PM Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, and Congress general secretary for U.P (E) Priyanka Gandhi will hit the road on their campaign trail on Thursday. Shah will hold mega rallies in Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sultanpur and Varanasi.
Priyanka Gandhi will be in Sultanpur canvassing for Congress leader Shakti Sinh who is contesting against Union minister Maneka Gandhi.
12:15 pm IST
Trinamool has made mafia part of government, says Modi
Modi says, “Purulia has a lot of resources. But the governments here till date have created coal mafia, Trinamool has, infact, made the mafia a part of its government. He adds, “those who fought the mafia and laid their lives for democracy, their sacrifice won’t go in vain.”
12:13 pm IST
‘People have to think twice before voting here’
PM Modi: Gurudev Rabindranath wanted an India which was unafraid but first the Congress and then the Communists have ripped to pieces his teachings. Modi adds, “people have to think twice before voting here. Political workers are murdered for campaigning.”
12:10 pm IST
People are afraid in West Bengal: PM Modi
PM Modi adds, “If you (Mamta Banerjee) had shown the courage of slapping those people who looted people in the name of chitfund, you wouldn’t have been so afraid. Didi got your vote in the name of ‘maa, maati and maanush’. But what is the situation today in West Bengal? The mother is worried about the security of her children, the soil has become red with the blood of democracy-loving innocent people and people are afraid.
12:05 pm IST
Didi’s slap will be a blessing for me: PM Modi at Purulia
Speaking at an election rally in West Bengal’s Purulia, PM Modi referred to CM Mamta Banerjee’s purported remark about slapping him. Modi said, “I call her didi and respect her, her slap will become a blessing for me. I am ready to be slapped.”
11:40 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to address rally in Purulia, West Bengal
Sitting MP from Trinamool Congress Mriganko Mahato will contest against BJP’s Jyotirmay Mahato. Purulia votes on Phase VI of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
10:46 am IST
‘Didi has stalled PM Kisan Yojana schemes in Bengal’: PM Modi
PM reiterates his promise to award pensions to small-scale farmers and MSME traders. He says Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee stalling health care initiatives of the Central Government.
10:44 am IST
PM Modi says Bengal CM has ‘mamta’ for foreign actors but not for armed forces.
PM Narendra Modi attacks Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee for not celebrating surgical strike day.
10:40 am IST
PM Modi: ‘Didi supporting Dadagiri and tolabaazi across Bengal’
PM Modi speaks to the crowd in Bangla, attacks Bengal CM for supporting local coal mafia in Bankura. He says, he is not worried about Bengal CM’s ‘empty threats’. PM Modi says she should be worried about the people who are angered because of the chit fund scam.
10:34 am IST
Didi feels proud to call Imran Khan our nation’s PM: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi attacks Bengal CM, says she was too proud to sit with him to discuss relief measures with the PMO and Army officials in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.
10:35 am IST
PM Modi says, ‘Didi has forgotten Ma, Maati, Manush.’
PM Narendra Modi says Mamta Banerjee has insulted the Constitution of India. He said he is not afraid of insults and has gotten used to it.
10:30 am IST
PM Narendra Modi starts his address.
PM Narendra Modi begins his speech by commemorating the 158th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
10:00 am IST
PM Narendra Modi to address the public in Bankura, West Bengal shortly.
PM Modi is back in Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee’s turf where he will canvass for BJP candidate Amiya Patra. TMC has changed its contestant in Bankura, replacing actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen with Subrata Mukherjee.