West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi will be holding rallies in the state today.Election 2021 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cautioned the people of Assam against voting for the Congress. He said that today, Congress has joined hand with those who are set to destroy the identity of Assam. The PM said that Congress can do anything for votes as they can stand with anyone and can even betray anyone. PM Modi said that the Indo-Bangla Border in Dhubri is now sealed to tackle illegal infiltrators. Earlier today, PM Modi campaigned in Bengal. He said that the BJP will make every scheme in Bengal scam-free and will end the culture of cut-money. He said that West Bengal has brought together the nation through ‘Vande Mataram’, and on this land, CM Mamata Banerjee was terming people “bohiragoto” or outsider. He announced that if voted to power, a son of the soil will be made the BJP chief minister of the state. Addressing an election rally in Kanthi in the Purba Medinipur district, Modi said that Bengal was the land of icons like Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose and on this land, no Indian was an outsider.
Meanwhile, compounding the Congress worries in poll-bound Kerala, P M Suresh Babu, a former KPCC general secretary, resigned from the Congress yesterday and declared that he intends to join the CPI(M)-led LDF camp. The move comes a day after veteran party leader K C Rosakutty called it quits. On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election meeting on March 30 at Dharapuram (Tamil Nadu) from where BJP State unit president L Murugan is contesting the April 6 assembly elections. Modi, who launched the party campaign here on February 25, is expected to arrive at the city airport at 10.20 AM and leave by helicopter for Dharapuram in the Tirupur district, the sources said. After the meeting, the prime minister will return to the city around 2.20 PM and leave for Chennai.
Highlights
Lakhimpur is famous for Bao Dhan (Red Rice). Under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, we are working to take this rice to the world: PM Modi
Assam Election 2021: For decades, Congress did nothing for those working in the Tea Gardens. In 15 years, they could not even take the Tea Workers wages till Rs 100, says PM Modi
Assam Election 2021: You have to remember, this is not Congress's 'Mahajut', it is Congress's 'Mahajhooth', says PM Modi
For decades, Congress did nothing for those working in the Tea Gardens. In 15 years, they could not even take the Tea Workers wages till Rs 100: PM Modi
Assam Election Live: Today, Congress's hand is with those who are set to destroy the identity of Assam, says PM Modi
Assam's pride - Kaziranga has been freed from the clutches of Congress and its cronies: PM Modi
Assam's pride - Kaziranga has been freed from the clutches of Congress and its cronies: PM Modi
Those Satras and Namghars of Assam, were captured by illegal immigrants during Congress rule are now free from encroachments: PM Modi
There have been two floods in Kerala, and over 500 people lost their lives. Left government calls our army very late, only for their own political mileage. They do not care about the lives of the people of Kerala: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, in Kanjirappally, Kerala
I have 7 questions for Vijayan ji - Did prime accused of gold scam work in your office or not? Did your govt give this accused Rs 3 lakh/month? Did your Principal Secretary make phone calls to help these accused or not? Did accused woman make foreign trips on state funds & Principal Secy's permission? Why did she come to CM residence regularly? Did you build pressure on Customs office after gold was seized from airport? Was attack on ED/Customs officers probed properly?: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, in Kerala
"We are being called 'tourists', fun is being made of us, we are being insulted. Didi, people of Rabindranath's Bengal don't consider anybody outsider," Modi added. When the BJP forms government in Bengal, the chief minister will be a son of the soil, he said at the rally amid loud cheers from his supporters.