The Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, is supposed to address a rally at Champhai and another at Aizawl in Mizoram, Tuesday. (PTI/File)
2018 Assembly elections LIVE: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his BJP counterpart Amit Shah will visit the poll-bound state of Mizoram Tuesday to hold rallies as part of their campaigns for the November 28 Assembly election, reported PTI.
The ruling Congress in Mizoram Monday accused the NDA-led central government of trying to disrupt Rahul Gandhi’s election rally scheduled for Tuesday. The Congress president is supposed to address a rally at Champhai and another at Aizawl. However, there is uncertainty about the venue of the second programme, party spokesman Lallianchhunga said.
According to BJP sources, Amit Shah would address public rallies at Mizoram’s Lawngtlai, Myanmar-border Champhai and Assam border Vairengte. On Monday, Amit Shah held rallies across Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. At a rally in Narsinghpur, Shah said Rahul Gandhi has developed Modi phobia. “He (Rahul Gandhi) keeps on saying Modi, Modi in his speeches. Rahul wants to remove Modi, while we want to remove poverty, unemployment and illiteracy from the country,” he said while addressing the people there.
Voting for the 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh and 40 seats in Mizoram will take place on November 28. And Rajasthan and Telangana will go to polls on December 7. The results for all the five states will be announced on December 11.
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The ruling Congress in Mizoram Monday accused the central government of trying to disrupt Rahul Gandhi's election rally scheduled for Tuesday, PTI reported. The Congress President is supposed to address a rally at Champhai and another at Aizawl Tuesday. However, there is uncertainty about the venue of the second programme, party spokesman Lallianchhunga said.
Congress on Sunday had sought permission from the Assam Rifles to use its ground for the rally. But it is yet to get a clearance. the spokesperson told reporters. The Assam Rifles had not permitted the party to hold a programme of Gandhi in October, saying the ground was to be utilised only for sports purposes. However, this time the party applied for the ground only after getting to know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally on the same ground on Friday, Lallianchhunga told PTI.
"Why this discrimination? The Assam Rifles seems to have orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs not to allow the use of their (Assam Rifles) ground for Rahul Gandhi's rally," Lallianchhunga reportedly said.
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