Lok Sabha Election 2019 campaign, March 28: As it happened

LS polls 2019: Congress releases list of 31 candidates

Amit Shah to file nomination for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat on March 30. Rajnath, Gadkari, Uddhav, Badal, others may attend a grand procession/ road show on this occasion.

The crowdfunding campaign of former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, contesting as the CPI candidate from the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, appears to have become a hit.

In just two days, Kanhaiya Kumar has raised over Rs 25 lakh, CPI leader Satyanarayan Singh said on Thursday. 

The Kerala unit of the BJP on Thursday made it clear that one of its Lok Sabha election campaigns will be the Sabarimala issue.

State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai said in a statement that if the Central government has the powers to bring out new laws to protect the sanctity of Sabarimala temple, then the BJP will do its best to see that it happens.

BJP President Amit Shah's rally in Jorhat, Assam drew a massive response. BJP President tweeted, "Great enthusiasm at a Public meeting in Kaliabor (Assam). Congress and AIUDF have ‘unholy nexus' in Assam. Congress is indulging in vote-bank politics and can not work for the development of the state. People of Assam are all set to bless NDA alliance in the Lok Sabha election.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to contest on all 26 LS seats in Gujarat

Samajwadi Party releases another list of candidates.

Nasir Qureshi to contest from Moradabad,

Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar from Bareily

Pooja Pal from Unnao

Shyam Sunder Yadav from Jhansi

Nathuni Prasad Kushwaha from Kushinagar. 

Shatrughan Sinha is not joining Congress Party today. The MP from Patna Sahib met Congress President today in New Delhi after which it was decided that Patna Sahib BJP MP would be formally inducted in Congress on April 6. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Rudrapur now. PM Modi mentions Gurunank Dev. "Congress is defaming and discrediting our armed forces", PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on SP, RLD and the BSP for forging an unholy alliance. Calling it a deadly cocktail, PM Modi said (sharab = SP + Rashtriya Lok Dal + BSP) will destroy you all. 

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it will hold by-elections on vacant assembly seats of Tiruparankundram, Ottapidaram and Aravakurichi in Tamil Nadu within a reasonable time.

Sitting MP from Punjab Harinder Singh Khalsa, suspended from AAP, joins BJP. 

Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala thinks Prime Minister Modi will join cinema industry after the Lok Sabha elections 2019 are over. Surjewala called PM Modi’s assurance as “Dhong, drama and nautanki.”

Surjewala said, “PM Modi had promised sugarcane farmers of paying their due amount but he did not mention it in the Meerut rally.

There is no confusion as far as Shatrughan Sinha's entry into Congress is concerned, talks are on and an announcement will be made after 2 PM, senior Congress leader RK Anand has said. 

Kya humein saboot chahiye ya sapoot chahiye?, asks PM Modi. Mere desh ke sapoot hi mere desh ke sabse bada saboot hai. Jo saboot maangte hain woh sapoot ko lalkaarte hain, he says. 

You must have seen how the opposition ignored feat of India as a space superpower yesterday, says Modi in Meerut

Nobody can scare away your chowkidaar, says PM Modi in Meerut 

You all know I am a chowkidaar, and a chowkidaar never does injustice. Hisaab hoga, sabka hoga, baari baari se hoga: PM Modi in Meerut

I will give account of my work, and will simultaneously seek others' account too: PM Modi in Meerut

Five years ago, when I sought your blessings, you gave me a lot of love. I had said that I will return the blessings & the love with interest, & I had also said that I will give account of the work that I have done: PM Modi 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Rebel BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha is all set to join the Congress Party today. Sinha’s move comes in response to BJP fielding Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat. Shatrughan Sinha is a sitting MP from Patna Sahib.

UP Chief Minister is addressing the people in Meerut. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will drum up support for the BJP in Meerut today.

Catch PM Modi address people in Meerut, Live

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is in Meerut where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a rally shortly. BJP leaders Laxmikant Bajpai, MLA Sangeet Som, MLC Sarojini Agarwal, Aswani Tyagi and some other leaders are already on stage.