On the last day of campaigning for the Rajasthan assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held mega roadshows in Chittorgarh and Nathdwara constituencies of the poll-bound state on Thursday.
"Both Congress and BJP are abusing each other in the poll campaigns as if a new film is being made 'Hum kisi se kam nahi' (we are no less than anyone). This competition is going on for abusing each other," CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said while speaking to ANI.
Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India's defeat to Australia in the final of the cricket World Cup, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the latter may bring bad luck to 'corrupt' leader
Comparing the governance of BJP and Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the policies of PM Modi has taken the country's economy from 11th to 5th position globally while Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is repeatedly engaged in relaunching her son Rahul Gandhi in the politics.
The Bhilwara rally of Yogi Adityanath, especially, attracted an impressive gathering of over 50,000 people. The chants of "Bulldozer Baba," "Yogi-Yogi," and "Dekho-Dekho Sher Aaya" echoed through various rallies.
Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan Vallabhnagar ahead of assembly elections, said that the party, if voted to power will conduct the caste census soon after the elections and will protect the rights of unprivileged communities of the state.
Addressing a public rally in Baran's Anta in poll-bound Rajasthan, the PM alleged that there is documentation of how the land, forest and water have been sold during the last five years of Congress' governance in the dairy.
"Priyanka Gandhi who comes here time and again, keeps saying that she is giving guarantees. Give guarantees later, first ensure the safety of women in Rajasthan," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
"We had passed a proposal in Raipur that a caste-based census should be done and we have issued directions also," Gehlot said when asked by a reporter about Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's push for a nationwide caste-based census.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, who is BJP election in-charge of Rajasthan, on Monday accused the Congress of trying to create a wave in its favour by telling lies and said people of the state had decided to remove the Ashok Gehlot government from power
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday alleged that the price of petrol in Rajasthan was the highest in the country because of taxes imposed by the Congress government in the state, adding that the Rajasthan government has collected tax of Rs 35,975 crore on petrol and diesel.
During her campaign in Rajasthan's Sagwara, Dungarpur district, Priyanka Gandhi recounted her visit to Madhya Pradesh, "Women in Madhya Pradesh shared their worries about festival-related expenditures. They highlighted the challenges of cooking, hosting guests, purchasing household items,