May 14, 2019 08:47 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Lok Sabha election LIVE: BJP chief Amit Shah slams TMC for clashes during Kolkata roadshow, calls Mamata 'anarchist'
Live updates of the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign. The final phase of polling will happen on May 19. It will be followed by the exit polls.
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JUST IN | The Election Commission has issued a notice to Congree leader Sanjay Nirupam for prima facie violation of Model Code of Conduct in a speech delivered in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He has been asked to furnish his response within 24 hours.
Amit Shah to ANI: Today the way BJP's roadshow got a response in Kolkata with almost every citizen attending it, TMC's goons were frustrated and so attacked it. I would like to congratulate BJP workers as even after such chaos the roadshow continued and concluded at the planned place and time.
On the scuffle that broke out during Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, the BJP chief told CNN News 18: People of Bengal now know that TMC goons cannot let free and fair elections happen in West Bengal. People were attacked, there was fire.
The Election Commission take cognizance of the way the TMC goons are acting. BJP never incited any violence in Kolkata.
Police was just a mute spectator during the incident. Goondas of TMC involved in today's violence.
There is a BJP wave in West Bengal and Mamata Didi is rigging (the election). TMC's days are over.
PM Modi: The makers of the Congress' dhakosla patr' [manifesto] have made sure that the middle class bears the brunt of their proposals. The Congress party has always humiliated the middle class. The BJP, on the other hand, has always respected the middle class. We have relieved them of paying high taxes without affecting the subsidies of the poor.
PM Modi: When there used to be frauds and scams worth thousands of crores, Congress used to say, 'hua to hua'. When the railway minister hoarded so much money, the Congress used to say, 'Hua to hua'. When the poor couldn't get the benefit of their subsidies, the Congress used to say 'hua to hua'.
PM Modi: The other day, they called me 'neech'. They alleged that I belong to a 'neech community'!
PM Modi: Had Punjab not going to polls, Namdaar (Rahul Gandhi) would have not asked his guru (Sam Pitroda) to apologise for the 'hua to hua' remark on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
PM Modi: Those who have molly-coddled with Pakistan, have nothing to say on National Security. Today, when from a mobile phone to a missile, everything is controlled from the space, isn't it necessary that India should also catch up?
PM Modi: First the BJP did surgical strike and then air strike. Isn't this the right way of eliminating terrorism?
PM Modi: 'How can a chaiwala work on next-generation projects?' This is what the Congress cannot fathom.
PM Modi: BJP's DBT stands for Direct Benefit Transfer. On the other hand, Congress' DBT stands for Direct Bicholiya (middleman) Transfer.
PM Modi: The Congress had given subsidies to 8 crore fraud names. This is how they pocketed the money of the honest taxpayer. I came and dug out these names and found out the truth. That is why they are after me.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses rally in Chandigarh
PM Modi says 'JAM' ensured easy digitisation:
J- Jan Dhan accounts
A- Aadhaar cards
M- Mobile phones
Nyay will jumpstart the Indian economy. In Madhya Pradesh, we had promised farm loan waiver in ten days, and we did it in two days: Rahul Gandhi
Nyay scheme will give jobs, it will start the businesses of those small and middle-scale businessmen whose business had been shut: Rahul Gandhi
Update: Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressing a rally in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
BJP President Amit Shah during Kolkata roadshow: We have great support in West Bengal, it's time for change
Update: DMK chief MK Stalin has refuted Tamil Nadu BJP state president, Tamilsai Soundararajan's claim that he is in touch with the BJP. "I will quit politics if BJP proves this claim," Stalin has reportedly said.
BJP President Amit Shah holding a roadshow in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Image: ANI)
We have brought Bihar from the age of lamp to the age of LED. I congratulate (Bihar Chief Minister) Nitish Kumar and his entire team, which is working hard: PM Modi