Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pabitra Margherita slammed the Congress party for opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari on Friday.
Samrat Chaudhary said, "Lalu Prasad Yadav did not do any work in 15 years, that is why BJP has been fighting against Lalu Prasad Yadav's corruption in the past and is fighting even today. Today the election campaigning is over. The people of Bihar are going to give all 40 seats to Prime Mini
"One who is not an ordinary person and sent by God, what is the need for him to remember God? Kangana Ranaut and Sambit Patra made him God...Why is he doing this drama?" said Baghel.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday criticised Congress for its objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation break and said that the party has objections to every religious issue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at Bhagavathy Amman Temple in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, after the culmination of the Lok Sabha election campaign.
"India is standing at a crucial juncture. In the impending last phase of voting, we have one final chance to ensure that Democracy and our Constitution are protected from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, trying to unleash dictatorship in India," Manmohan Singh said.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday lashed at the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre calling it a "despotic regime trying to unleash dictatorship in India".
Though the ongoing election campaign in Odisha has seen the acrimonious exchange of words between the leaders of BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday did not shut the door closed for his party extending support to the BJP if required after the election.
BJP leader CR Kesavan on Thursday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial as one having "great spiritual significance" and said that the Opposition is opposing it because of the fear of losing the election.
Shashi Tharoor said, "If we look at the figures, the BJP does not have a leg to stand on. The Congress takes pride that from 2004 to 2014, more than 140 million people came out of poverty. World Bank, United Nations and other international institutions agreed with this."