AMN /
Both major political parties, the BJP and Congress have put all their efforts in election campaigning to woo the voters as tomorrow is the last day of electioneering for the assembly polls. Addressing an election rally in Srinagar Garhwal today, Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, SP and Congress are trying to deceive the people.
He said, Centre wants Uttarakhand to be connected with the entire country. The Prime Minister stressed the need to develop tourism in Uttarakhand. Mr Modi blamed Congress and Samajwadi party for the backwardness of Uttarakhand.
In Uttar Pradesh, campaigning has started peaking in the areas of the state where polls are slated for Wednesday in the second phase of Assembly elections. In this phase, 67 assembly seats spread over eleven districts will go to polls. In this phase, 721 candidates are in the fray out of which 69 are female, while there is also a nominee from the third gender.
As only two days are left for campaigning, top leadership of all political parties including SP, Congress, BJP, BSP and RLD have lined up to address poll rallies in these areas. Today state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya is addressing several rallies in Bareilly, Amroha and Pilibheet. While SP President Akhilesh Yadav is in Sambhal and Amroha, BSP Chief Mayawati will address poll rallies in Sitapur and Hardoi. Congress state president Raj Babbar is in Bareilly to attend the poll meetings.