PM Narendra Modi in West Bengal.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at Mamata Banerjee and said that TMC chief would know the cost of acting against the people after May 23. The Prime Minister is addressing a rally at Buniadpur in West Bengal. After this, Narendra Modi will hold poll rallies in Bihar.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will also hold election rallies in Bihar. The Prime Minister will address three more rallies — two in UP and one in Bihar. He will now head to Bihar and then UP where he will address people at Etah and Bareilly.
Political campaigning is at its peak with 357 constituencies are yet to vote. In the first two phases, 186 constituencies went to polls. The third phase of polling will take place on April 23. The states that will vote in the third phase Assam (4 seats), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Goa (2), Gujarat (26), Karnataka (14), Kerala (20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), UP (8) and West Bengal (3).
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi today said that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre 'betrayed' the faith of the people who had voted it to power. She said that all that the central government had done in the last five years was to divide the country. "This is my country, these hills are my country, the wheat fields in Uttar Pradesh are my country. Tamil Nadu is my country, Gujarat is my country, the north east is my country. But all that BJP has done in the last five years, is just to divide the nation," Priyanka said.
Ahmed Patel: We are not only hopeful but also very confident that BJP will lose. We will get good results and will cross the double-digit in Gujarat. On 23rd May when the election results come, BJP will no longer be in the government.
PM Modi in West Bengal: Mamata didi intends to apply the model of West Bengal to the entire country. The poor are kept poor and it's hard to carry out religious processions. This is the model she is referring to.
PM Narendra Modi at Buniadpur, West Bengal: In Purulia, a BJP worker was murdered. I want to assure each West Bengal BJP worker and people of the state that justice will be done. Strict action will be taken against those people who are responsible.
The Prime Minister is addressing a rally at Buniadpur in West Bengal. After this, Narendra Modi will hold poll rallies in Bihar.