Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today slapped by a man during a roadshow in the Moti Nagar area. Mr Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party chief, was standing on an open jeep, canvassing in the New Delhi constituency, when the man jumped up and attacked him.
Earlier in the day, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the fifth phase of the national elections to be held in 51 constituencies across seven states.
Mr Gandhi slamming PM said "Army is not his personal property". He also said Congress will have a "stern approach" against terrorism.
Later, PM Modi launched a counter-attack at Mr Gandhi alleging that under UPA "one of naamdar's business partners got defence offset contract".
The fifth phase of national elections will be held in 51 Lok Sabha seats on Monday. In UP, 14 Lok Sabha seats will vote in the fifth phase; voting will be also be held in five seats in Bihar. Today is the last day of campaigning for the fifth phase.
Here are the the live updates of Lok Sabha Elections 2019:
When #Gandhi family is nostalgic abt Sh #RajivGandhi today, do they also think about #poor, whose hard earned money went into the coffers of #Gandhifamily? What do you call a man who exploited defence deals like #Bofors to enrich his family? @RahulGandhi truth is bitter, I know
- Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) May 5, 2019
Condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly attack on CM Delhi.
- Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) May 4, 2019
"Congress leaders happily share stage with the Samajwadi Party in the rallies, these people have betrayed Behenji (Mayawati) so cunningly that even she is not able to comprehend. Party which was staking claim to PM post before 1st round of voting now admits to being a vote cutter," PM Modi was quoted as saying by news agency ANI
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said: "Today I read that during UPA, one of naamdar's business partners got defence offset contracts. Apni sarkar, dost bhi apna aur raksha sauda bhi bada yaani naamdar ke liye malai ka poora intezam tha (It was their government, their friend and their own defence deal.... which means they had arranged it all)".
Rahul Gandhi also said he apologised to the Supreme Court because the matter was "sub-judice".
