Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Friday, released the party’s ‘Paanch Nyay’ manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Releasing the manifesto, the party said that it will conduct a nationwide caste census to “identify the castes and sub-castes and their socio-economic conditions.”

The party also said that it will work for the upliftment of weaker sections of society with its ‘Paanch Nyay and Twenty-Five Guarantee’ focus.

The facility of home voting for senior citizens above the age of 85 and for people with over 40 per cent disability, that was announced by the Election Commission of India, was provided on 12 seats for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan from Friday.

Polling parties began reaching residences of voters who opted for home voting.

Even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has not fielded any candidate from Uttar Pradesh, its Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh will campaign extensively for the INDIA bloc candidates. “I have spent the past six months in jail but this has only strengthened our resolve. We will take this message to the entire country that it is only AAP which has preferred to go to jail rather than compromise in its fight against BJP,” he told IANS on Friday.

Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of incarcerated Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday read out his message, directed at AAP legislators and representatives, asking them to visit their localities and address all problems of Delhiites. In a brief video address via social media handles, Sunita Kejriwal expressed the Delhi CM’s concerns for the welfare and well-being of the city’s residents and read out his message for the AAP MLAs.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat where he is seeking re-election. He was accompanied by his sister Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and a host of party leaders.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Wayanad on Wednesday to file his nomination. He was accompanied by his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. After arriving at the Kannur airport, the two flew to Wayanad in a helicopter and were received by a crowd of supporters.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued transfer orders for District Magistrates (DM), Superintendents of Police (SP), and DIG/IG rank officers in five states.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination in Wayanad on Wednesday from where he is seeking re-election. Before filing the papers, he will take part in a roadshow in the constituency. And after the process is complete, he will return to Delhi on the same day.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh after the Enforcement Directorate granted a concession in the money laundering case related to the Delhi Liquor Policy case.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail no-2, spent his first night restless in the cell, sources said on Tuesday. Jail No. 2 is under constant heavy guard by security personnel, with Quick Response Teams (QRT) ready to intervene if necessary and 650 CCTV cameras are installed to keep a watch on prisoners.