Election Tracker: Congress President Rahul Gandhi is expected to file his nomination from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on April 10. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to file her papers from Rae Bareilly constituency a day later. The party chief, earlier on Thursday, had filed his papers from Wayanad in Kerala, his second pick.
BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of being opportunistic and said the Telugu Desam Party, who had joined the National Democratic Alliance under the leadership of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had snapped ties with the party as soon as it went out of power.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned voters of the BJP?s ?sinister? designs and claimed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is another ploy to turn legal citizens of this country into refugees. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi is returned to power, he will throw away the Constitution and change the country from a democracy to a totalitarian regime, she added at a rally in Cooch Behar.
Union minister Smriti Irani today hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of betraying the people of Amethi by choosing to file his nomination from Kerala?s Wayanad. Irani, speaking from Gandhi?s turf Amethi, said the Congress had ignored Amethi?s development and it was the BJP, which had taken up the issues plaguing the people. Irani earlier said, ?A person who has been in Amethi for 15 years has decided to give up his supporters. Come elections he has chosen to file nominations from another constituency because Congress workers in Amethi know that Rahul does not enjoy popular support.?
Earlier, Gandhi filed his nomination from Kerala’s Wayanad with his sister and AICC in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi is contesting from the southern district in addition to his turf of Amethi. As Gandhi raises the political heat in Kerala, his rival Smriti Irani prepares to campaign in his home borough, Amethi. Irani is also scheduled to go to Salon assembly in Rae Bareli for the BJP’s Kisan Morcha Sammelan.
Meanwhile, BJP national president Amit Shah will address a public meeting in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Telangana, Shah will be rallying at Kareemnagar and Warangal, while in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh he will campaign at Narsaraopet (Guntur) and Visakhapatnam.
The Congress unit in Mumbai will release the party manifesto for the city. The event will be attended by all the six Congress candidates including Milind Deora, Priya Dutt, Urmila Matondkar and Sanjay Nirupam.
Today is also the last day for Hardik Patel to seek urgent hearing from the Supreme Court.
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