Campaigning ends for phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls

Campaigning ended for the penultimate phase of the general elections to be held on May 25, with both the BJP and the INDIA bloc moving the pitch to post-poll arithmetic.

Campaigning ended on Thursday for the penultimate phase of the general elections to be held on May 25, with both the BJP and the INDIA bloc moving the pitch to post-poll arithmetic.

At a rally in Mahendragarh in Haryana, where all 10 seats will vote on May 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that the INDIA bloc was talking about having five Prime Ministers over the next five years and the fight over “ghee” (clarified butter) had broken out in the alliance, even before the cow had given milk.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that the INDIA bloc would stop the BJP from coming back to power and get the required numbers to form the government.

The sixth phase will see 889 candidates trying their luck from 58 seats. With this phase, the polling process in 28 States and union territories will be completed.

Star campaigners of all parties also descended on the national capital, which will see all of its seven Lok Sabha seats voting on May 25. The BJP had won all the seats here in 2019.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on May 21 that the BJP was set to lose power on June 4, when results for the Lok Sabha elections would be announced.

He rephrased Mr. Modi’s “Achhe din aane wale hain” pitch by adding his own spin — “Modiji jaane wale hain” — to it.