Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's achievements as he campaigned for BJP in the run-up to the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee suspended 21 other leaders, bringing the total number of suspensions to 28 across 22 constituencies.
While campaigning for the BJP candidate Diganta Ghatowal in Behali Assembly constituency bye-election, Sonowal criticized the Congress party's past regimes, claiming they used diversionary tactics of communalism, corruption, and conflict to serve petty political gains.
As the polling day nears, Mahayuti alliance has geared up its election campaigning in Maharashtra with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Union Minister Piyush Goyal holding the separate road shows in the state.
While speaking to ANI, CM Dhami highlighted the BJP's track record of fulfilling commitments made to the public. He emphasised that the BJP's "Sankalp Patra" has been designed to advance Maharashtra's development and uplift every section of society.
"Congress has always been opposed to the unity of ST, SC, and OBC communities. After independence, as long as our Dalit community remained divided, Congress enjoyed power at the Centre based on the policy of 'divide and rule'," he said.
Hailing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over its manifesto for the Maharashtra assembly elections, senior Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Sunday said that it is a very good manifesto for the best interest of the people of Maharashtra and it will do overall development of the state.
Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that under PM Modi's leadership, India has been developing in all the sectors and that no scam has happened under his government in the country.
"PM Modi is the Prime Minister of the country. If corruption is happening somewhere, law can do its job. Why can't PM initiate a probe as per the law if somebody is corrupt? Karnataka is not an ATM, BJP has made the whole country ATM," Alvi told ANI.
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said on Sunday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi's manifesto for the upcoming state Assembly election was prepared with the aim of ensuring justice for every section of society.
"In 10 years, PM Modi sent Rs 10 lakh 15 thousand 300 crores for the development of Maharashtra... but they (UPA govt) sent only Rs 1 lakh 91 thousand crores... hence Vote for BJP....," Shah said.