A-10 | Friday, April 26, 2019 INDIA POLL www.WeeklyVoice.com Roopa Ganguli In Malda Badals Trying To Divide People: Amarinder CHANDIGARH: Putting the blame squarely on the Akalis for the spate of desecrations, and the police iring incidents of Bargari and Kotkapura that rocked the state during their regime, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday accused the Badals of trying to divide the people and polarize the communities. “They did nothing to control the situation and allowed it to get out of hand, which clearly indi- to enjoy, and then you will meet cated their involvement in the Be- your fate,” Amarinder warned the hbal Kalan and other incidents,” Badals. Amarinder said while addressing He said the present leader- a public rally in support of Con- ship of the Shiromani Akali Dal Malda: BJP leader Roopa Ganguly during a rally organised to campaign for the party’s Lok Sabha gress candidate from Fatehgarh (SAD), led by the Badal family, candidate from Gazole ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in West Bengal’s Malda, on April Sahib, former IAS oficer Amar was a “farce”. The original Akali Dal, formed during the Gurd- 21, 2019. (Photo: Indrajit Roy/IANS) Singh, who iled his nomination papers on Thursday. wara Movement, was committed “They should remember they to sacriicing itself to safeguard cannot escape their sins forever. Sikhi, unlike the present Akali Rahul To Blame If Modi Wins - AAP Sikhs would never forget or for- Dal which had looted the state for 10 years and eroded the dignity NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi with huge sadness that if Modi point. But the tough situation the give them for the deilement of their holy scripture. of Sikh institutions like the Akal Party (AAP) chief Arvind Ke- and (BJP President Amit) Shah country is facing made us take Just one more month for you Takht, he said. jriwal on Thursday said that return to power, only one person such a decision.” Congress President Rahul Gan- will be responsible -- Rahul Gan- The talks between the AAP dhi will be responsible if Prime dhi. and Congress for an alliance in Minister Narendra Modi returns “The way he is weakening the Delhi were on for some time but Star Campaigners to power in the Lok Sabha polls,opposition in West Bengal, Uttar both the parties will now contest promising his party will do ev- Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh the May 12 Lok Sabha battle in erything to stop the Shah-Modi and Haryana, this is not a good Delhi on their own. duo in Delhi. thing,” the Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal also slammed Rahul Descend On Speaking to the media over said after releasing AAP’s Delhi Gandhi for tweeting discussions a possible alliance between the manifesto. related to the alliance. “Where in : Cam- Odisha,” he said. AAP and Congress in the nation- He said his party was giv- the world an alliance took place paigning is in full swing for the While Prime Minister Naren- al capital, he said his party would ing a tough ight to the BJP andon Twitter or through newspaper fourth phase of Lok Sabha and dra Modi and Union Minister Ni- have left all the seven seats for claimed, “we can defeat the BJP headlines?”, referring to Rahul Assembly elections in Odisha. tin Gadkari have addressed pub- Congress if it was in a position in Delhi”. Gandhi’s tweet accusing the AAP Six Lok Sabha constituencies --lic meetings, BJP president Amit to win. “But the Congress cannot Kejriwal said the AAP was chief of “another U turn” on the Mayurbhanj, , , Shah and other leaders will con- win even a single seat in Delhi.” born amid corruption charges alliance. , and Jagats- duct rallies in the next two days “They don’t have an intention during Congress rule. “If they were serious about inghpur, and 41 Assembly seatsof campaigning. Shah is sched- (to forge an alliance). For the past “The thought of an alliance forming an alliance they should falling under them, will go to the uled to address public meetings two months, we have been trying with the Congress was something have come to the table for nego- polls in the fourth phase on April in Mayurbhanj and Jajpur dis- for an alliance. I am saying this we could not even think of at one tiations.” 29. tricts on April 27. This will be the last phase of On the other hand, central lead- voting in the state, except for the ers of the Congress are holding Patkura Assembly constituency, rallies for the irst time in Odisha Boxer Vijender In Congress Camp where the polling will take place after declaration of poll dates. on May 19. Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Star campaigners of three ma- Raj Babbar on Thursday ad- jor political parties -- the Con- dressed a rally in the Bhadrak gress, the Bharatiya Lok Sabha constituency. He- ap (BJP) and the Biju pealed to people to throw Naren- (BJD) -- are touring these areas dra Modi and out to garner support for their respec- of power and elect Congress-led tive candidates. governments for all round devel- Union Home Minister Rajnath opment. Singh on Thursday addressed Congress President Rahul Gan- election meetings in Jajpur, dhi will address a public meeting Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur Lokin Balasore on Friday. Senior Sabha seats. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Addressing a meeting in Bari Azad will conduct a roadshow in under the Jajpur Lok Sabha con- Jagatsinghpur and All India Ma- stituency, Singh slammed Chief hila Congress (AIMC) president Minister Naveen Patnaik for fail- Sushmita Dev will address poll ing to ensure development of the meetings in Jaleswar and Korei state and not implementing the on the same day. To retain his Ayushman Bharat Yojana. “The citadel and keep the two nation- Ayushman Bharat Yojana has al parties at bay, BJD president New Delhi: Boxer and Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from South Delhi, Vijender Singh during a been implemented across the Naveen Patnaik is making whirl- roadshow ahead of iling his nomination papers for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, in New country. However, the BJD gov- wind tours of Assembly constitu- Delhi, on April 23, 2019. (Photo: IANS) ernment is not implementing it in enciese.