Opposition delegation meets EC over ending election campaign in West Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address election rallies in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. In Bengal, he will hold public meetings in Laxmikantapur and Dumdum Central Jail Maidan. In UP, he will address ralies in Mau and Mirzapur. BJP chief Amit Shah is scheduled to hold a roadshow in Gorakhpur. Amit Shah, along with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and party candidate from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat Ravi Kisan, will address the gathering. "Around 1 lakh people are expected to take part in the roadshow". The road show will start from the Town Hall and end at Vijay Chowk.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to hold a mega road show in Patna Sahib constituency in favour of party candidate Shatrughan Sinha. Sinha is locked in battle against BJP’s candidate and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is contesting his Lok Sabha elections. He is also likely to visit Alwar to meet the gangrape victim.

The BSP-SP alliance is scheduled to hold a joint rally, to be addressed by BSP chief Mayawati and SP national president Akhilesh Yadav. “The venue of this rally would be near Ravidas temple in Sir gobardhan area. Both leaders ––Mayawati and Akhilesh –– might visit the temple on the day of their rally”.

In first such action in India's electoral history, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered campaigning in nine West Bengal constituencies to end at 10 PM on Thursday, a day before its scheduled deadline, in the wake of violence between BJP and TMC workers in Kolkata. In a hurriedly-convened press conference, Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar said it was for the first time that such an action has been taken using constitutional powers of the poll panel.

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