Assembly elections 2018 LIVE Updates | Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the controversial Rafale deal. Addressing a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh, he said that the helicopters used in the surgical strike in PoK were made by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, then why was the offset part of the contract given to the Anil Ambani firm.
He also slammed the BJP for the Vyapam scam, calling it the “truth of MP” and asked why no has been arrested till now for the 50 deaths related to the case.
Before him, PM Narendra Modi kicked off the battle for Mizoram and addressed his first mega poll rally in the state on a day that is full of high-octane rallies from both BJP and the Congress as the assembly election campaign heats up.
Mizoram is the last north-eastern state still with the Congress and the BJP is banking on PM Modi’s appeal to expand its base. In his address, the PM accused the Congress of following a policy of divide and rule and said the BJP, on the other hand, believes in sabka saath, sabka vikas.
The day will also see UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi enter the battleground as she will address her first rally for the upcoming assembly elections in Telangana, where the Congress is trying to project her as the state’s “creator” to pit her against K Chandrasekar Rao. She will address a rally in Medchal and is expected to release the party’s manifesto for the upcoming elections.
Madhya Pradesh also promises a mouthwatering contest as Congress Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Budhni, which is Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s turf, while BJP president Amit Shah will hold a rally in Kamal Nath’s constituency – Chhindwara.
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is pitted against former MPCC president Arun Yadav. Rahul Gandhi will be addressing the rally to help Yadav win the polls and re-write history by defeating an ‘invincible’ Chouhan in his home turf.
The MP poll battle is being observed keenly in the political circles and people, including those in the Congress, are wondering if it would prove to be a cakewalk for Chouhan or a spirited Yadav will manage to confine the CM Chouhan within his own constituency. But Chouhan, perhaps sensing the plan, left the poll campaigning on the shoulders of his wife Sadhna and son Kartikeya, and is busy touring the rest of the state.
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has won the constituency seven times since the state came into being, including in 1990, 2006, 2008 and 2013 through CM Shivraj. The Congress has won on five occasions, pulling of the last victory in 1998.
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