Ranchi/Wayanad: Campaigning for the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, which will go to polls on November 13, ended on Monday. As many as 43 seats in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will go to polls on Wednesday.
In Jharkhand, the BJP campaign by led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several other senior leaders also extensively campaigned for the party candidates.
Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and JMM leader Kalpana Soren also campaigned extensively in the state.
On Monday, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a no-holds-barred attack on PM Narendra Modi, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused him of oppressing the opposition, toppling elected governments and purchasing legislators "like goats to feed and feast on them later". He also charged Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of running the central government with "Adani and Ambani".
Meanwhile, campaigning for the upcoming by-elections in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and Chelakkara Assembly constituency in Kerala also concluded on Monday. Polling is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13. In Wayanad, United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Priyanka Gandhi is making her electoral debut.
Her brother and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, also extensively campaigned for Priyanka, who is the Congress General Secretary. Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Sathyan Mokeri is taking on Priyanka. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Navya Haridas also is in the fray.
The Wayanad seat was vacated by Rahul Gandhi, who secured his second consecutive victory from the constituency. He chose to retain his Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka Gandhi, contesting her first election, was subsequently nominated by the Congress. Priyanka Gandhi’s by-poll closed and she addressed critical issues that affect the people of Wayanad.
