3rd Phase Polls In Odisha: Filing Of Nomination For 6 Lok Sabha, 42 Assembly Seats Begins Today 

Addressing a public meeting in Dindori, PM Modi said: "When the fake Shiv Sena merges with Congress, I will miss Balasaheb Thackeray the most. The fake Shiv Sena has shattered his every dream. His vision included building a grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and abolishing Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. While these dreams have been fulfilled, the fake Shiv Sena is showing the most disgust. Just like Congress, they rejected the invitation for the temple's consecration. While Congress members are spewing hate about Ram Mandir, the fake Shiv Sena remains silent. Their sinful partnership has been exposed to the entire state of Maharashtra."

PM Modi said this while speaking at a poll rally for BJP nominee from Dindori -- Union Minister Bharati Pawar -- and Shiv Sena (Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led faction) candidate Hemant Godse from Nashik constituency.

PM Modi's remarks came against the backdrop of Sharad Pawar's recent statement that the regional parties could merge with Congress after the poll results.

"They know that Congress, which is the main party of the INDIA bloc, is losing so badly that it will be difficult for it even to become a valid opposition. Therefore, a leader of the INDIA bloc of Maharashtra says that small parties should be merged with Congress," PM Modi said.

Addressing the issues faced by the onion-growing farmers, which has become a major poll plank in Dindori and Nashik constituencies, PM Modi said that onion exports have increased by 35 per cent during his government's rule.

"Our government lifted a ban on onion exports about 10 days ago. Nearly 22,000 metric tonnes of onions have been exported in the last 10 days. The government has decided to create a buffer stock of onions. During the last season, the government procured seven lakh metric tonnes from the onion-growing farmers. The government has also decided to store five lakh metric tonnes of onions," he said.

PM Modi further stated that a subsidy is being provided to the onion-growing farmers through 'Operation Green'.

"You have seen my work in the last 10 years, and now I have come to seek your blessings for my third term, to seek blessings for building a developed India," he said.

"Today, Modi is giving concrete houses to the poor, electricity connection, water to every home, gas connection under the Ujjwala scheme. We have never looked at anyone's religion. The government has made plans for everyone and given benefits of the schemes to everyone," said PM Modi.

(IANS)

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“Let them (Naveen Patnaik and VK Pandian of the BJD) say whatever they want. Let June 4 come, the BJP will form a government in Odisha with an absolute majority,” Amit Shah said in an exclusive interview to the Argus News during his roadshow at Cuttack today.

To a question on Odia Asmita, Shah said, “The Naveen Patnaik government has destroyed the Odia culture, language and literature. People have already decided to change the government.”

When asked about people’s complaint that ornaments of Puri Shreemandi’s Ratnabandar have been stolen, Shah said, “I am not telling they have been stolen. I want the real matter (inventory of ornaments of Ratnabhandar) should come to the public knowledge.”

Shah also severely criticized the BJD government for its failures in all sectors, while terming its 25 years of rule as “Lost Years”.

“Odisha has lost 25 years. There is no drinking water supplied to people and there are no roads constructed in the State. Odisha has not seen any development during these years,” contended Shah.

He claimed that people of Odisha are living on Narendra Modi projects only.

It may be noted that at a Vijay Sankalpa Samavesh at Berhamppur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had first stated that the BJD’s expiry date is June 4 and the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate will be chosen on June 6 and oath-taking ceremony will be held on June 10.

Similarly, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh have also exuded confidence that the BJD government would be bid bye bye and the BJP would form a government in the State for the first time.

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According to the Kasarvadavali police station officials, Amit Dharamveer Bagdi, 29, a jobless man from Khararalipur village in Haryana's Hisar, alleged committed the triple murder of his wife Bhavna, 24, son Ankush, 8 and daughter Khushi, 6, and is now untraceable.

The police teams which rushed there following a complaint lodged by the landlord have recovered a cricket with which he pounded the mother-children trio to death and their bodies were found in a pool of blood at home.

Investigation Officer Shashikant Rokade who is overseeing the probe, said that as per preliminary inquiries, Bagdi was an alcoholic and frustrated as he was jobless and there used to be many brawls at home.

Fed up of this, his wife Bhavna, along with her kids, had shifted to the home her brother-in-law Vikas Dharamveer Bagdi at his home in Siddhivinayak Nivas, Shendoba Chowk some time back.

A couple of days ago, Amit Bagdi had gone to his brother’s home to meet his wife and children, had lived with them, and things appeared to be normal.

This morning, his brother left for work at 7 am, but when he returned home around noon, he found the bodies of his sister-in-law and the two kids in the house, their bodies covered in blood, and a bloodied cricket bat lying nearby.

Based on a complaint by landlord Jaywant N. Singhe, the Kasarvadavali police has launched a manhunt to nab the fugitive, who is suspected to have fled out of the state.

Rokade said that the accused had been living with his family at his brother’s home for three days peacefully and the exact motives behind the triple murder are not yet clear.

IANS