Narendra Modi`s Rohania roadshow Part 2
Narendra Modi`s Rohania roadshow
Banaras Hindu University area gets swarmed for just a glimpse of Narendra Modi.
In a press conference held by Election Commission, it clarified its decision of not granting permission to hold the BJP rally in Benia Bagh, Varanasi.
Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Rohania Varanasi said that looking at the present condition of farmers in India, it seems that Congress has changed its "Jai jawaan, jai kisaan" slogan to "mar jawaan, mar kisaan". He further stated that more than 2 lakh farmers have committed suicide in India in the last 10 years, i.e in Congress` rule. According to him it is far more than the number of people died during the different wars we fought after Independence.
Election Commission denied Narendra Modi the permission to hold a rally in Benia Bagh of Varanasi which pushed Modi and other BJP members to protest against the EC in front of BHU`s Lanka Chowk.
Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) clashed here on Thursday, even as the BJP upped its protests against the Election Commission`s endorsement of a returning officer`s order not to allow BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to address a rally in the congested Bemiyan area of the city, citing security concerns.
Senior party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Venkaiah Naidu met CVC VS Sampath and submitted a memorandum over Modi`s rally issue.
With BJP`s confrontation with Election Commission escalating further, Narendra Modi launched a direct attack on the poll panel. Addressing a rally in Azamgarh, Thursday, Modi accused the EC of being biased.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Thursday continued his tirade against the Election Commission for denying Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi permission to hold a rally in Varanasi.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was heckled and questioned by voters as he went from booth to booth in his family pocketborough of Amethi on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi will arrive at the helipad at the Banaras Hindu University and lead a roadshow of sorts to the BJP central election office at Sigra.
BJP workers from across the city have started to converge at the site and are shouting slogans against EC and district administration.
BJP got into a full-blown confrontation with the Election Commission after Narendra Modi was denied permission for holding a public meeting at a venue of its choice and announced protests while cancelling all his programmes in Varanasi on Thursday.
High polling was on Wednesday registered in the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 64 constituencies in a high-stake battle where the fate of 1,737 candidates including Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, his cousin Varun, Ram Vilas Paswan and Rabri Devi, were decided.