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News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Srishty Choudhury | Updated on: 16 May 2019, 12:25:51 AM
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Congress president Rahul Gandhi will hold rallies in Punjab. He will also visit Alwar and meet the victim of the Thanaghazi gangrape. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hold a roadshow in Varanasi.

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offered prayers at Kaal Bhairav temple in Varanasi, today.



Amit Shah today did a press conference, threatened EC, is this the result of that? Bengal is not scared. Bengal was targeted because I am speaking against Modi: Banerjee on Election Commission's order to end poll campaign in West Bengal. READ FULL STORY HERE:

Amit Shah created violence through his meeting, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar statue was vandalized but Modi did not feel sorry for that today. People of Bengal have taken this seriously, action should be taken against Amit Shah: Mamata Banerjee.

PM Modi mocks everyone over 'VIP treatment' but his own brother wants police escort: Robert Vadra.

Election Commission bars poll campaigning in 9 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal following violence during Amit Shah's roadshow in the state.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi drove a tractor in Ludhiana earlier today. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu and Congress leader Asha Kumari also present.



Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) holds a roadshow in Varanasi. Congress Varanasi LS candidate Ajay Rai and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel also present.



There is a lot of pressure on bureaucracy and police here, an example of this is the suicide of a former IPS. I'm making a serious allegation, the person who spent his whole life protecting the common man of W Bengal was forced to end his life: PM Modi in Harbour, West Bengal.

Varanasi: Congress General Secretary for eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra pays tribute to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya at Banaras Hindu University gate.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holds a march from Beliaghata to Shyambazar.



You are lucky that when you chant 'Jai Sri Ram', at least you are not arrested. Today in India, there is a state where if a common citizen merely says 'Jai Sri Ram' allies of Congress put him in jail: Smriti Irani in Himachal Pradesh.

Mamata Banerjee has destroyed West Bengal's culture of 'Bhadra Lok': Modi at West Bengal rally.

Power-drunk Mamata Banerjee is throttling democracy, says PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday's Kolkata violence.

Didi's goons carrying guns and bombs are bent upon Destruction, PM Modi tells poll rally in West Bengal.

Mamata didi had declared publicly two days ago that she will take revenge. She fulfilled her agenda within 24 hours, BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow was attacked: PM Modi in Basirhat.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses public meeting in Ludhiana, Punjab. WATCH LIVE:



Derek O'Brien, TMC: We have two more pictures to show, this is to do with the elections, we have nothing personally against the Central forces, we have two startling pictures to expose what we have been saying that the Central forces are in cahoots with the BJP in Bengal.

Derek O'Brien, TMC: We have two more pictures to show, this is to do with the elections, we have nothing personally against the Central forces, we have two startling pictures to expose what we have been saying that the Central forces are in cahoots with the BJP in Bengal.

Derek O Brien, TMC: Anybody can come and do a procession, but what were the outsiders... Who is this fellow Tejinder Bagga? Who is he? He was arrested, is he not the same guy who slapped somebody in Delhi? You have taken in your outsider goons

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Deoghar, Jharkhand: Congress apne naamdar par haar ki zimmedaari nahi aane dena chahti, isliye Congress mein abhi nakhun kaat kar shaheed hone walo ki hod machi hui hai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Deoghar, Jharkhand: Congress can't say they lost elections because of 'naamdar', it would be against the rules of dynasty. That is why after the 5th phase, 2 of the closest 'darbaari' of the 'naamdar' family started batting on their own.

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy: Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge was supposed to become the CM some years earlier itself.I feel that some injustice has happened with him. I would like to clearly state that even I feel he has not been recognized enough for all the work he has done.

Kolkata: TMC's student wing protests against the vandalisation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue during clashes in BJP Chief Amit Shah's roadshow in the city, on Tuesday.



Rahul Sinha, BJP, on Yogi Adityanath's rally in Kolkata cancelled:When stage was being set up y'day, labourers working on it were beaten up & scared away; the stage was vandalised. The public meeting was scheduled for 2 pm today, stage couldn't be repaired. So we had to cancel it.



Kolkata Police detains BJP's Tajinder Bagga, Vivek Oberoi likens Mamata to Saddam Hussain.

Kolkata: CPI (Marxist) holds protest against statue pf Vidyasagar vandalised in violence during BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow yesterday. CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury says,"an investigation should be done to find out how could this happen in Kolkata".



BJP Youth Wing Convenor Priyanka Sharma who was arrested for sharing a meme on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee: My bail was granted yesterday, but still I wasn't released for another 18 hours. They didn't allow me to meet my advocate and family. They made me sign an apology. I will fight this case. I will not apologise.





