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Abki Baar 400 Paar (This Time Surpassing 400) is a political slogan used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 2024 general election. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The slogan refers to the ambition of winning more than 400 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Ladakh on 20 May 2024 to elect 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha. [1] [2] These elections are the first elections to be held in Ladakh after the separating of the territory from Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and granting it a separate Union territory status.
One aspect of an initiative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve Indo-Chinese relations and reduce border tension was the creation of formal locations to hold Border Personnel Meetings. [4] Border Personnel Meeting points were established after the signing of a Border Defense Cooperation Agreement in October 2013. [6]
The Indian National Congress is known as the Grand Old Party of India.The party had ruled India for most of its post independence period for nearly 54 years. The party led coalition United Progressive Alliance is in opposition bench in 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha against the National Democratic Alliance.
In 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which gave special status to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir, was abrogated [23] and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed to reconstitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir into union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with effect from 31 October 2019. [24]
World leaders earlier agreed to add the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 bloc
Campaigning before the elections were aggressive and robust. Following the huge victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian parliamentary election, the BJP turned its attention towards J&K and campaigned on the promise of 'development'. This included a visit from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in support of the local BJP campaign.
A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...