Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the opposition India Bloc aims to earn commission after coming to power and the BJP-led NDA is on task.

Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, Prime Minister Modi said the opposition alliance is fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections just to prevent the BJP from winning more than 370 seats.

“While in power, the focus of the Congress party was to earn commission. The aim of the INDI alliance was also to earn commission after coming to power, but the NDA and Modi Sarkar have a mission,” PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Modi said: “The opposition is fighting only to prevent the BJP from winning more than 370 seats. The Samajwadi Party is changing candidates every hour, while the Congress party cannot even find a candidate.”

“The Congress does not have the courage to field candidates even in those seats which are considered its strongholds,” he added.

Prime Minister Modi said the Congress manifesto bears the hallmarks of the Muslim League, part of which is dominated by the Left.

The Prime Minister said the Indian bloc has become synonymous with instability and uncertainty and the people of the country are not taking them seriously.

He said it was the country’s misfortune that the opposition alliance was talking about fighting “shakti”.

“Worship of Shakti is part of our natural spiritual journey. But the people of the Union of India say their fight is against Shakti,” Prime Minister Modi said.

According to the election schedule, eight assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 19.

These are Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Binol, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.

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