Addressing a public rally in Zahirabad, PM Narendra Modi said, "In Telangana, people of the Lingayat and Maratha community have 26 castes who are demanding to be included in the OBC, but the Congress does not want to include the Lingayat, Maratha, and the 26 castes into the OBC list, but they included Muslims in the OBC list overnight."
At an election rally in Latur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that he hopes that the 2036 Olympics will be conducted in India.
Home Minister Amit Shah today claimed that the Congress was spreading lies that the BJP intends to change the constitution and end reservations if it returns to power for a third term.
"The Congress is spreading lies about the saffron party changing the constitution and ending reservations. We do not see voters as minority or majority; the BJP will win 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam," he said at a press conference. Shah added that the BJP is in favour of implementing the Uniform Civil Code across the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election rallies in Madha, Osmanabad and Latur of Maharashtra on Tuesday before travelling to Telangana, where he will address rallies in Zaheerabad and Alladurg, both of which are in Sangareddy district.
Targeting the BJP, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari has claimed that the party's Indore Lok Sabha candidate Akshay Bam was "threatened and tortured" following which he withdraw his nomination. Bam withdrew his nomination on Monday, which was the last day for the process. "Three days ago, IPC section 307 (attempt to murder) was added to an old case against Bam. He was threatened. He was tortured in different ways for the whole night. And today he has withdrawn his nomination," Patwari claimed at a rally on Monday. "What is the message in all this? Don't people from Indore have the right to use their vote? If you believe in democracy, please stand up against this dictatorship. This is not just about Congress and BJP. Anyone who wants to vote, and keep reservations and the Constitution strong must stand up," Patwari added. Bam, his father Kantilal and others are accused in a case that was registered in October 2007. On April 5 this year, the victim filed an application in the court of the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) seeking adding of section 307 after alleging that one of the accused had fired on him.
AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh praised Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday for the party's Lok Sabha poll alliance with the Congress, a day after he resigned as the Delhi unit president of the grand old party criticising the tie-up.
Responding to the remark's of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Lovely said when the INDIA opposition bloc was formed, he was not the Delhi Congress chief and added that Singh is suffering from "trauma" after coming out of jail.
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