Elections 2019 LIVE: After BJP president Amit Shah, the permission for a poll meeting by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath in the city has been cancelled, top party leader claimed Monday. Adityanath’s meeting on James Long Sarani at Behala in south west Kolkata on May 15 was cancelled after the permission for it was withdrawn by the local administration, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attacked Rahul Gandhi for “scolding” Sam Pitroda over his comments on 1984 riots. The PM asked why was he scolded “for speaking out what has always been in Congress’s heart”.
The BJP has approached the Election Commission seeking a five-day ban on actor Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan for describing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as independent India’s first terrorist. The complaint has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay. Speaking at an election rally for his party candidate in Aravakurichi assembly constituency, where bypolls will be held on Sunday, Haasan had clarified that his statement was not meant to appeal to the Muslim-majority electorate in the constituency.
Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehgarh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting the nation by “making fun of MGNREGA in Parliament”. Countering BJP’s criticism of Congress leader Sam Pitro’s ‘hua toh hua’ remark on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Gandhi said his party colleague was in the wrong and has been told to tender an apology.
Earlier, at a rally in MP’s Ratlam for the seventh and final phase of general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress has issues with Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Asking voters if they support ‘Gaali Bhakti’ or ‘Rashtra Bhakti’, Modi said the Congress has just one answer for Bofors, submarine and helicopter scams – ‘Hua Toh Hua’.
Accusing the West Bengal government of not allowing its president Amit Shah’s rally in Jadhavpur, the BJP has said that the Election Commission has become a “mute spectator” to the Trinamool Congress’s alleged undemocratic means to target the saffron party. BJP media head and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said his party will hold protests and also move the EC.
Shah’s rally was scheduled for Monday in Jadhavpur, which goes to the polls on May 19 in the last phase, but the permission for it was denied at the last minute by the state administration, he said. Subsequently, the permission for Shah’s chopper to land was also withdrawn, Baluni said.
The battle for Lok Sabha enters the last lap today with parties going all out with multiple rallies for the seventh and final phase of polling to be held on May 19. The focus today will be on Punjab where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in Bhatinda. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will hold two rallies with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur at 11:30am and 1:30pm, respectively. Also hitting the campaign trail will be Delhi CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is likely to meet DMK chief MK Stalin and hold discussions on emerging political developments in the country. The TRS supremo had stepped up efforts to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional parties and recently met his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram.
With the Lok Sabha election results expected on May 23, KCR is planning meetings with leaders of various parties to prepare the ground for formation of a non-BJP, non-Congress government.
KCR, who mooted the idea of Federal Front in March last year as an alternative to both the BJP and Congress, has met leaders of the Trinamool Congress, Biju Janta Dal, Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (S) and DMK. He also invited YSR Congress Party to join the proposed front.
The TRS chief is confident that non-BJP, non-Congress parties would form the next government at the Centre.
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