Lok Sabha polls top updates: Choose between ‘vote jihad’ and ‘Ram rajya’, PM Modi tells voters
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Model Code of Conduct has turned into the ‘Modi Code of Conduct’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the voters will have to choose between “vote jihad”, which he alleged that the Opposition Congress was promoting, and a “Ram Rajya”, or the utopian reign of the Hindu deity Ram.
In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Model Code of Conduct has turned into the “Modi Code of Conduct” as the Election Commission does not take against the speeches made by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders during election campaigns.
Here’s a look at today’s top developments:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Tuesday said that India today stood at “an important turning point in history”, The Print reported. “You [voters] have to decide whether ‘vote jihad’ will continue in India or ‘Ram Rajya’ will,” he said. He also asked whether “vote jihad” could be accepted in a democracy. The prime minister was referring to Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam’s remarks in April. Alam had allegedly asked Muslim voters at a rally to launch a “vote jihad” to remove the current government. The term “jihad” in Islam is meant to denote an effort or struggle. The Uttar Pradesh Police registered a case against Alam and Congress leader...
