Elections LIVE: Actor Paresh Rawal replaces Advani loyalist from Ahmedabad- East LS seat

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9.02 pm: In what could stoke fresh controversy in BJP after the row over L K Advani’s ticket, the party today replaced his loyalist and sitting MP Harin Pathak with actor Paresh Rawal from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat.

9.00 pm: Five-time MP Haren Pathak, who is close to L K Advani, was denied a BJP ticket: TV reports.

8.40 pm: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will visit Chandigarh on March 29 and will address a rally in support of BJP candidate from city Kirron Kher.

8.33 pm: Hurt by party’s decision to not give Jaswanth Singh Barmer ticket: Sushma Swaraj.

8.00 pm: The ruling BJD in Odisha today denied ticket to eight sitting MLAs including former Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai and two sitting MPs while announcing its candidates for 19 assembly and four Lok Sabha constituencies.

7.57 pm: AAP candidate for Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Anjali Damania has a immovable property worth Rs 3,50,10,000 and liabilities of around Rs 14 lakh.

6.30 pm: NCP leader and Union minister Praful Patel, former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, AAP leader Anjali Damanai and Maharashtra minister Shivajirao Moghe were among those who filed nominations for Lok Sabha polls in Vidarbha region on Saturday.

6.12 pm: Two-time Congress MP and Haryana Chief Minister’s son Deepinder Singh Hooda, who is seeking re-election from Rohtak parliamentary constituency, has declared his assets value, including that of his wife, at over Rs 35 crore.

5.55 pm: An FIR was today lodged against AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and his 40 supporters at Shukul Bazar police station here for violating Model Code of Conduct.

5.50 pm: BJP today alleged that Congress leaders were trying to polarise voters as they are unable to answer questions on the government’s “failure” to address issues of poverty, inflation and corruption.

5.20 pm:

4.35 pm: Mamata Banerjee announces Trinamool Congress manifesto: Full security for minorities is essential, we will work at the grass-root level.

4.19 pm: 

3:08 pm: 

3:00 pm: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will address an election rally at Koroimura in Sipahijala district of Tripura on March 25.

2:45 pm: Safety and security of journalists, implementation of Majithia Wage Board, insurance and pension for journalists are some of the issues the Journalists’ Union of Assam (JUA) wants political parties to include in their election manifestos for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

2:41 pm: A group of pro-AAP fishermen today staged a road blockade here protesting deninal of police permission for setting up the party election office at a particular place.

2:23 pm: After denying ticket to Jaswant Singh from Barmer, BJP on Saturday sought to placate him continued…