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Sonia Gandhi, Kharge To Hold Rally In Jaipur On Saturday, To Publicly Launch Poll Manifesto
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of the party will hold a rally in Jaipur on Saturday to publicly launch its election manifesto. "Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge will hold a big public meeting tomorrow in Jaipur and will tell the people about the manifesto. There is a great enthusiasm among the workers for tomorrow's meeting," Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra told reporters on Friday, as quoted by news agency PTI.
The meeting will be held at Jaipur's Vidhyadhar Nagar stadium.
Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot posted on X, "Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are arriving in Jaipur tomorrow to launch the Congress manifesto 'Nyaya Patra' that guarantees justice." "I request all the Congress workers to reach Vidyadharnagar ground in Jaipur tomorrow on 6th April at 11 am and make this program successful," he said.
PM Modi To Address Election Rally In UP's Saharanpur On Saturday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally in Saharanpur and take part in a road show in Ghaziabad on Saturday in support of BJP candidates, a senior BJP leader said.
The Prime Minister is set to address an election rally at the old Radha Swami Satsang Bhawan near the Rainbow Public School, Delhi Road, around 9.30 am in support of BJP candidate from Saharanpur Raghav Lakhanpal and the party's Kairana candidate Pradeep Choudhary, state general secretary and Member of the Legislative Council Govind Narayan Shukla told PTI.
Later around 4 pm, the prime minister will participate in a road show organised from the Maliwada Chowk via Ambedkar Road to Chaudhary Road in Ghaziabad in support of the party's candidate Atul Garg.
Shukla said, "There is a wave in favour of the BJP and the NDA coalition parties among the people in favour of the work done by the prime minister in Uttar Pradesh. The public has made up its mind to make Modi ji the prime minister for the third time with a historic mandate." He claimed that the opposition parties will find out on June 4, when the counting is taken up, that they have not been able to open their account in the state.
Rahul Gandhi Made False Promises In Hyderabad Rally: T'Gana BJP Chief G Kishan Reddy
"Rahul Gandhi made false promises during his public meeting in Hyderabad. He had promised on the same ground during the Telangana Assembly elections, that if the Congress is in power in 100 days, then it will implement six guarantees. Promises were made but nothing has been done regarding the six guarantees," Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy told ANI.
Former Minister Dinesh Agarwal Resigns From Congress
Former minister and Congress leader Dinesh Agarwal resigned from Congress on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi Targets NDA Govt At Hyderabad Rally
Lashing out at the NDA government, Congress Rahul Gandhi claimed 30 farmers commit suicide daily. "After PM Modi came to power, crores of people became poor in India," Gandhi said in Hyderabad.
Rajnath Singh Accuses Congress Of ‘Unbreakable Bond’ With Corruption
"There is an unbreakable bond between Congress and corruption...There was a song called 'Tu chal main aayi,' Congress and corruption have the same relationship...You must have seen wherever Congress comes, corruption reaches there too...The party is declining...Who is the famous finisher in Cricket? MS Dhoni; So, if anybody asks me who is the top finisher of Indian politics, then it would be Rahul Gandhi," ANI quoted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as saying.
#WATCH | Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh: Speaking at a public rally, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says, "There is an unbreakable bond between Congress and corruption...There was a song called 'Tu chal main aayi,' Congress and corruption have the same relationship...You must have seen… pic.twitter.com/tFENPJyxJz
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2024
'Should People Trust A Party That Doesn't Have Funds For Development?' Sitharaman On Congress Manifesto
"I will take the example of Karnataka only. To win here (during the Assembly elections) they gave a huge manifesto (promises), those manifestos made them win but to fulfil those promises you need a budget and DY Shivakumar himself said they don't have funds for the development after which there was a huge financial burden... If in one state there is such a huge burden because of them (Congress government), then should the people of the country trust their promises," ANI quoted Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as saying.