Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he would be out of the jail if I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power at the Centre in the undergoing Lok Sabha elections. He was addressing AAP councillors in the New Delhi where he emphasised that the recent Supreme Court decision to grant him interim bail is nothing short of a miracle, attributing it to a divine intervention that enabled him to be out for 20 days.

Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party leaders are respected and loved by the people but the BJP fears AAP due to its work. The Delhi chief minister said that he has to go back to jail on 2^nd June.  He told his party councillors he will be watching the election results inside the jail on 4^th June and if the I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power, he promised that he will be back on 5^th June.

Kejriwal recalled after he had been put in jail, the love of his people boosted his morale. He said the ED tried a lot to break AAP many times but the people did not go anywhere. The Delhi CM added his AAP councillors have set an example for other parties.

He said the ED tried their best to break him inside the jail He recalled sometimes they used to insult him and did not even give him insulin for 15 days. He further added that he is a diabetes patient and he had been repeatedly telling the doctor to give him insulin.

The Aam Aadmi Party supremo stated that there were 2 CCTV cameras installed inside his cell in Tihar jail and the feed was monitored by 13 officers. It was said that the CCTV feed was also provided to Prime Minister Office. Kejriwal said this means Modi ji is monitoring him. He went on to say that he did not know what grudge PM Modi has against him.

Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi spoke about a number of constituency-related concerns during a rally in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, today alongside party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. However, during the rally when someone asked Rahul Gandhi, about his marital status, he replied humorously.

Rahul Gandhi responded the question with a smile and said, now he will have to do it soon (Ab jaldi hi karni padegi). The occasion was dominated by serious political conversation, but this reaction brought a lighthearted moment.

Addressing the rally, Rahul Gandhi highlighted his family’s longstanding association with Raebareli. He emphasized the century-old historical connections, pointing out Raebareli’s crucial influence on the development of Indian politics.

During the rally, the Congress MP also made a commitment to farmers, saying, his first job will be to waive off loans of poor farmers if the Congress-INDIA bloc comes to power at the Centre.

On May 3, the Congress declared Rahul Gandhi as a candidate from Rae Bareli and loyalist KL Sharma as a candidate from Amethi, removing Robert Vadra and Priyanka Gandhi from the race.

Meanwhile, before handing the reins to Rahul in 2004, Sonia Gandhi contested and won from Amethi in 1999. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has won Raebareli three times before Sonia Gandhi. In 1952 and 1957, the constituency also elected Indira Gandhi’s husband and Congress leader Feroze Gandhi.

In Wayanad, Kerala, Rahul Gandhi is the current Member of Parliament and is contending for election from Rae Bareli. Rahul was Amethi’s representative from 2004 to 2019. In Rae Bareli, he will take against the three-time MLC BJP MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh.

On May 20, the fifth phase of elections will take place in the Rae Bareli constituency. With 5,34,918 votes, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. With 3,67,740 votes, her nearest opponent, Dinesh Pratap Singh, mounted a strong fight.

Voting for the 4th phase of Lok Sabha elections is undergoing in 96 parliamentary constituencies across 9 states and 1 Union territory on Monday. 62% voter turnout have been recorded till 5pm, with Jammu & Kashmir being the lowest at 75.66 % and West Bengal being highest at 35.75%.

All 175 seats of the state legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the state legislative assembly of Odisha are also witnessing undergoing elections on Monday. Voters are exercising their franchise in all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, 25 in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, 5 in Bihar, 4 in Jharkhand, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, 4 in Odisha, 8 in West Bengal, and 1 in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Election Commission of India said a total of 1,717 candidates from 10 States/UTs are contesting elections in phase 4 of the Lok Sabha elections. According to ECI, a total of 4,264 nominations were filed for 96 parliamentary constituencies all over India.

The electoral fate of many prominent candidates, including Union minister Giriraj Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and  Trinamool Congress leader Mohua Moitra, is going to be decided today as elections takes place in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories in the 4th phase of the general elections.

Similarly, all 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh are witnessing a 3-way battle involving the ruling YSRC, the Congress-led INDIA bloc, and the NDA, which includes the BJP, Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP, and Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena Party (JSP).  28 legislative assembly seats in Odisha are also undergoing elections in this phase.

A total of 1,717 candidates are contesting for the Lok Sabha seats, and more than 19 lakh polling officials have been stationed at 1.92 lakh polling booths to as a total of over 17.70 crore eligible voters, including 8.73 women, in the 4th phase of the Lok Sabha elections.