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Topic2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha elections 2024 refers to the general elections scheduled to take place starting 19 April in seven phases. The results of these election will give India its next government.

Lok Sabha elections or General Elections are conducted every five years in India. Held across 543 constituencies, Members of Parliament to the lower house are elected through these polls. The party with a majority in the Lok Sabha then forms the government at the Centre, so these elections eventually lead to the election of the Prime Minister and their cabinet.

The Lok Sabha, or the House of the People, is the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament. The upper house is called the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies.

The first Lok Sabha elections were held in 1951 when the Indian National Congress came to power with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister. The last such election was held in 2019, where the Bharatiya Janta Party came to power with an overwhelming majority with Narendra Modi as prime minister. The next elections are scheduled to take place in 7 phases starting 19 April 2024. The Election Commission of India is responsible for conducting these elections.

Just 16% of BJP’s Lok Sabha candidates are women & over half of them are from political families

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BJP has announced candidates for 417 Lok Sabha seats of which 68 are women. The party had fielded 45 women candidates in 2009, 38 in 2014, and 55 in 2019.

After Ayodhya consecration, TV’s Ram looks to end ‘vanvaas’. Homecoming for BJP’s Arun Govil in Meerut

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Govil, who achieved popularity after essaying lead role in teleserial Ramayana, says he changed mind about contesting polls after SC’s Ayodhya verdict. Wants to do social service.

Opposition is fighting to limit Modi, not defeat him. And survive nuclear winter

Shekhar Gupta -
Oppn believes revelations about electoral bonds & idea of BJP’s ‘washing machine’ is a campaign pitch with some oomph. But most Oppn leaders still look at the picture more soberly.

‘Will operationalise NATGRID database & counter-terrorism body NCTC within 1 yr’ — Congress manifesto

Bismee Taskin -
The country’s principal opposition party also signalled that probe agencies would be brought under the oversight of Parliament or the state legislatures.

Helping media ‘rediscover freedom’ — Congress manifesto vows laws, amendments to protect journalists

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Congress says it will repeal or amend several laws that have given govt 'unbridled powers of censorship', promises to restrict powers for surveillance of journalists.

New-look UCC, J&K statehood, immediate removal of Manipur govt — 15 key points in Congress manifesto

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Plagued with defections, party promises to make desertion an automatic disqualification of membership, revive and investigate cases against all corruption accused who joined BJP.

Rs 1 L/yr to poor families, student loan waivers, job creation — economic points in Congress manifesto

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
The manifesto, released Friday, aims at doubling India’s GDP in 10 years. It includes a host of promises to promote ‘work, wealth, and welfare’.

Old Pension Scheme promise, key demand of Priyanka Gandhi, missing from Congress manifesto

Amogh Rohmetra -
Congress leader P Chidambaram says 'OPS very much on our minds', but adds it would be 'premature' to take a stand before report by govt committee reviewing NPS & demand for OPS is released.

Congress manifesto promises scrapping of Agnipath scheme, Parliament oversight for post of NSA

Smruti Deshpande -
In its manifesto released Friday, Congress says it will bring in a new ‘Operational Directive’ to deal with India’s current two-front challenge, if voted to power at the Centre.

BJP or Congress? It’s a choice between plunge into poverty and cautious optimism

Jaithirth Rao -
The economic agendas of I.N.D.I.A/Congress and BJP/NDA present contrasting paths for India. One, as evident in the Congress manifesto, leads to ruin, while the other signals progress.
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