Assembly Election 2022 highlights: First phase confirmed BJP will come into power again in UP, says PM Modi

It seems for him (Congress leader Rahul Gandhi), India only from Gujarat to West Bengal. I've been observing what he has been saying in the last 10 days. Once he said India is a union of states. Another time he says India means from Gujarat to Bengal, said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

"...So, I am saying the ghost of Jinnah has entered into Rahul Gandhi, I said this in Uttarakhand, Rahul Gandhi's language is similar to that of Jinnah before 1947. In a way, Rahul Gandhi is modern-day Jinnah," Sarma added.

Punjab is a (international) border state. There should be no politics over the security of the Prime Minister or internal security, said Delhi CM & AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Amritsar.

BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday said a "new" Punjab free of mafia and drugs will be built and the state will be put on the path of development if the alliance led by his party wins the Assembly polls. He claimed that for the BJP, power is a medium to serve people.

During poll meetings in Balachaur and Rupnagar, Nadda trained his guns at the ruling Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He alleged that Congress members were involved in the riots.

"Their hands were soaked with blood, they put humanity to shame. The Congress created such situation in Independent India where a brother stood against brother," the BJP national president said. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi doesn't know anything about the mining case. He should first study the subject, said Goa CM and BJP leader Pramod Sawant on being asked that the Congress leader questioned the seriousness of BJP’s assurance that iron ore mining will be resumed soon.

Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party in an election rally in UP's Kannauj, PM Modi said that most of their candidates are history-sheeter. Their condition is such that some of their candidates are fighting the elections from jail.

The perfume industry of Kannauj is also a witness to the bad policies of these dynastic parties. They defamed this industry through their misdeeds & corruption. They linked this industry with corruption. We are working to make Kannauj's perfume a global brand, he said.

"Across the world, a democratic government is defined as a government of the people, by the people, & for the people. The dynastic parties of our country have changed this essence of democracy. Their mantra is: Govt of the family, by the family, & for the family," PM Modi's remark on dynastic politics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a swipe at opposition parties, saying after the first round of voting in Uttar Pradesh their dynasts are sleepless and unable to dream anymore. Addressing a rally in Kannauj, he said for such leaders the 'mantra' of democracy is "government of the family, by the family and for the family". Prime Minister Modi said the people of the state have realised that only the BJP government has the antidote for rioters and mafias. Kannauj, Farrukhabad and Auraiya for which Modi was addressing the rally would go to polls in the third phase on February 20.

The first phase of elections has confirmed that BJP will come into power again. Do not divide your vote on the base of community or caste, PM Modi said in Kannauj ahead of the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

India is one, this country is one...Congress says there is no nation. Congress is not even ready to consider India a nation (rashtra). BJP will secure the 'Devatava' (divinity) of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, PM Modi at a public rally in poll-bound Uttarakhand.

"..Surprised to hear Rahul Gandhi say definition of Hindu. He should be told that his great-grandfather called himself 'Accidental Hindu'. Doesn't suit someone, whose ancestors weren't proud of being Hindus, to tell us its definition..." says UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

"Our govt provided support to poor during #COVID19 via free ration & several other schemes. Corruption would have happen if Congress was ruling the state. We are constructing highways & airports here. Under ‘Parvat Mala’, ropeway connectivity will be provided in remote areas via the national ropeway development programme. New medical colleges & degree colleges will be opened. Several Bengali families live here. I want to congratulate Pushkar Singh Dhami that they decided to remove 'Poorvi Pakistan' mention from caste certificates of rehabilitated Bengalis: PM Modi said in Rudrapur

PM said that Congress helped them (migrant workers) & spread Corona across the nation by doing politics. They were walking on roads, no facilities for them. Would we've left them just like that?...Were we doing politics? We were doing our duty..." said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while hitting out at BJP in Uttarakhand's Khatima.

There's a competition in Congress to insult 'Hindu'. People who don't know if they are Hindu or not are now defining the meaning of it. Swami Vivekanand said, feel proud to call yourself Hindu. 'Hindu' isn't a communal word, it's our cultural identity, UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Uttarakhand.

Policies of entire country are going on just for 2 industrialists who are friends of the PM. When the Budget comes, it offers nothing for the poor, farmers, middle class, small & medium businessmen, they're nation's spine, said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in Uttar Pradesh's Khatima.

Congress should be questioned that why did they scrap the special status accorded to Uttarakhand by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. What was its crime? Still, people of the state showed your large-heartedness & formed a Congress government in the state from time to time, Rajnath Singh ahead of assembly election in the state.

Give us one chance and we will work in Punjab the same way we did in Haryana, Gujarat and UP. If we want zero-tolerance against terrorism, we need to bloom lotus in Punjab. BJP is a tried and tested party. The name 'Narendra Modi' is a synonym of 'Development', JP Nadda said.

Punjab had 18 lakh scholarships in 2014. PM Modi has increased these to 31 lakhs. In Punjab, about 1,517 new schools have been built, 6 Navodaya Vidyalayas were opened after 2014. A total of 14 sports centres were also built, said BJP President JP Nadda in Balachaur.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee accorded special status to Uttarakhand. But when Congress came to power in state & Centre, it stripped the state off the special status. When PM Modi came to power, he reinstated the status, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Uttarakhand's Kapkot.

Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray launches digital manifesto of the party for Goa Elections 2022. 

PM Modi did the work of making 'langar' tax-free in India. Kartarpur corridor was possible because of our PM. He spent Rs 120 crore on its construction. No one has done the development of Sikhs & farmers as much as PM Modi did, says BJP President JP Nadda in Punjab's Balachaur ahead of assembly election.

"During the 1984 riots in Delhi, Congress leaders used to say "when a big tree falls, the earth shakes". They had their hands stained with blood. They brought such a situation where Sikh brothers & sisters were killed and now they are asking for your votes," Nadda added.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram holds a door-to-door campaign in Panaji ahead of Goa Elections 2022.

Aam Aadmi Party's CM candidate for Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann holds a roadshow in Dhuri. 

The Congress party did a mistake in choosing its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife Navjot's big claim.

"Soon after its swearing-in, new BJP govt will form a committee to prepare draft of Uniform Civil Code in state. This UCC will provide for same laws regarding marriages, divorce, land-property & inheritance for all people, irrespective of their faith," Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said.

In a major setback to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, the party's candidate from the Amroha constituency Salim Khan on Friday joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of the second phase of the Assembly polls in the state. Khan alleged that there is a "communication gap" in Congress.

"I have joined SP as there's communication gap in Congress, created by 2nd-line leadership which doesn't want ground-level workers to meet national leadership. I wanted to meet Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi, but 2nd line leadership didn't let me," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to campaign in Tirwa area of Kannauj, Uttar PRadesh today.

Union Minister General VK Singh will also address three public meetings in Punjab's Amritsar North, Amritsar East and Baba Bakla.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also hold election campaigns in Punjab's Gill, Jagraon and Kapurthala.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda will hold four election rallies in Punjab today. Nadda will address a rally at Balachaur at 11:15 am on Saturday. Following this, he will hold rallies in Ropar at 12:45 pm, in Rajpura at 03:15 pm and in Ghanor at 04:45 pm.