Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress on Monday introduced two more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with occasion chief Abhay Kashinath Patil being nominated to contest against Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar in Maharashtra’s Akola constituency.
Patil might be contesting against Anup Dhotre, the son of sitting BJP MP Sanjay Dhotre. He, serving as the final secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, is also called an orthopaedic surgeon.
The occasion has additionally given the ticket to Kadiyam Kavya, who not too long ago joined the Congress from Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), to contest from Warangal, Telangana.
Ambedkar’s VBA had engaged in discussions with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for a number of months relating to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. However, earlier this week, Ambedkar introduced eight candidates from the VBA, indicating his waning curiosity in forming an alliance with the three-party coalition.
Lok Sabha elections 2024
The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s largest election train, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to happen on June 4 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a bid for a 3rd consecutive time period in workplace.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated over 97 crore voters – 49.7 crore males and 47.1 crore females – had been eligible to solid their vote in the polling course of unfold over 44 days and throughout 10.5 lakh polling cubicles. The elections will start on April 19 adopted by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.
