PM To Address Poll Rally in Mumbai

Raj Thackeray is likely to attend?

On Wednesday, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park on May 17.

Mr. Bawankule spoke to reporters after meeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who announced his party's support for BJP-led NDA candidates in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

"PM Modi will address a poll rally at Shivaji Park on May 17. I invited Raj Thackeray to the rally and has agreed to attend it," said the BJP leader.

"Thackeray's support (to NDA candidates) and his appeal to voters will reflect in the (poll) outcome. We have asked Raj to join us for the poll campaign in the next few days," he said.

On Wednesday, the PM addressed two elections in Maharashtra in Nashik and Thane districts in support of NDA nominees and also held a roadshow in Mumbai.

The voting for the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections took place on Friday, April 19.

The voting will take place on 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states. Police have ramped up security in several cities ahead of the polling. 

Top leaders in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress have shifted their campaign focus on the seats going to polls in the second and third phases of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.