Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 5 days left for Odisha phase 2, leaders begin campaigning

With five days left for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections and the second phase in Odisha, Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are out on the campaign trail, giving their support to their respective parties. appealed for support.

While Mr. Shah slammed the Odisha CM for promoting non-Odisha in running the government, Mr. Gandhi repeatedly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for patronizing a select group of industrialists.

Addressing a public meeting in Aska Lok Sabha constituency in Ganjam district, the home minister said, “The people elected Patnaik to rule the country, but instead a group of bureaucrats is running the country.” . If the Odisha CM had to hand over the government to a bureaucrat, it should have been an Odisha bureaucrat, not an outsider. ”

These bureaucrats have tarnished the image of Odisha, which is known for its rich culture, literature and heritage, he said.

“Prime Minister Modi is giving 5 kg of rice per person every month. The Odisha CM is giving the same rice in a bag with his photo printed on it. You (Mr Patnaik) are helping the poor people. If you want, you can donate an additional 2.5 kg of rice to the bag,” he said. Late in the evening, HM roadshow in Cuttack.

Speaking at a meeting in Balangir, Mr Gandhi slammed PM Modi for waiving loans worth Rs 16 million to 22 businessmen. “If the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power, the Indian Constitution will be replaced with a new one,” he warned.

The senior Congress leader listed the party’s promises such as Rs 100,000 monthly assistance to apprentices for women in families, unemployed youth, and waiver of farm loans in the country.

Similarly, the Odisha CM addressed rallies held at three places in Sambalpur Assembly constituency and said that citizens will get up to 100 units of free electricity from July, a month after the results are declared. I promised. He called the opposition’s attacks on the government a mass of lies.

Bharatiya Janata Party chairman and senior leader Om Birla also arrived in Odisha for party activities. BJP president JP Nadda will hold a roadshow in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. PM Modi had already held a roadshow in Bhubaneswar.