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2024 Indian general election General elections are expected to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Background The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is scheduled to end on 16 June 2024. The previous general elections were held ...

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will be held in or before May 2024 to elect 80 members of

18th Lok Sabha General elections are expected to be held in Elections in India, India between 2024 elections in India, April and May 2024 to elect List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha, 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Background The tenure of the 17th Lok ...

. Bye-polls for Dadraul, Lucknow East, Gainsari and Duddhi assembly constituencies to be expected helded with this election.

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Map for seat sharing between NDA

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Paper leak

The UPPSC police recruitment exam was held on 17 and 18 February. Some candidates and student organisations alleged that other candidates had the question paper 8-12 hours prior to the exam, and that it was available at a price between ₹50,000 (

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603) and ₹200,000 (

2,413). On 19 February, the UP Police Recruitment Board chairperson Renuka Mishra said that there was no evidence to prove that there was a paper leak before the exam, while simultaneously constituting an internal committee to investigate the allegations. On 23 February, a large number of students protested in

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, questioning the authenticity of the exam and demanding cancellation & re-examination. Another group protested at the UPPSC headquarters at

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the same day. Congress leader

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and

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supremo

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tweeted in support of the students' protest, calling for a CBI probe into the incident. Protesting students ran the hashtag #ReExam_RO_ARO on social media. On 24 February, chief minister

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

announced that the exam had been cancelled and a re-exam would be conducted within the next 6 months.

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