South Maharashtra:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying “Congress’ Sahabzad” will also contest in Kerala Waya in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections Nader lost his constituency and will have to find a safer seat thereafter.

Addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Nanded, where he campaigned for the BJP candidates from Nanded and Hingoli seats, Prime Minister Modi said the available information on the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls showed that there was The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Talking about Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said, “After losing Amity, Congress’s Sahabzad will also lose Wayanad. So, he will have to look for a post-April 26 Safe seat.”

In an apparent reference to Sonia Gandhi, he said some Indian bloc leaders left the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha because they did not have the courage to contest the elections.

“For the first time, the family will not vote for a congressional candidate in the constituency where they live because there are no party candidates there,” he said.

Prime Minister Modi said he had spent 10 years addressing the Congress regime’s poor governance.

“There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done,” he added.

He claimed that the Congress has been a hindrance to the development of farmers and poor people.

“The farm crisis is not happening now. It is happening because of Congress’s flawed policies,” PM Modi said.

Regarding the Indian Group, he said that the Indian Group has no face to plan and people do not know who to entrust the future of the country to.

“They may ask for anything, but the reality is that Congress leaders have accepted defeat even before the polls are announced,” he said.

He called the opposition coalition a group of selfish people who came together to protect their corrupt practices.

He appealed to voters to vote enthusiastically and exercise their right to vote in the Lok Sabha elections.

“You are not doing anything good by voting. You are ensuring the future of the country. I want to boost the morale of the Opposition party workers. You (Opposition Leader) will definitely lose the polls but you will have a chance of getting some victory. “But you have to call voters to vote,” he said.

Prime Minister Modi said that Indian bloc voters are competing for 25% of the seats.

“After June 4 (the election results), the fight between them will be even more intense,” he said.

He said what would have been the fate of Sikhs from Afghanistan without the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The NDA under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a stronger majority for a third consecutive term, while voters in the opposition Indian bloc hope to rebound after reversals in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

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