ADVERTISEMENT
India Political highlights | 'BJP govt wants to kill Delhi CM; he is not getting insulin in jail,' says Sunita Kejriwal at I.N.D.I.A. bloc rally in Ranchi This blog is closed now. Thank you for joining us. These were the highlights on Sunday, April 21. In a joint show of strength, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc held a poll rally at 'Ulgulan (uprising) Nyay rally' in Jharkhand's Ranchi where jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal accused the BJP-led central government of denying insulin to her husband alleging that it wants to kill him. Opposition leaders like Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also attack the BJP at the rally. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was not be able to attend as he 'took ill suddenly. Meanwhile, Narendra Modi held a poll rally in Rajasthan's Jalore where he accused the Congress of being corrupt. In Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath and Congress leader and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi addressed a poll rally. Track latest political updates from all across India, only with DH tomorrow.
DH Web Desk
Last Updated IST
<div class="paragraphs"><p>ailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and jailed former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren during I.N.D.I.A. bloc's 'Ulgulan Nyay Maharally' in Ranchi, Sunday.</p></div>

ailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and jailed former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren during I.N.D.I.A. bloc's 'Ulgulan Nyay Maharally' in Ranchi, Sunday.

Credit: PTI Photo

Posters of I.N.D.I.A. leaders put up at Rally Ground in Ranchi ahead of the mega rally of I.N.D.I.A. bloc

How can Chandrababu Naidu alliance with the BJP without demanding to stop the privatisation of the steel plant: Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Botcha Satyanarayana says

"After winning this election (2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election) Jagan Mohan Reddy will take oath as CM in Visakhapatnam. He will make Vizag the capital and improve all infrastructural facilities to make Vizag a hub of all activities... Chandrababu Naidu has an alliance with the BJP. How can he alliance with the BJP without demanding to stop the privatisation of the steel plant?..."

ADVERTISEMENT

BJP and our alliance party will win 14 out of 14 seats in Assam: Assam Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah

AAP welcomes Cong's decision to support its candidates in Delhi mayoral polls

The AAP on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Congress to support its candidates in the upcoming Delhi mayoral polls.

Addressing a press conference here, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and the party's Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in-charge Durgesh Pathak expressed confidence that the AAP-Congress alliance will win the April 26 polls by a huge margin.

"We welcome this move (of the Congress). Together, we will fight against dictatorship and a corrupt government. The AAP and the Congress will together contest the MCD election and win the polls by a huge margin," Pathak said.

Lok Sabha polls: Case registered against SP MLA from Baheri

A case was registered against Samajwadi Party MLA from Baheri, Attaur Rahman, on Saturday for making false allegations and hurling abuses on BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bareilly, Chhatrapal Gangwar, and his nephew, police said.

Circle Officer (CO) Pankaj Srivastava said that acting on the complaint of Jitendra Kumar, a resident of Devarniya police station area, a case under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence. language etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) and 500 (punishment for defamation) was registered against Baheri MLA Attaur Rahman in the Kotwali police station on Saturday evening on the orders of the Senior Superintendent of Police.

Christians in Kerala fed up with lies of LDF, UDF: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Christians in Kerala have become fed up with the "lies" of the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF while asserting that the trust of the community in the BJP has grown stronger.

Modi asserted that members of the community have been supporting the BJP in many places, including Goa and the northeast states.

In an interview to Asianet News ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in all 20 seats of Kerala on April 26, Modi said the trust of the Christian community in the BJP has grown stronger and the party will continue to do everything possible for their welfare.

Fadnavis told me in 2019 he will groom Aaditya as next CM and will move to Delhi: Uddhav

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed the then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had told him in 2019 that he would groom his son Aaditya Thackeray as the next CM of Maharashtra as part of the power-sharing agreement between the two parties.

Thackeray also said Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, had told him that he would move to the Centre in the next two to three years.

Addressing a rally in Dharavi, Thackeray claimed the then BJP chief Amit Shah had come to Matoshree, the private residence of the Thackerays, to seek an alliance with Shiv Sena (undivided).

