Election 2019: Bitterly-Fought Lok Sabha Poll Campaign Comes to An End

New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday asked the Election Commission to take action against BJP candidate Pragya Thakur for her remarks describing Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed his first press conference in five years at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. BJP chief Amit Shah was also present at the occasion, where he briefed the media and expressed confidence that the BJP would come back to power with a full majority.

Simultaneously, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also addressed a press conference at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.

The controversy around Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse took yet another turn today after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on BJP candidate Pragya Thakur for her remarks, saying he would never be able to forgive her for insulting the father of the nation.

Meanwhile, Modi, on the last day of campaigning, gave the slogan ‘Abki Baar 300 Paar’, saying he was sure the BJP would exceed expectations. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Solan mocked the Prime Minister for insulting his ‘guru’ LK Advani as well as his cloud cover remark.

His sister and Congress’ eastern UP incharge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took a swipe at Modi, saying voters might as well have chosen actor Amitabh Bachchan instead of the great actor Modi.

Besides, a day after eggs and stones were thrown at actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan for saying that “independent India’s first extremist was a Hindu”, the MNM chief has issued a clarification over his statements.

Haasan, who made the remark in an apparent reference to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse during campaign in Aravakurichi on Sunday, said that he doesn’t feel threatened. “History shows there are extremists in all religions, my speech that day was about peace and harmony and I will not indulge in mudslinging,” he said.

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