Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Saturday as part of the BJP's election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2024-04-07 12:13 AM IST
Compiled by : Devashri Bhujbal
People in large numbers gathered to witness the roadshow on both sides of the road and showered petals on Prime Minister Modi
The country's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, sends the maximum number, 80 members to the Lok Sabha
The Ghaziabad seat will witness a triangular contest. The BJP has declared Atul Garg as its candidate from the Ghaziabad constituency after Union Minister and the sitting BJP MP from Ghaziabad, Gen (retd) VK Singh, withdrew himself from the fray for the Lok Sabha polls
He is set to face the INDIA bloc candidate and Congress leader Dolly Sharma, while the Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Nand Kishore Pundir
Ghaziabad will poll for the Lok Sabha on April 26, in the second of the seven-phased elections
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an attack on Congress and said that the party's manifesto is a "bundle of lies" and every page of the document reeks of attempts to "tear India apart"
The elections to 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases, with nearly 97 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise