Lok Sabha Polls Live Updates: SBI sends electoral bond details to EC; Congress releases second list of 43 candidates

TMC leader Zenith Sangma to contest from the Parliamentary Constituency of Tura seat in Meghalaya, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

#WATCH | Chandigarh: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini says “…I want to thank PM Modi, party president JP Nadda, Union HM Amit Shah, and other senior leaders of the party for giving me this responsibility. We will work for the development of the state. We have asked the Speaker to… pic.twitter.com/gflbS64ZVs

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The State Bank of India (SBI) has sent all electoral bonds data to Election Commission on Tuesday evening, March 12, as per Supreme Court’s order. The top court had warned the country’s largest public sector lender to disclose the details of the electoral bonds encashed by political parties to the Election Commission by the close of the business hours on March 12 and warned that the court may proceed against it for “wilful disobedience” if it failed to comply with its directions and deadlines. Read here

The Congress party has officially unveiled its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections during a press conference held on Tuesday, March 12. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the party’s initial list release on March 8, which featured 39 candidates. Read full story here

Former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar says, “…The 10 seats in the state were won by the BJP. The JJP leaders must have talked to the central leadership…There is nothing official but they (JJP) have decided that they will fight the Lok Sabha seats separately and accordingly the decisions have been made…”

On implementation of CAA, Assam TMC president Ripun Bora says, ” Mamata Banerjee has been fighting against CAA and we are also still fighting against it. CAA is totally anti-constitutional and anti-democratic, it is against the interest of the people of Assam…CAA will completely nullify the Assam accord…it will endanger the security, identity, culture, history and economy of the people of Assam. Therefore we strongly oppose the implementation of CAA in Assam…they (BJP) want polarisation so that they can win the election.”

Congress releases the second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi to contest from Jorhat, Assam. Nakul Nath to contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara. Rahul Kaswa to contest from Rajasthan’s Churu and Vaibhav Gehlot to contest from… pic.twitter.com/oms2aliTqF

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Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal says “In this list, out of the 43 candidates, 10 are General candidates, 13 OBC candidates, 10 SC candidates, 9 ST candidates and 1 Muslim candidate.”

Congress releases second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal says “Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi to contest from Jorhat, Assam. Nakul Nath to contest from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara. Rahul Kaswa to contest from Rajasthan’s Churu. Vaibhav Gehlot to contest from Jalore.

Haryana BJP president Nayab Singh Saini takes oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana, at the Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. Former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar also present. BJP leader Kanwar Pal Gujjar, Moolchand Sharma, Independent MLA Ranjit Singh, Jai Parkash Dalal, Banwari Lal, take oath as minister in the Haryana cabinet.

Haryana BJP president Nayab Singh Saini to take shortly oath as the CM of Haryana

Former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar also present at the oath ceremony in Chandigarh. pic.twitter.com/X9m6LwbRD4

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#WATCH | Haryana BJP president Nayab Singh Saini leaves for Raj Bhawan to take oath as the CM of Haryana. pic.twitter.com/DHhjzh8WOH

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On implementation of CAA, CPI-M leader Brinda Karat, “There are three main issues why we totally oppose it. Firstly, it changes the definition of citizenship and links it to religion which is highly discriminatory. Secondly, we oppose it because of the timing of this announcement. BJP thrives on polarisation and division – it is in the DNA of their politics. The rules of the at are against the character of the Constitution. They have not given powers to the state government. “

Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party president and Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh Saini will take oath as the new chief minister. BJP MLA Subhash Sudha said that Nayab Singh Saini was chosen unanimously as leader of party’s legislature group. Read story here

On CAA implementation, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says, “BJP whenever it commits to something in its manifesto, it has a track record of fulfilling it. It is unfortunate that a bill legislated by Parliament which does not impact anybody today except those being persecuted for religion in three countries -Pakistan, Bangladesh & Afghanistan -is unfortunate that the bill is being made a political football. This is a humanitarian legislation. I appeal to everybody including those in the Muslim community to read the bill. This bill does not prejudice anybody. This type of taking a bill and trying to use falsehood and misinformation to score some political points is shameful…”