ED arrests retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja in liquor 'scam' linked money laundering case: Officials

Here is what AAP leader Sanjay Singh said on INDIA bloc's 'Ulgulan Nyay Rally' planned today in Ranchi

"This rally is to save Constitution, democracy. We need to unite to get rid of this government. They've put a 3-time CM in jail. He is struggling to get insulin. They've put an incumbent CM of Jharkhand in jail. We are uniting in Ranchi on the land of Vir Birsa Munda to remove this government."

(Source: PTI)

Former Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) leader & Katihar MP Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser joins RJD in the presence of former Bihar deputy CM & RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

CAA will be repealed when I.N.D.I.A. bloc comes to power: P Chidambaram

Grave erosion of freedom of speech and expression under 10 year Modi rule; have to restore democracy: P Chidambaram

Big democratic festival is on, it is country's confidence that it will mark new journey for our future: PM Modi

I.N.D.I.A. bloc will win all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and one seat in Pondicherry: P Chidambaram in Kerala

Central Election Committee meeting of Congress commences in Delhi. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Sonia Gandhi are chairing the meeting.

When Congress claims that they favour people, I want to remind people about the condition of Bihar before 2005. People would not go out in night. There were no roads, health facilities. Girls would not study: Nitish Kumar

Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya 'confident' of BJP winning 8 seats of the first phase with a big margin

The voting percentage of the opposition has decreased, the voting percentage of BJP has increased. We are winning 8 seats of the first phase with a big margin...We are confident that we will win all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2024 and the slogan of '400 paar' in the country will be implemented on the ground

We want to save the Constitution. We want to save secularism and take the country forward: J&K National Conference president Farooq Abdullah

People of Delhi have sent insulin for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: Atishi

“People of Delhi have sent insulin for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. He has been a diabetic patient for the last 30 years and today his sugar level has reached 300. Doctors will tell you that without insulin this cannot be controlled and if the Tihar jail administration denies providing insulin then Arvind Kejriwal’s life is in danger. Who will be responsible for this?”

BJP MLA Basanagouda R Patil holds a door-to-door campaign in Kalaburagi

Congress is a synonym for scam, terrorism and Naxalism: Yogi Adityanath at election rally in Chhattisgarh

Rahul Gandhi to skip Opposition rally in Ranchi today

Shri Rahul Gandhi was all set to campaign today in Satna and Ranchi where the I.N.D.I.A. rally is being held. He took ill suddenly and is unable to leave New Delhi for the present. Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge ji is of course attending the Ranchi rally after addressing a public gathering in Satna.

Despite Bengal having a woman chief minister, incidents like Sandeshkhali happen: Rajnath Singh tells rally at Murshidabad

Here’s what BSP chief Mayawati said while addressing a public gathering in UP's Amroha.

BSP supremo Mayawati.

Credit: PTI File Photo

“Witnessing this huge gathering, I am quite confident that you all will make our candidate win with a good number of votes from Amroha seat, like the last time. Since independence, Congress had the government in various states. However, due to their wrong policies, they had to leave power. The same situation is of BJP and its allied parties.”

Lawlessness prevailing in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee dispensation: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Murshidabad rally

Nomination form of Cong Surat LS seat candidate rejected after his proposers say signatures on papers not theirs: Returning Officer

Congress did not leave any opportunity to loot Chhattisgarh when it was in power in the state: Yogi Adityanath

PM Modi ended politics of nepotism, casteism, appeasement, and worked for development of every section of society: Amit Shah in Bihar

AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Sunita Kejriwal arrive in Ranchi for Opposition rally

Cong made women of Rajathan suffer for basic things like gas, electricity, says PM at Jalore

There many seats in which I.N.D.I.A. partners are fighting each other: Modi

The PM further said that if the Oppn fights amongst each other before the polls, the situation will worsen after results are declared.

I am like you. When I was growing up, I too did not have gas, electricity: PM Modi in BJP's Jalore election meet

Congress hollowed the country by spreading the termite of 'parivaarwad' and corruption: Modi in Rajasthan

"You sent Former PM Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. But did you see him in the state again? Another leader from the party has gone to Rajya Sabha from the state now. Those who can't fight and win elections have come to Rajasthan this time. Congress hollowed the country by spreading the termite of 'parivaarwad' and corruption. The youth of the country is so angry with Congress that it doesn't want to see their face again."

