Congress announced a list of 75 candidates for the Odisha Assembly Elections on Sunday.

The grand old party has fielded Sem Hambram from Deogarh, Susmita Singh Deo from Dhenkanal, and Narottam Nayak from Chhendipada.

Rama Chandra Gochhayat will contest from Cuttack, Mitrabhanu Mohapatra from Brahmagiri and Deepak Patnaik from Berrhampur.
 

Lok Janshakti Party President Chirag Paswan says "...How will you (RJD) give one crore jobs? Give us the roadmap...BJP is the biggest party in the world...PM Modi has always talked about job creation..."

In a significant development, Congress released a new list of candidates to contest for Lok Sabha Polls. The grand old party ha fielded Kanhaiya Kumar to contest from North East Delhi. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Mangaluru. 

Wayanad, Kerala: On Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, CPI candidate from Wayanad Lok Sabha Seat Annie Raja says, "...People elected him with a huge majority... Sometimes they show anger because they are very disappointed with the performance of their representative, Rahul Gandhi. So it is for the people to judge... There is a lot of scope for the left front to take up the issues., whether it is the question of the human-animal conflict or the railway line. These are all issues which need to be taken up in the Parliament, not in the Kerala Assembly. So there I think he could not come up to the expectations of the people..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "People in INDI alliance want to finish 'Sanatana'. They want to destroy the powers of the Hindu religion. Till Modi is there, these hateful forces will never succeed, this is Modi's guarantee...2024 Lok Sabha elections will not just decide the next 5 years but the 'Viksit Bharat' of 2047."

Prime Minister Narendra Modisays, “Firstly, I express my gratitude to former PM HD Deve Gowda. He is the senior most politician in the politics of India. I am fortunate to receive his blessings.”

Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh: On BJP's manifesto, former CM Bhupesh Baghel says, "Under Modi's guarantee, why are all the corrupt people joining BJP?..."

Former Akali Dal MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu joins AAP, likely to be fielded from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat.

“You'll be surprised to know that people from other countries have already started seeking time and inviting PM Modi for next year. When elections are held in any country, there lies instability regarding whether the govt will continue, but the world has accepted that PM Modi will assume power again,” said Union Defence Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh while addressing a rally in Jamui. 

"This is the character of NDA that we fulfil what we say. We said that we would abrogate Article 370, and we did that. We said that we would build a grand temple in Ayodhya, and people used to taunt us by saying 'mandir wahi banayenge, taareekh nahi batayenge', to those people, I would like to say that the date was January 22. This is a good sign, Ram Lalla has been moved to the grand temple and no power in the world can stop us from establishing 'Ram Rajya'..." he added. 

“Today is the birth anniversary of Constitution maker Babasaheb Ambedkar. His birthplace Mhow is not far from here.. We got the privilege of giving him the respect which the Congress party never gave him and parties like Congress have always worked to insult Babasaheb. Because of the Constitution created by Babasaheb, today Modi, son of a poor mother, is seeking your blessings to serve for the third time...” said PM Modi on Sunday while addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad. 

Union Minister Anurag Thakur slammed the Congress party on Sunday. 

“When the Doklam incident happened, the Indian Army gave a befitting reply. Rahul Gandhi was with the Chinese officials at that time and did not stand with the Indian Army soldiers, with the people of India. These are the people who, from the time of Nehru Ji to the time of Dr Manmon Singh Ji, allowed China to encroach on thousands of acres of land. These are the people whose policies have left our India behind. India has taken a huge leap, from being the tenth-largest economy to the fifth-largest, and now we will become the third,” said Union Minister Anurag Thakur. 

BRS leader KTR leaves from Hyderabad for Delhi, to meet party MLC K Kavitha. K Kavitha is presently lodged in Tihar jail after she was arrested in excise policy case. 

"Today the BJP has given the 'Jumla Patra' to the entire country. Even after running the government for 10 years, they were not able to fulfil even one of their promises. They had promised the youth that 2 crore jobs would be given every year but today the country's unemployment figure is the highest in the history of this country...The amount spent on Ayushman Bharat in the entire country is less than the health budget of Delhi. The health budget in Delhi is Rs 9000 crore, but only Rs 8000 crore has been spent on Ayushman Bharat in the entire country..." said AAP leader and Delhi minister Atishi. 

“I was born there, brought up there, did my school, college, university, everything there. My father was shot by terrorists in the same city. My mother spent her entire life there. That's why I am happy that Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and all leaders considered me worthy of this that I should go and serve my birthplace,” said Congress leader Manish Tewari. 

"He encourages us in the House. He is our LoP. After being released from jail, I had to meet him and take his blessings for the upcoming fight. Second, we also kept the proposal of issuing an INDI Alliance's Common Minimum Programme (CMP), in order to tell about key issues we will put forward before people after the formation of the INDI Alliance government...." said AAP MP Sanjay Singh regarding his meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. 

“Whatever inputs that we have got during Rahul Gandhi's Yatras, we put that in our manifesto and released it timely on April 5... They (BJP) are in power today and when just 4 days are left in the first phase of elections you are releasing the manifesto. 10 days back, you formed a committee for a manifesto under Rajnath Singh and in 10 days, you made the manifesto for 140 cr people. They have written 'Modi Ki Gaurantee' on the manifesto and 'Modi Ki Gaurantee' is a failure,” said former Rajasthan CM & Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on BJP's manifesto. 

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Mysuru and Mangaluru for the Lok Sabha poll campaign on Sunday.He is expected to address a mega rally in Mysuru, where he will share the dais with JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda, and later hold a roadshow in the coastal city of Mangaluru.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh to meet Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence today, said sources. 
 

“We have seen those days when Congress lawyers used to stand up and try to stop the judicial process and say that it will benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party. They were not concerned about the country, Ram Lalla. They did vote bank politics and kept creating obstacles but under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, a grand Ram temple was built in Ayodhya,” said BJP National President JP Nadda ahead of manifesto release on Sunday. 

BJP national president JP Nadda felicitates Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the party Headquarters in Delhi. PM Modi will shortly release the party's 'Sankalp Patra' for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. 

President Droupadi Murmu along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, at the Parliament premises.

PM Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyay at the BJP HQ in Delhi. 
 

On Akhilesh Yadav's Moradabad visit, senior party leader ST Hasan said, “I got to know this through media and newspapers. If Akhilesh Yadav calls me or comes to my home, I'll accompany him out of compulsion as my etiquette says so... I'll go out of my respect for Akhilesh Yadav but not to campaign. People are sad and if I campaign they'll be against me…”

Samajwadi Party had replaced ST Hasan as its Moradabad Lok Sabha candidate and had fielded Ruchi Veera. 

BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde arrived at the party Headquarters in Delhi on Sunday ahead of the manifesto release. 

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP's other senior leaders will attend the unveiling of the manifesto at the party headquarters that coincides with the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, a towering leader from the Dalit community and an architect of the Indian Constitution.

The BJP will release its manifesto - Sankalp Patra - for the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, with its planks of welfare and development besides a roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat' expected to figure prominently in its election agenda.