Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge are all actively engaged in election campaigning across India. Prime Minister 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. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address poll rallies in Bhiwani-Mahendergarh and Sonipat in Haryana and participate in an event in Panchkula in the evening. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will address a poll rally in the Jagadhri area of Yamunanagar district.
In addition, the Election Commission of India has barred former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate from Tamluk in West Bengal Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for 24 hours from 5 p.m. yesterday due to his remarks against Trinamool chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Prime Minister Modi recently addressed a women’s meeting in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, where he praised the Uttar Pradesh government’s efforts on women’s safety in the state. He also addressed poll rallies 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.
