Agencies New Ayodhya, May 5 Two days before the third phase of polling for the Lok Sabha Election 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Uttar Pradesh s Ayodhya, where he sought support for the sitting BJP MP from Faizabad, Lallu Singh and those contesting from the neighbouring districts. During his visit, the PM also offered prayers at the newly constructed Ram Temple. This was Modi s first visit to Ayodhya after Ram Lalla s consecration ceremony on January 22. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked PM Modi to remove the 50 per cent limit on the reservation and promised that the Congress, if elected to power, will enhance the overall quota beyond 50 per cent. Addressing an election rally at Nirmal in Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency, he alleged that PM Modi is against reservation and wants to snatch the same. Narendra Modiji should tell the country that he will remove the 50 per cent barrier because this is what Congress is going to do. Narendra Modi, in none of his speeches so far, said that he will remove the 50 per cent barrier on the reservation, he said. The high octane campaign for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections that saw the BJP led NDA and the INDIA bloc fiercely attacking each other on issues like reservations and sexual harassment charges against JD S leader Prajwal Revanna concluded on Sunday evening in 92 seats spread over 11 states and Union Territories.
The stakes are significant for the BJP in this round as the party had in 2019 won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, that will go to polls on May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP charge, asking the Congress to give Contd. on page 2