Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election meetings in Basti and Shravasti districts of Uttar Pradesh and Dwarka in west Delhi. Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief J.P. Nadda will campaign in West Bengal as they gear up for Phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address poll rallies in Bhiwani-Mahendergarh and Sonipat in Haryana. In the evening, he will take part in an event in Panchkula. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will address a poll rally in the Jagadhri area of Yamunanagar district.
The Election Commission of India barred former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate from Tamluk in West Bengal Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his remarks against Trinamool chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, barring him from campaigning for 24 hours from 5 p.m. yesterday.
PM Modi, yesterday, addressed a women’s meeting in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi where he lauded the Uttar Pradesh government over the issue of women’s safety in the State. He also addressed poll rallies for phase 6 Lok Sabha Elections in Mahrajganj and Purvi Champaran in Bihar.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kharge expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc will win a majority in the elections and claimed that the people feel the fight is now to save democracy and the Constitution.
In an attempt to stop the Bharatiya Janata Party from sweeping all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital for the third time, once bitter rivals the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, have come together in a seat-sharing agreement under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). The AAP is fighting on four seats and the Congress from three.
The campaign in the run-up to the May 25 election has had its fair share of twists and turns with the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal days after the announcement of the election, followed by his return to the campaign trail 50 days later, raising the stakes even further. Both from inside and outside jail, Mr. Kejriwal has emerged as the star campaigner of the INDIA bloc.
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