On Sunday campaigning ended for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the run-up to which saw the Constitution and reservation issue dominating the poll discourse.
94 constituencies across 12 states and Union Territories are scheduled to vote on Tuesday. The BJP has already won Surat in Gujarat unopposed, and the poll for Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir has been deferred to May 25.
However, polling in Betul in Madhya Pradesh, which was to be held in the second phase on April 26, was postponed to May 7 after the death of the BSP candidate.
In the final hours of campaigning on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP stepped up the attack on the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies, while the Opposition leaders hit back in equal measure.
PM Modi, who offered prayers at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and held a roadshow, addressed rallies in Uttar Pradesh where he lashed out at the dynastic politics of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, saying that while their leaders work to benefit only their own families, he was building a better future for the coming generations.
Referring to himself and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said: ‘We don’t have children. We are working for your children.’
Modi also reiterated his charge that the Congress wanted to carve out a quota for its Muslim vote bank. He added, ‘Congress now want to do across the country what they did in Karnataka. They want to rob the reservation of SC/ST and OBC on the basis of religion’.
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