The campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on May 18, with 49 seats, including Amethi and Rae Bareli, set to go to the polls on May 20. The campaign was marked by intense rhetoric from both the BJP and the INDIA bloc. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made significant promises to voters, while the BJP claimed that the Congress and Samajwadi Party planned to demolish the Ram temple if elected. The fifth phase will witness the fate of several Union Ministers, including those from the Congress’s traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi.