PM Modi addresses a rally in Sitapur on Saturday. (ANI)PM Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the Congress led-UPA government at the Centre saying the previous regime brought the bad image of the country during their rule due to to corruptions. At the time, farmers and youth all were upset and wanted change. Speaking at a rally in Sitapur, the PM further said that his government was working hard to provide gas, electricity and proper toilets for the poor. Apart from this, the NDA government is also working towards its goal to provide pucca house to every poor of the country he added.
Earlier, he launched a scathing attack on BSP-SP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, saying these parties are together just for the sake of power. Addressing an election rally in Kannauj from where Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav is seeking re-election, Modi attacked SP-BSP-RLD tie-up, saying the alliance of ‘opportunists’ wants a helpless government because its mantra is ‘Jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna’.
“They talk about caste while looting people’s money,” Modi said.
Without mincing words, Modi told the opposition parties that whatever efforts they make, they will fail in their mission. “Whatever efforts you (opposition) make, it will be…” the PM said, following which the crowd shouted in chorus “Modi again”.
Modi also ridiculed opposition leaders for their “dream” of becoming Prime Minister and poked fun at BSP chief Mayawati for seeking support of the Samajwadi Party.
“These (parties) are the ones who seek evidence of (Balakot) airstrikes and shed tears for Batla House encounter,” he said.
Meanwhile, campaigning for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end on Saturday evening. On the last day of electioneering for the fourth phase, all political parties will make final efforts to woo the voters. A total of 71 constituencies, spread over 9 states, will go to polls in the fourth phase on Monday.
Campaigning for fourth phase to end today.
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Working hard to make electricity, gas, proper toilets available to all and also pucca houses for all poor by 2022, says PM at Sitapur rally.. He adds, "People often ask me don't you get tired after working for 18-20 hours. I tell them the dreams of my countrymen inspire me to work hard".
Congress is saying that they will reduce presence of armed forces in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress wants to repeal sedition law too. Can people with such mentality remove terrorism and naxalism?, says PM
PM Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Sitapur. Speaking at the event, he says, "Remember those 10 years when Congress was in power. There were scams worth lakhs and crore of rupees. India earned a bad reputation across the globe due to corruption. Farmers, youth al were upset," say PM at the rally.
"Narendra Modi has lied to the nation for the last 5 years. In his speech, he doesn't speak about employment, farmers or 15 lakh. He speaks by looking at the teleprompter & his speech is controlled by a controller from behind. Time is about to change," Rahul Gandhi tells ANI in Raebareli.
Baba Ramdev said that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a nationalist. Speaking to reporters in Patna Sahib, Ramdev said, "She is not a terrorist but a nationalist lady.” The BJP has fielded Pragya Thakur against Congress' Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal parliamentary seat.
Attacking Mayawati, PM Modi said that the BSP chief is seeking votes for those who were opposed to BR Ambedkar. He said that Mayawati is seeking support of the Samajwadi Party "just for the sake of power".
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Addressing an election rally in Kannauj, PM Modi said that opposition wanted a helpless government because their mantra was "Jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna".
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A total of 71 parliamentary seats will go to polls in the fourth phase on April 29. The states that will be voting in the fourth phase are: Maharashtra (17 seats), Rajasthan (13), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (8), Madhya Pradesh (6), Odisha (6), Bihar (5), Jharkhand (3) and Jammu and Kashmir (1). As many as 943 candidates will try their luck in this phase. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the BJP saying, "We are (grand alliance) are fighting against BJP on all 40 seats. Tanveer Sahab (RJD Begusarai Lok Sabha candidate Tanveer Hasan) is going to win Begusarai seat and that too by a huge margin. Whatever environment one creates, we aren't bothered, because public has made up its mind."
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the nation who bears the expenses of his plane rides. "He (Modi) should reply from where did he get the money to construct a Rs 700 crore office of BJP in Delhi. Then only he should ask me questions," he said.
At a time when movie buffs are in a frenzy over the new "Avengers" movie, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday came up with a political version, saying the BJP's "endgame" has begun. "Over the last five years, the BJP has destroyed every pillar of democracy. But the Endgame has begun. MahaGathbandhan Sarkar. Coming soon," Yadav tweeted attaching an image of the words "Mahagathbandhan Sarkar" against a blue background in the style of Marvel Studios.
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BJP president Amit on Saturday said that Article 370 will be withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir, if the saffron party is voted to power again. "We will remove Article 370 if you make Narendra Modi the prime minister again," Shah said at a public rally in Palamau district in Jharkhand.
News ANI reported that Shiv Sena has appointed Priyanka Chaturvedi as 'Upneta' of the party. Priyanka quit the Congress last week and joined the Shiv Sena alleging there was no respect for women in the grand old party.
When Kavita Khanna, wife of late actor Vinod Khanna, was asked about BJP's decision to deny her a ticket from Gurdaspur, she said, "It is my decision that I'm not going to make this a personal issue and make a personal sacrifice and put my entire might and support with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I felt hurt because I understand party has right to decide candidate but there is a way of doing it, and the way it was done I felt abandoned and rejected, I was made to feel insignificant."
Attacking to SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said, "Mahamilavatis can only think of the future of their own dynasty, they are not concerned with the future of the country."
Addressing an election rally in UP's Kannauj, PM Modi attacked BSP chief Mayawati for seeking votes for Samajwadi Party. he said: "Behenji' is happily asking for votes for the Samajwadi Party (SP), just for power, just to defeat Modi, you are hugging the people who abuse Babasaheb?"
