted" comments

It is important to note here that Congress stands as the third-biggest beneficiary of the electoral bonds after BJP and TMC as per the data revealed by the Election Commission of India. Congress has been ruling three states in the country, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana at present.

Coincidentally, TMC Minister Anubrata Mondal had himself won ₹1 crore lottery in December 2021. CBI's probe into the matter revealed that he won ₹10 lakhs from another lottery in 2019 as well.