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Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressed a press conference, ahead of the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, on Friday, 17 May, stating that a secular alliance will win the 2019 polls.
Gandhi said he does not see people like BSP chief Mayawati, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav supporting the BJP led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, adding that a secular alliance will win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Gandhi also said that the Election Commission's role in these polls has been "biased" and it has issued orders keeping in mind Modi's schedule. He claimed that the BJP and Modi had a lot of money, but the Congress party had truth.
“I don’t like saying this, but the role of the Election Commission in this election has been biased. The PM says whatever he wants. There is partiality. The schedule of the entire poll has been made for Modi’s campaigning,” said Gandhi, adding that despite all this “truth will win.”
Responding to Modi’s remark calling Rajiv Gandhi “Corrupt No 1”, Rahul said he will respond to hate the prime minister throws with love.
Rahul also “praised” PM Modi for holding his “first-ever” press conference in first years. He also took a sly dig at the media for being lenient towards the prime minister and asking Modi questions about his liking for fruits.
However, it later turned out that Modi did not take any questions from the media.
When asked about the lack of alliance with the SP and BSP in Uttar Pradesh, the Rahul said that while he respected the Grand Alliance in the state, it was important for him to push the Congress party’s ideology.
However he said that ideologically he was on the same page as the two Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh.
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Published: 17 May 2019,04:40 PM IST