On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gather support for BJP candidates in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
Ten days before the first round of the Lok Sabha elections, After a massive road show in Chennai on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi is set to campaign in Vellore.
The Prime Minister will speak at a public gathering in Vellore in support of two candidates running for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA): Soumya Anbumani, a candidate from Pattali Makkal Kachi, and AC Shanmugam, a candidate from the New Justice Party, who is running in Vellore on the BJP ticket.
With 38 of the 39 seats, the DMK-led alliance won a landslide victory in the 2019 Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections.
DMK, which is contesting 22 seats, leads an eight-party alliance that includes the Congress, which is contesting 9 seats; the CPI(M) and the CPI that are contesting 2 seats each; the Indian Muslim League, which has fielded a lone candidate; the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, which is contesting 2 seats, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has fielded a lone candidate; and the Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK), whose candidate will contest on the DMK symbol.
Along with nine other partners, the BJP is contesting 23 seats. These partners include the Pattali Makkal Katchi, which is running for 10 seats, the Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), which is running for 3 seats, O Pannerselvam, a former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and leader of the AIADMK, who is running as an Independent, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMU), led by TTV Dhinakaran, which is running for two seats, and the Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi, Puthiya Needhi Katchi, and Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, which is running for one seat each. Under the BJP’s banner, the last three parties are running for office.
BJP, which is contesting 23 seats, will go into the polls with nine other partners; including the Pattali Makkal Katchi on 10 seats, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) on 3 seats, former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader O Pannerselvam, who is contesting as an Independent; Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMU), headed by TTV Dhinakaran, on 2 seats, and the Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi, Puthiya Needhi Katchi and Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam on one seat each. The latter three parties are contesting under BJP’s banner.
Following his Vellore rally, Prime Minister Modi will travel to Maharashtra to campaign for Raju Parwe, the Shiv Sena candidate (the ruling Eknath Shinde faction), in Nagpur’s Ramtek constituency.
With 48 Lok Sabha seats, Maharashtra holds the second-largest number after Uttar Pradesh. The BJP, running in coalition with the Shiv Sena, won 23 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections.
Maharashtra will have five rounds of elections on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20 for the 48 Lok Sabha seats.
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