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May 16 (TIWN): 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Live News Updates: In the run-up to the final phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections, which concludes on Sunday, leaders continue their last leg of campaign rallies in various parts of the country.
Following Election Commission’s decision Wednesday to invoke Article 324 in West Bengal, curtailing campaign rallies in the state for 20 hours, the campaigning is scheduled to end at 10 pm today. West Bengal will witness two rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Laxmikantpur and Dumdum before he heads to Uttar Pradesh to address three public meetings. Mamata Banerjee had termed the EC’s decision to draw an early curtain on campaigning in the state as "EC’s gift to Modi". The West Bengal Chief Minister will hold two rallies and two padyatras in Kolkata.
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