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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 15 said that the BJP-led Central government’s priority is to establish peace in the ethnic strife affected Manipur. This Lok Sabha election is between forces trying to break Manipur and those keeping it united, Mr. Shah said at a public meeting in Imphal.
“Congress is a party of tukde tukde gang and its candidate - the professor is also a part of this tukde tukde gang,” he added.
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Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on April 15 said the BJP poll manifesto does not have anything for the poor but talks about bidding for the 2036 Olympics. The BJP was keen on pushing its agenda of “One nation, one election,” he said accusing the ruling dispensation at the Centre, during his brief visit to Nilgiris district.
“What are the BJP’s policies for the poor?” Mr. Gandhi asked during his interaction with college students at Thaloor in Udhagamandalam before proceeding to Wayanad in Kerala.
Read BJP’s Lok Sabha poll manifesto highlights herePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured that Kerala will ensure its voice is heard in Parliament after the Lok Sabha elections. Campaigning for the BJP-led NDA candidates in the Lok Sabha polls in Thrissur, he said that it will be a year of progress in Kerala and referred to the various promises and development programmes mentioned in the BJP’s manifesto.
He also attacked the Congress by alleging that it created a weak image of India in the world, while the BJP had built the country into a strong nation. He said that what happened in the country in the last 10 years of NDA rule was only a trailer as a lot more is left to be done for Kerala and India.
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