New Delhi: Launching BJP's campaign for the second phase of polling in Manipur, Prime Minister took a dig at the opposition Congress by reviving his jibe from the state's 2017 assembly elections.
While addressing a virtual poll rally, he said that when Congress was in power in the state their main leader was called "Mr 10 per cent". While PM Modi didn't directly name the leader, it is being seen as an oblique reference to allegations of corruption against three-time Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.
During the run-up to the previous assembly elections, the BJP had accused Mr Singh of pocketing 10 per cent from all government projects he approved. There were also allegations that only those who could pay large sums of money as bribes would get government jobs which amounted to favouring only the 10 per cent who could afford it.
Manipur is voting in two phases - the first concluded on February 28 and the second is on March 5 - as the elections are held for the 60-member state assembly. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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BSP candidates decided in Amit Shah's room, party's aim to help BJP, claims Om Prakash Rajbhar
The names of Bahujan Samaj Party candidates were decided in Home Minister Amit Shah's room and the party is fighting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with an aim to help the BJP, alleges SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, while cautioning people against voting in favour of the Mayawati-led party.
The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief also slammed Yogi Adityanath over his repeated bulldozer jibes, saying "will put his bulldozer on pokland (machine), and send it back to his home".
In an interview with PTI during his hectic campaign schedule in the Poorvanchal region, Rajbhar said people have made up their mind for a change of government, and expressed confidence that the Samajwadi Party-led alliance of which his party is a part will get a clear majority.
The SBSP had contested the 2017 polls in alliance with the BJP. It is now in alliance with the SP to take on the BJP.
