Lok Sabha Elections 2024: How many public meetings did Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi hold here
The election campaign for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections came to a halt on Thursday evening. Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his election campaign with a rally in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. With this, he held a total of 206 public meetings and road shows since the Election Commission announced the election schedule on March 16. The Prime Minister had earlier participated in about 145 rallies and road shows during the 2019 elections.
Held more rallies this time than in 2019
This time he campaigned more and addressed public meetings. This time the election campaign time was 76 days, while five years ago there were 68 days in the elections. When the Election Commission announced the elections, PM Modi was on a political tour of South India. During this, he covered all the five states of South India in three days between March 15 and March 17.
BJP’s focus was more on South India
In this election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to strengthen its position in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. In these three states, BJP could not win even a single seat in the 2019 elections. In this election, the party has also tried to maintain its strength in Karnataka and increase its strength in Telangana. In the year 2019, BJP won 25 out of 28 seats in Karnataka while it won four seats in Telangana.
PM Modi gave 80 interviews
The Prime Minister also gave a total of 80 media interviews in this election. On an average, he has given more than one interview per day since the voting started. Modi will be in Kanyakumari from Thursday evening to June 1 for meditation. During this time he will meditate at the place associated with Swami Vivekananda.
Results will be declared on June 4
How much impact this vigorous election campaign of Prime Minister Modi had on the public, it will be known only on June 4 when the election results will be declared. At the age of about 73, no leader can come close to Modi in terms of the number of meetings he held and the distance he covered. He was the biggest attraction for his party to attract voters. Critics criticized him for his speeches during this period, but the enthusiasm of BJP’s enthusiastic supporters also increased.
Rahul Gandhi conducted 107 rallies and road shows
According to sources, Congress’s star election campaigner Rahul Gandhi conducted a total of 107 rallies and road shows in the Lok Sabha elections. These included major election campaign programs like Samvad and Nyay Sammelan, Nyay Manch. Apart from this, many party leaders including Priyanka Gandhi conducted election rallies.
