Rahul Gandhi in Vijayawada, Mamata and Kejriwal in Vizag as poll battle intensifies in Andhra Pradesh
Express News Service
Addressing an election rally here on Sunday at the same venue from where Narendra Modi promised Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh five years ago, Mamata, Kejriwal and Naidu wondered what happened to the promise. (Photo | G Satyanarayana/EPS)Predicting fall of Modi Sarkar after elections, the Trinamool chief said out of 543 seats in Lok Sabha, the BJP would not get even 125. “Even in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP bagged the maximum number of seats in the last elections, it can barely get 15-20 seats. It will not get a single seat in Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra,” she prophesied. (Photo | G Satyanarayana/EPS)Mamata dared Modi to a public debate sans teleprompters. “We are ready for a debate on what was done and what was not. We are ready even for public interaction on the spot. Do you have guts?” she taunted Modi. (Photo | G Satyanarayana/EPS)Stressing the importance of 2019 elections, Arvind Kejriwal urged AP voters to give Chandrababu Naidu another five years so the foundation he laid for ‘vibrant’ and ‘dynamic’ State after bifurcation could be strengthened further. (Photo | G Satyanarayana/EPS)Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi declared a ‘surgical’ strike on poverty in Andhra Pradesh, he said Modi wants the country divided into two - one for the rich and another for the poor. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu/EPS)Finding fault with Narendra Modi for not fulfilling the commitment as Prime Minister, Rahul wondered why the parties - the TDP and the YSRC - failed to pursue the matter aggressively. He promised to help AP become an advanced State and a shining example to others. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu/EPS)Rahul said their idea is to make one strong India, but Modi wants the country divided into two - one for the rich and another for the poor. “We have decided in 2019 we will carry out a surgical strike on poverty,” he said and described his party’s poll promise NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana) as a nonviolent weapon against poverty. (Photo | P Ravindra Babu/EPS)
