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Last Day Of Campaigning For Phase 3 Polls, PM Modi In Gujarat, Rajasthan: Highlights

Election 2019: Today is the last day of election campaigning for Phase 3 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and respective Assembly polls. The campaigning for the April 23 polls will end at 5 pm today.

Last Day Of Campaigning For Phase 3 Polls, PM Modi In Gujarat, Rajasthan: Highlights

Lok Sabha Election 2019: PM Modi is campaigning for the BJP today in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a political rally in Gujarat's Patan today, the last day of campaigning before the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats go to polls on April 23. BJP chief and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha candidate Amit Shah will hold a roadshow in Sanand area in his constituency on the last day of the campaign after meeting leaders from Ghatlodia and Vejalpur Assembly constituencies. PM Modi has so far addressed poll rallies in Junagadh, Songadh, Amreli, Himmatnagar, Surendranagar and Anand, while Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has addressed public gatherings at Vanthali in Junagadh, Bhuj is Kutch, Mahuva in Bhavnagar and Bardoli in south Gujarat. PM Modi will also address rallies in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh and Barmer today. Chittorgarh, a traditional BJP seat, was the flash point of the protests over the film Padmaavat last year. Today is the last day of election campaigning for Phase 3 of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and respective Assembly polls. The campaigning for the April 23 polls will end at 5 pm today. On April 23, 115 Constituencies across 12 states and 2 Union Territories will go to polls.

Here are the Highlights from PM Modi's rallies and other election news today:

Apr 21, 2019 21:57 (IST)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that people of the country have faith that he can tolerate attacks against himself and risk his political future but cannot let the nation down.
Apr 21, 2019 15:47 (IST)
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Apr 21, 2019 15:46 (IST)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in which 156 people died and 300 were injured. A string of six blasts hit five-star hotels and churches as worshippers attended Easter services.
Apr 21, 2019 15:07 (IST)
Apr 21, 2019 15:06 (IST)
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met Late VV Vasantha Kumar's family members in Makkamkunnu, Wayanad. Mr Kumar was killed in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14.

Apr 21, 2019 13:34 (IST)
Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today said people of Uttar Pradesh who helped Narendra Modi become the prime minister are ready to remove him from the post in the ongoing General Elections. "Narendra Modi is moving about saying that the 22 crore people of UP made him the prime minister but the people are asking him as to why he betrayed them," Mayawati said in a release issued by the party in Lucknow.

Apr 21, 2019 13:15 (IST)
BJP President Amit Shah holds a roadshow in Ahmedabad:
Apr 21, 2019 12:53 (IST)
BJP distributes umbrellas to beat the heat ahead of Amit Shah's rally:
Apr 21, 2019 12:04 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi Addresses Rally In Gujarat's Patan:
  • My government will come back to power, but if Gujarat doesn't give 26 seats (to the BJP), TV discussion on May 23 will be why it happened
  • The duty of the people of my home state to take care of the "son of soil" and give all 26 seats in Gujarat to me
  • When Abhinandan was captured by Pakistan, I said (to Pakistan) that If anything happens to our pilot, then we will not leave you
Apr 21, 2019 10:29 (IST)
Apr 21, 2019 10:15 (IST)
Congress' Latest Jibe At PM Modi, This Time Over Acchhe Din
Apr 21, 2019 10:13 (IST)
An FIR has been filed against Congress candidate from South Mumbai Milind Deora under section 171 of IPC (giving false statements for elections) and section 125 of the presentation of people's act (promoting enmity between classes in connection with elections), reported news agency ANI.
Apr 21, 2019 10:10 (IST)
BJP candidate for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur meets her supporters before leaving for elections campaign for Lok Sabha elections, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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