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LS polls campaign highlights: Modi slams Left, Cong over Sabarimala issue

Modi slammed the CPI(M)-led LDF govt in Kerala and Cong-led UDF Oppn over the Sabarimala issue; Congress Core Group's meeting had a detailed discussion on the preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections

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Last Updated : Jan 15 2019 | 11:40 PM IST

10:53 PM

Congress Core Group to meet again
 
Sources told ANI that the Core Group would meet again to discuss further the party's roadmap for the coming Lok Sabha polls. Since Congress president Rahul Gandhi is out of the country, the Core Group did not take any call either on "Uttar Pradesh or any other major issues related to the Lok Sabha elections". (Read more here

10:52 PM

Political situation in Karnataka discussed in Congress Core Group's meeting
 
Sources told ANI that the Congress Core Group's meeting, which went on for nearly three hours, discussed the prevailing political situation in Karnataka, where the BJP and Congress-JDS leaders are accusing each other of poaching their MLAs. (Read more here

9:37 PM

Congress Core Group meet discusses Mission 2019, UP 
 
On Tuesday evening, the Congress Core Group's meeting began in New Delhi at 15, Gurdwara Rakabganj Road. (Read more here)  
 
1) The meeting is likely to discuss among other things Mission 2019 Lok Sabha poll and the situation arising out of the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh where 80 seats are at stake.
 
2) Sources told news agency ANI that the issues related to a possible alliance, poll strategy, and organisational structure will come up for discussion during the meeting. 
 
3) "The discussion will also take place on how to strengthen the party at the booth level, galvanising the party cadres for the Lok Sabha polls, strategy for retaining the edge in the states where the party won recently held Assembly polls," they said.
 
4) Sources said the main focus of the meeting would be Uttar Pradesh, where the SP-BSP has ditched the Congress instead of forging a grand alliance with the grand old party. 
 
5) "For the last four days, senior party leaders have been working out the plan for UP battle," sources added. 

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7:16 PM

The people of Kerala have woken. They see BJP as the party that can fulfil their aspirations. We will leave no stone unturned to fulfil their dreams and build a strong, prosperous and inclusive India: PM Modi 

7:14 PM

The entire world loves the cashew nuts from Kollam. But UDF and LDF have failed to do anything for cashew nut farmers. They are responsible for the poor condition of the sector. A BJP government in Kerala will give topmost importance to the welfare of the cashew nut industry: PM 

7:13 PM

We all have the same blood in our veins. We live together in the same country. And, I will do everything I can for each and every Indian: PM 

7:13 PM

All parties talked, but no action (was taken). It was the NDA government that brought a historic increase in MSP for the farmers: PM

7:13 PM

For so many years, those in power took the votes of the farmers. But when it came to doing something substantial, they did nothing: PM Modi 

7:10 PM

Our government had the historic opportunity to pass a legislation that gives 10 per cent quota to poor people from the general category. It was passed in Parliament. But do you know which party opposed it tooth and nail? It is the IUML, the second largest partner of the UDF: PM 

7:08 PM

Driven by vote-bank politics, the Congress and the Communists support the Triple Talaq practice: PM

7:07 PM

Our stand on the Sabarimala issue has always been clear. And, the actions of our party match our words: PM 

First Published: Jan 15 2019 | 8:47 AM IST