BJP President Amit Shah on violence at his roadshow in Kolkata yesterday: Had CRPF not been there, it would have been really difficult for me to escape, BJP workers were beaten up, TMC can go to any extent, it's with luck that I made it out.

Kolkata: BJP Youth Wing Convenor Priyanka Sharma at BJP office after being released from Alipore Correctional Home. She was arrested for sharing a meme on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.



Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds protest against violence in BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata, West Bengal yesterday. Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan, Jitendra Singh and Vijay Goel also present.




PM Modi in Paliganj, Bihar: This is my last public meeting today; last opportunity to seek blessings for 2019 Elections. Lekin iske baad Pradhan Mantri pad ko seva ke bhav se svikaar karte hue, main fir ek baar vikas ki ganga lekar ke aapke beech aaunga.







PM Narendra Modi in Paliganj, Bihar: Be it Congress' 'naamdaar' family or the corrupt family in Bihar, their assets are in thousands & crores now. From where the money came? If they had little care of the nation & the poor, they would have hesitated from doing corruption.

Delhi Police:As per contents of complaint no cognizable offence is made out. Rahul Gandhi made defamatory statement (hiding behind blood of soldiers&doing 'dalali' on their sacrifice) against PM for which defamatory suit may be filed by individual against whom statement was made”.

Delhi Police today filed 'Action Taken Report' in Rouse Avenue Court, on criminal complaint seeking direction to police for registration of FIR u/s 124A (Sedition charges) against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making derogatory statement against PM.

Amit Shah, BJP: Mamata Banerjee claims that BJP is doing it, I want to tell her, we are fighting in every state in the nation,unlike you on 42 seats in West Bengal. Violence didn't take place in 6 phases of elections anywhere but Bengal which proves that TMC is responsible for it.



Mayawati says PM Modi has crossed all limits of decency in terming BSP her 'personal property'.

Vidyasagar's statue was vandalised by TMC workers themselves, claims BJP chief Amit Shah.

We were outside the Vidyasagar Collge, TMC workers were inside. Then how can we vandalise Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar's statue, says Amit Shah.

Election Comission to review phase 7 preparedness. It may discuss West Bengal.

Priyanka Sharma's counsel NK Kaul says in Supreme Court "Sharma is being released, but before her release she was asked to sign an apology letter prepared by the Police which says she will not post this again".

West Bengal Government's Counsel says in Supreme Court that 'Priyanka Sharma was released at 9:40 am, today.' SC bench asks,' why she was not released immediately?'

BJP Youth Wing Convenor Priyanka Sharma's advocate mentions before the Supreme Court that Priyanka has not been released yet. SC says if she is not released, it will issue a notice of contempt. Sharma was arrested for sharing a meme of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam: This has been taken absolutely out of context & the speech has been painted as anti -Hindu, with a malafide intent. This has created complete confusion and utmost anxiety amongst many common citizens who are not privy to this larger conspiracy.

Makkal Needhi Maiam on its chief Kamal Haasan's statement '1st terrorist in independent India is a Hindu, his name is Nathuram Godse': He was calling for religious tolerance & co-existence amongst all religious groups & condemned extremism in whichever form & religion.

BJP is a rich people's party: Mayawati.

BJP doesn't care for the poor: BSP chief Mayawati.

BJP forced GST, demonetisation on the citizens of the country: Mayawati.

BJP is a party that spends lavishly, alleges BSP chief Mayawati.

Rae Bareli Congress MLA Aditi Singh's vehicle was attacked on her way to Rae Bareli where she was headed for a floor test against District Panchayat Chief Awadhesh Singh; says "The attack was done on Awadesh Singh's directions. My vehicle was attacked by 40-50 people."

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on clashes in Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata: Mamata Ji has become so scared of her defeat, that she is killing democracy & doesn't even want to let anyone campaign. I appeal Election Commission to ensure free and fair polls.

BSP-SP-RLD to address joint rallies in Mau and Deoria of Uttar Pradesh.

BJP chief Amit Shah to address rallies in Dhar and Jhabua of Madhya Pradesh today.

Congress secretary general Priyanka Gandhi will hold a road show in Varanasi in support of party candidate Ajay Rai at 5 pm. The roadshow will start from BHU gate and conclude at Vishwanath temple at 7 pm. She will also pay a darshan to Kaal Bahairavat 7.30 pm.

Rahul Gandhi will address rallies at Faridkot and Ludhiana in Punjab today.

The PM will address a rally in Paliganj in Bihar, Deogarh in Jharkhand and Bashirhat in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. 

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First Published : 16 May 2019, 12:25:51 AM

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