Assembly Elections LIVE: PM Modi to hold roadshow in Thrissur today

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Police conduct a trial run in Thrissur city on Saturday, March 28, 2026, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. | Photo Credit: NAJEEB KK

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Thrissur on Sunday (March 29) as part of the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Assembly election campaign, with a 900-m roadshow planned along the Swaraj Round. The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in the city after campaign events in Palakkad. He will land at the helipad of C. Achutha Menon Government College in Kuttanellur around 4 p.m. and will be received by Union Minister Suresh Gopi and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. From there, he will travel by road to the city centre.

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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday (March 28, 2026) announced the list of 164 candidates who will be contesting the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin will once again contest from the Kolathur and Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni constituencies, respectively.

The BJP is trying to “loot” West Bengal and take over the State, said Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee at an election rally on Saturday (March 28).

Assam, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry will go to the polls on April 9, 2026. In Tamil Nadu, the election will be conducted on April 23. The first phase of elections will be held on April 23, 2026, in West Bengal, and the second phase on April 29, 2026. The counting for all these elections will be held on May 4, 2026.

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