PM Narendra Modi has said that the Income Tax department should raid his home if he has done wrong. Modi said this while responding to opposition parties criticism that I-T raids on premises of opposition leaders or their aides were politically motivated. Modi on Friday said in Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) said that law is equal for all Indians and raids should be carried out at his home, too, if he has done anything wrong.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi has claimed that the NYAY scheme (minimum income guarantee scheme) announced by his party will put the country’s economy back on track. He said that the Indian economy was hurt by the Modi government's demonetisation and GST decisions.
Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha has described the grand old party as Jinnah’s party. Addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Friday, he said, “Congress family from Mahatma Gandhi to Sardar Patel to Mohd Ali Jinnah to Jawaharlal Nehru…it’s their party, they had the most important role in development and freedom of the country. This is the reason I have come here.”
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Wrestler Dalip Singh Rana also known as The Great Khali on Friday campaigned for BJP in West Bengal. On Friday, he was in Jadavpur to seek votes in favour of BJP's Anupam Hazra. The seven-foot, one-inch wrestler was all smiles when he waved at his fans who took part in the campaigning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong defence of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur saying the BJP nominee from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency was being "defamed" by the Congress which had also insulted Hinduism and its sages.
The Election Commission has clarified to the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) that BJP cannot sell NaMo products below market price. The BJP has been selling election merchandise endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and the Congress party over the recovery of crores of rupees in income tax raids, saying that within six months of coming to power they gave birth to the massive "Tughlaq Road scam". "This is only the trailer, they have five years still with them," Modi said speaking at an election rally in support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Jabalpur constituency, Rakesh Singh.
Nakul Nath, son of madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath and Congress nominee from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat, is the richest candidate in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. According to data revealed by the Association of Democratic Reforms and Election Watch (ADREW), Nakul Nath has assets worth Rs 660 crore.
The BJP has demanded from Election Commission to to take action against Mamata Banerjee alleging that she violated the poll code by asking TMC workers to resort to violence to ensure victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing an election rally in Chhindwara on Friday, Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha said, "The Congress family from Mahatma Gandhi to Sardar Patel to Mohd Ali Jinnah to Jawaharlal Nehru...it's their party, they had the most important role in development & freedom of the country. This is the reason I've come here."
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Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, was spotted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in Mumbai on Friday. 'I am here to listen to PM Modi and support the nation', Anant, 24, said.
CPI candidate from Begusarai Kanhaiya Kumar has raised the highest amount of over Rs 70 lakh through crowd funding for Lok Sabha elections. Kumar, who will be a candidate in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 29, raised Rs 70,00,903 with help 5326 supporters on the crowd funding platform `Our Democracy'. Kumar is locked in a triangular contest with BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh and RJD's Tanveer Hassan.
BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday filed nomination from Patna Sahib constituency. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meera Kumar filed nomination from Sasaram. Union Ministers RK Singh and Ashwani Chaubey filed nominations from Arrah and Buxar respectively. Eight constituencies in Bihar will go to polls in the seventh phase on May 19.
BJP president Amit Shah will address election rallies in palamu and Jharkhand and Mayurbhanj and Jajpur in Odisha.
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Senior Congress leader Raj Babbar has said that party president Rahul Gandhi was the only alternative to the BJP. “Congress will return to power and Rahul Gandhi is the only alternative to the BJP in the country,” Babbar, who is also president of Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit, said.
A total of 71 seats spread across nine states, mostly in the Hindi heartland, will be up for grabs in the fourth phase on April 29. Of the 71 seats, the ruling BJP will defend 45 seats. In the 2014 elections, the BJP had won 45 of these 71 seats -- all the13 in Rajasthan, 12 of 13 in Uttar Pradesh, five of six in Madhya Pradesh, three of five in Bihar, all three in Jharkhand, eight of 17 in Maharashtra and one of eight in West Bengal. In Maharashtra, all the remaining nine were won by Shiv Sena and in Bihar, the remaining two seats were bagged by BJP's ally Lok Janshakti Party. Of these 71 seats, the Congress had bagged only two - one in Madhya Pradesh and one in West Bengal.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the BJP will get a bigger mandate than in 2014 and the "New India" is a positive India which does not accept the "negativism of Rahul, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and TDP". In a blog post, "Has the Congress Thrown its Hands up?", Jaitley said that in most of the states where elections are to be held in the coming rounds, it is a direct contest between the Congress and BJP and the opposition party "is in no position to effectively take on the regional parties or the BJP".
Campaigning for April 29 Lok Sabha polls in 13 out of 25 constituencies in Rajasthan ends today. These 13 seats will go to polls on Monday. The 13 seats are Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran. A total of 172 candidates are in the fray in these seats. The remaining 12 constituencies - Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhuju, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa and Nagaur -- will go to polls on May 6.
Polling will take place across 71 constituencies on Monday which will cover -- 17 are in Maharashtra, 13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, six in Madhya Pradesh, six in Odisha, five in Bihar and three in Jharkhand.
PM Narendra Modi will make final push to woo the voters in Uttar Pradesh where his BJP is facing a tough challenge from the SP-BSP-RLD comboine. Though the Congress is in the field, it has minimal presence on the dynamics. As per the schedule, Modi will address the first rally at 11 am in Kannauj where Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is in the fray. Modi will also address rallies in Hardoi and Sitapur.
The high-voltage campaign for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end at 6 pm on Saturday. In the fourth phase, a total of 71 parliamentary constituencies will go to polls. These seats are spread across nine different states.