Lok Sabha Election 2019: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Assam\'s Silchar in first rally outside UP

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Assam's Silchar in first rally outside UP

Lok Sabha Election 2019: In her first rally outside Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi will campaign for Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev in Silchar.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign in Silchar

As Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Election 2019 nears, candidates are campaigning in full force to woo the voters. To begin with, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will hold a road show in Silchar in Southern Assam on April 14. This will be her first campaign trip outside Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi will be campaigning for Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev in Silchar. Last week, Congress President Rahul Gandhi sought a second term for Dev.

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal spoke at a rally in Goa's Margao and lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party. He said that Modi wrote to the ISI and called them for an investigation. "Can Pakistan get a better Prime Minister of India than him?" he asked.

Furthermore, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the BJP to name their chief ministerial candidate for the state. "The people of Odisha want to know who the BJP's chief ministerial candidate is and from where is he or she contesting the elections," Patnaik said at an election meeting at Daspalla under Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Follow the Lok Sabha Election 2019 LIVE updates on BusinessToday.In:

11:00am: Akhilesh Yadav said, "They say, as long as there is BJP govt, our borders are secure. We the people of Samajwadi Party believe that as long as there are brave soldiers at our borders, the borders are secure. Governments come and go but the jawans stay at the border, protecting India."

10:30am: BSP releases fourth list of 16 candidates.

10:00am: On Ambedkar jayanti, Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the ruling party and said, "Those who pay him tributes on this day, while insidiously weakening these values, do his memory disservice."

9:40am: Puri further said, "Since he clearly had no idea on how to govern Delhi, serve its citizens & take it forward, Delhi CM Shri Kejriwal & his highly incompetent govt should take full moral & administrative responsibility for today's incident & resign."

9:30am: Speaking more about the clash at Mayapuri sealing drive, Puri said, "Today's action was a result of this inaction. Shri Kejriwal & his govt should have paid heed to this matter which involves direct & indirect livelihood of nearly 60,000 hardworking citizens. He should have requested NGT for more time."

9:20am: "Complete responsibility of today's unfortunate violent incidents in Mayapuri lies squarely on the shoulders of Delhi CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal & the incompetent manner in which his govt is running the affairs of Delhi. The CM, as usual, tried to pass the buck. I want to make it clear that the matter of relocating nearly 800 polluting scrap industries is purely between NGT & Delhi Govt. NGT had issued order in 2015, but the incompetent & clueless Delhi Govt did nothing on it for 4 years which angered the NGT," said Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs about clashes during the Mayapuri sealing drive.

9:10am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary.

9:05am: Over one thousand Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) youth workers joined the opposition Congress in the state on Saturday, its leaders said. Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Pradyot Kishore Deb Burman said 300 youth IPFT supporters joined the Congress from Khowai district, while another group of 700 at Kamalpur in Dhalai district. "IPFT supporters are coming to us because they have realised that IPFT supremo N C Debbarma, who is not even campaigning, submitted a nomination to cut down on votes of the Congress and help the BJP," Deb Burman claimed.

9:03am: Visuals from BJP rallies.

9:02am: "They call themselves 'strong leaders & strong govt', there have been many weak govts in last 70 years too but no govt did what Modi ji did, he wrote to ISI & called them for investigation...can Pak get a better PM of India than this?" said Arvind Kejriwal in Goa's Margao.

9:00am: Congress-in-charge of Assam, Harish Rawat, on Saturday claimed that the people of Assam will not vote for the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, as the ruling party is committed to bring the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. "Our president Rahul Gandhi has been voicing the agenda of our party that if voted to power, we will throw the bill into the dustbin. We have clearly stated this in our manifesto, too. As the people are protesting against the bill, I dont see the BJP winning this time," Rawat claimed.