India general elections 2024: AAP-Cong alliance wants to stop Modi's development, create lawlessness, says Navneet Rana

BJP leader Navneet Rana. Pic/X

Amid ongoing India general elections 2024, Amravati MP Navneet Rana on Sunday said the aim of the AAP-Congress alliance in Delhi was only to stop the development works of the Narendra Modi government and "create a state of lawlessness in the country", reported PTI.

Addressing public meetings amid ongoing India general elections 2024 in support of BJP candidates Ramveer Singh Bidhuri in Chattarpur and Harsh Malhotra in Krishna Nagar, Rana said that those who work for the welfare of the people will win the heart of the voters, adding that Bidhuri and Malhotra are grassroots leaders.

Lashing out at AAP and Congress she said, "The Aam Aadmi Party and Congress are the same. In 2014, Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Congress, Sharad Pawar, Lalu Yadav are all corrupt. Yet, today for electoral gains, they are joining hands with the same people because their sole aim is to thwart the development of the Modi government and create a state of lawlessness in the country," reported PTI.

Rana took jabs at Kejriwal for his alleged involvement in the excise police case. In comparison, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worked to establish institutions like AIIMS, IITs and IIMs, she said. Voting in seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will be held on May 25.

Meanwhile, an approximate voter turnout of 23.66 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of polling on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of India general elections 2024 amid reports of EVM glitches in some places and poll boycott in a village of Uttar Pradesh, reported PTI.

While Maharashtra recorded the lowest voter turnout till 11 am with 15.93 per cent voters exercising their franchise, West Bengal recorded the highest voting percentage with 32.70 per cent.

Among other states Bihar recorded 21.11 cent turnout, Jammu and Kashmir 21.37 per cent, Jharkhand 26.18 per cent, Ladakh 27.87 per cent, Odisha 21.097 per cent and Uttar Pradesh 27.76 per cent.

In Uttar Pradesh, Amethi recorded a voter turnout of 27.20 per cent till 11 am, and Rae Bareli 28.10 per cent.

(With inputs from PTI)