Congress leader Rahul Gandhi campaigned for party candidate on Monday (September 23) in Poonch's Surankote in Jammu and Kashmir for the second phase of the Assembly Elections. He addressed a large rally at the Sports Stadium in Surankote and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he is not like what he was earlier and his confidence is "now finished".
"'Saaf dikhta hai ki jo voh phele Narendra Modi the voh Narendra Modi aaj nahin bacha hai'. Whatever the opposition wants them to do, we get it done. They bring a law but when we stand strong against it, the law is not passed and they bring a new law. The confidence they had earlier is now finished. We have broken Narendra Modi's psychology..." he said.
The Congress leader alleged that the BJP and RSS "only spread hate and violence" in Jammu and Kashmir.
"BJP-RSS only spread hate and violence in J&K and other states...All they know is to spread hate and their politics is of hatred. You all know that hatred cannot be eliminated by giving hate but by love," he said.
The voting in the constituency will take place on September 25 and today is the last day of campaigning. Rahul campaigned for party candidate Shahnawaz Choudhary.
His rally was originally scheduled for 9:30 am, however, it was rescheduled. This was the first time Rahul Gandhi came to Surankote for election campaigning. A close contest is expected in Surankote, with Shahnawaz Choudhary running as the alliance candidate, while his main opponent is BJP candidate Mushtaq Bukhari. Besides, independent candidate Mohammad Akram Choudhary, who was previously with the National Conference and is now contesting as an independent after not receiving a ticket, is also in the fray.
