Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Omar Abdullah Among Key Candidates In Phase 5

A total of 49 constituencies across eight states are going to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls today. In the fray this time are 695 candidates, including several political heavyweights from both the ruling BJP and the Opposition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, asserting that any industrialist will think 50 times before investing in states ruled by the party, owing to the "shehzada's use of Maoist language".

Ahead of the Phase 5 polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan have taken to their social media accounts and appealed to the people in Mumbai to vote.

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday.

The challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is maintaining its tally and preventing any significant slippage in this phase.

The police on Saturday registered a case against 30 people and arrested five of them for allegedly manhandling an election official during a cash seizure at the office of a BJP candidate in the city, an official said.