The great election exercise is ending, with only a few days left for campaigning for the final phase of polling, which will be held on June 1.
Mr. Modi is scheduled to visit Kanyakumari on May 30 and meditate at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda.
He accused the TMC of not allowing the implementation of development schemes in West Bengal with its mantra “ eta hotey debona” (will not let it happen).
He said this would infringe on the rights of tourists who will be barred from visiting the memorial for three days.
Also read: 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Full scheduleThe polling for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election will be held in 57 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh.
The great election exercise is ending, with only a few days left for campaigning for the final phase of polling, which will be held on June 1.
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 29 said that her party would complain to the Election Commission if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meditation trip in Kanyakumari is televised as it would amount to violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). “We will complain. He can meditate, but televisions cannot show it,” she said, alleging that this will amount to “violation of the MCC.” “Does anyone have to get cameras for doing meditation?” she asked, claiming that it was a way of campaigning during the silence period between the end of campaign and the poll date. Mr. Modi is scheduled to visit Kanyakumari on May 30 and meditate at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda.
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Meanwhile, Mr. Modi, while addressing an election rally at West Bengal’s Kakdwip in Mathurapur Lok Sabha seat, alleged that the Trinamool Congress Government in the State was giving away the rights of “original” OBCs to Muslims by issuing “false caste certificates”. He accused the TMC of not allowing the implementation of development schemes in West Bengal with its mantra “ eta hotey debona” (will not let it happen).
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Later, in Odisha, Mr. Modi promised that if the BJP formed the government in Odisha, it would constitute a committee to ascertain the reason behind the “sudden” deterioration of the health condition of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, hinting at a “conspiracy” behind it. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai condemned Mr. Modi’s planned visit to Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari on May 30, where he is expected to meditate. He said this would infringe on the rights of tourists who will be barred from visiting the memorial for three days.
Meanwhile, TMC MP Sagarika Ghose said that the BJP treats citizens like “dispensable pawns” after two people were mowed down by a vehicle in the cavalcade of the BJP’s Kaiserganj Lok Sabha seat candidate Karan Bhushan Singh, son of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. According to police, a woman also injured in the incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda.
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The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), in a report, has said that 191 BJP candidates and 143 Congress candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls have declared criminal cases in their election affidavits.
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The polling for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election will be held in 57 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh. The counting of votes will be done on June 4.
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