PM Modi urges people to tell their family there their son is sitting in Delhi who will ensure that they get a free house soon. "This is Modi's guarantee. I am a son for older citizens. It is my responsibility to help."

Rajasthan has punished Congress in first phase of polls, the state knows that Congress can never make a strong India: PM Modi at Jalore rally

Credit: X/@narendramodi

Previous Congress government in Rajasthan was corrupt. Congress never wanted the people here and farmers to get water: PM Modi

When I was the CM, I had to sit on a hunger strike to ensure we get water in Gujarat. I am happy that today Narmada water is reaching over 1.5 thousand villages: PM Modi in Rajasthan

Congress is responsible for its present condition, it deprived people of small things like toilets, electricity, water, bank accounts: Modi

Democracy will end if Modi, Shah come back to power: Congress chief Kharge

Addressing a poll rally in MP's Satna, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that Democracy will end in the country if Modi, Shah come back to power

You get riot, atrocity, injustice, poverty and starvation if you go with RJD-Congress: Amit Shah tells Bihar voters

Addressing a public rally in Bihar's Katihar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Katiharwalo, If you go with Lalu Prasad Yadav's lamp (party symbol) and Congress' palm (party symbol), then riot, atrocity, injustice, poverty and starvation will be received; if you come with NDA, with the symbol of lotus and arrow, then PM Modi and Nitish Kumar's double engine government will take forward Bihar and bring happiness."

People died of hunger during Congress govt: UP CM Yogi in Chhattisgarh 

Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh's Korba, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said, "During Congress government, people died of hunger, farmers committed suicide, the youth migrated, daughters and businessmen were unsafe, terrorists could infiltrate into the country and would explode bombs anywhere. But today, even if a firecracker burst, Pakistan starts giving explanations that it wasn't involved because it knows if it is found involved in any attack, the forces of New India will infiltrate into its territory and attack."

Watch | Ahead of mega rally, AAP leaders meet JMM leaders in Ranchi 

Top I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders speak at the 'Ulgulan Nyay' rally in Ranchi

'They want to kill Delhi's CM': Sunita Kejriwal

Speaking at I.N.D.I.A. poll rally in Delhi CM's wife Sunita Kejriwal said, "Arvind Kejriwal has no desire for power. He just wants to serve the nation. He wants to make the country no.1... Many people say that this is difficult. 'Jail ke taale tutenge, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren chhutenge...'... Politics is a very dirty thing."

"There is a camera on his food. Every morsel is being monitored... He is a sugar patient and he ha has been taking 50 units of insulin every day for the last 12 years. But he is not being given insulin in jail. They want to kill Delhi's CM. They cannot understand Arvind Kejriwal's thoughts... He is very brave. He is a lion... He is worried about 'Bharat Mata' even in jail...," she said.

PM Modi is afraid of I.N.D.I.A. alliance: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

Addressing I.N.D.I.A. bloc's Ulgulan Nyay rally in Ranchi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "He (PM Modi) is afraid of INDIA alliance. They (BJP-led NDA) are raising the slogan of '400 paar'. However, PM Modi's '400 paar' film flopped on day 1 of the (Lok Sabha) polls."

Here's what Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said at I.N.D.I.A bloc rally in Ranchi 

"They (BJP-led NDA) have finished someone's party, snatch someone's symbol, freeze someone's accounts, and buy someone's MPs and MLAs. This is their only job. However, you (people) shouldn't fall for their 'jumle' and vote for INDIA alliance's candidates (in Lok Sabha polls),"

PM Modi addresses a poll rally in Rajasthan's Banswara

Here is what SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said at I.N.D.I.A bloc rally in Ranchi 

"I can vouch for this that they (BJP-led NDA) are afraid. They have lost the (Lok Sabha) elections, and that's why they are doing 'anyay' (injustice)."

Watch | I.N.D.I.A. bloc's rally in Jharkhand's Ranchi concludes.