Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'I get surprised when...,' Rahul Gandhi slams BJP for dividing country
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told party workers that this is no ordinary election but one to save the Constitution, and exhorted them to tell people that the BJP is "destroying the idea of India".
PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally in western Uttar Pradesh's Amroha, a constituency due for polls in the second phase on April 26. In 2019, BJP lost the Amroha seat.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will also address the first joint public meeting in favour of Congress-SP alliance candidate Kunwar Danish Ali in Amroha, on April 20.Here are the live updates:
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"You are the backbone of our party. I thought that since it is election time, I should talk to you directly. This is not an ordinary election, this is an election to save the Constitution and democracy in which 'Babbar Sher' (lion-hearted) workers like you have a huge responsibility,"
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While speaking to reporters at Pune airport, he said, "I told this earlier also that during that period (MVA Government), how they were conspiring against me, they tried hard but did not find anything. They tried to frame me in false cases."
"There are a lot of things...I will talk about it later, sometime in detail," he added.
He termed the 2024 Lok Sabha elections a fight between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said, "I am confident that we will win in Baramati, Satara, and Sangli Lok Sabha constituencies."
"This fight is for the country...This fight is between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi; therefore, people will stay with PM Modi. They will support the PM so that he can become Prime Minister for the third time. The country has faith in PM Modi. The PM has already clarified that the Constitution is more important than the Gita, Bible, or Quran. It is because of the Constitution that today we have a tea seller as PM of the nation," Fadnavis said.