Updated: March 28, 2019 10:08 PM IST 
New Delhi: Disgruntled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha’s entry into the Congress has been delayed after reported tussle within the Bihar Mahagathbandhan over seat sharing. Sinha was scheduled to join the grand old party at 11:30 AM. “Shatrughan Sinha will join Congress in New Delhi on March 28 at 11.30 am … He will be our candidate from Patna Sahib,” chairman for the state Congress election campaign committee Akhilesh Prasad Singh had said reporters.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted BJP’s campaign for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections. He is addressing a rally in Meerut. Later in the day, he will visit Rudrapur in Uttarakhand and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. In 2014 Lok Sabha Elections as well, Modi had begun his election campaign as BJP’s PM candidate from Meerut by addressing a meeting in Shatabdi Nagar.
On the other hand, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi is expected to visit her mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s bastion Rae Bareli today. Her visit to Faizabad has been rescheduled for March 29. She was earlier scheduled to visit the temple town on March 27.
Besides, Samajwadi party may release its manifesto for Lok Sabha polls today. The SP has tied up with the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party, Ajit Singh-led RLD and Nishad Party, Janwadi Party (Socialist) and the Rashtriya Samanta Dal for the forthcoming elections, scheduled to begin from April 11.
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Congress leader Divya Spandana writes to Election Commission of India against social media pages for allegedly "offering free gifts to voters enticing them to support Modi" (file pic) pic.twitter.com/qMqE3a3XUp
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2019
#WATCH Sitapur: Two groups of BSP workers, supporting and opposing, SP-BSP Sitapur in-charge Nakul Dubey, raise slogans against each other. pic.twitter.com/VmxsjhFOuP
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 28, 2019
LS Polls LIVE: Prime Minister Modi did not declare marital status in nomination forms before 2014, said Digvijaya Singh.
LS Polls LIVE: Reacting to the public protest staged by party workers in Dhaurahra, Jitin Prasada of Congress added, “I have worked for 15 years with the people of Dhaurahra, this is a deep and unbreakable relation. Respecting the feeling of the people and workers, I will talk with the leadership and insist.”
LS Polls LIVE: HD Deve Gowda of JD(S) said that the BJP tried to persuade Kumaraswamy to form government with their support. He added, “Before the election they extended huge money for the expenditure of JD(S), they tried to persuade him to meet them in Mumbai where money was kept but Kumaraswamy refused to budge.”
LS Polls LIVE: In Dhaurahra of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress workers stage a demonstration demanding a ticket for Jitin Prasada to contest from the constituency. Prasada said, “I am a disciplined soldier of the party and will do what I am told.”
PM in Akhnoor(J&K): Congress ke naamdaar ke guru jo desh-videsh mein un ke sath rehte hain, Congress ki niti nirdharan karte hain, ve TV media ke saamne aatankiyon aur Pakistan ko clean-chit de rahe hain. Jab guru hi aisa hoga to chele kaise honge, aur chele ke sathi kaise honge? pic.twitter.com/Fn19GEFMk4
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2019
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