Ahead of the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Monday, a government official said, news agency PTI reported.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated state Forest, Cultural Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency, PTI reported.
The first phase of voting at the headquarters, located in the Vidarbha region, will be held on April 19.
The first phase of voting will be held on April 19, the second phase on April 26, the third phase on May 7, the fourth phase on May 13, the fifth phase on May 20, the sixth phase on May 25 and the seventh. phase on June 1.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in seven phases starting April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a fierce attack on the opposition Congress, charging that its election manifesto bore the imprint of the Muslim League and that its leaders’ statements betrayed hostility towards national integrity and Sanatan. Dharma.
At a rally in Nawada district, the second in Bihar in 72 hours, PM Modi also recalled the “jungle raj” that prevailed when the state was ruled by the Congress-RJD party, and praised his ally Nitish Kumar and his ailing BJP colleague Sushil. Kumar Modi for turning things around as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively, PTI reported.
“The manifesto that the Congress has published bears the imprint of the Muslim League. It has not issued an election manifesto but a declaration of appeasement (tushtikaran patra),” Prime Minister Modi said, PTI reported.
The Prime Minister also slammed AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, without mentioning him by name, who recently opposed raising the issue of abrogation of Article 370 by BJP leaders during election campaigns in states like Rajasthan .
“The position of Congress national president is no small thing. And the leader thinks that Article 370 has nothing to do with Rajasthan. Isn’t Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of the country? His thinking betrays the tukde-tukde mentality .gang,” PM Modi alleged, PTI reported.
He noted that security personnel from across the country, including Rajasthan and Bihar, have laid down their lives fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, and “their bodies have reached their native places wrapped in tricolours”.
(With input from PTI)