The political pulse seems to have soared in Madhya Pradesh with just few months left for the Assembly elections in the state as both BJP and Congress are gearing up their poll preparations.
BJP organised a mega gathering of its booth-level workers in Indore on Sunday which was addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
This was Shah’s third visit in less than 20 days.
Senior Congress leaders, including two former Chief Ministers Narenand Kamal Nath, as well as ex-JNUSU president-turned-NSUI's national in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar, addressed an Adivasi Yuva Mahapanchayat in the state.
Shah in his address to the party workers urged them to aim for victory in 2023, which breaks all previous records of assembly poll victories.
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He also urged the BJP's booth-level workers to fight hard in the next general elections to ensure Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister.
"It is not the leaders sitting on this stage, who win the elections for the BJP. It is our booth-level workers who win us the polls," he was quoted as having said by Indian Express.
Shah also termed Modi as "Messiah of Poor" for starting a large number of pro-poor schemes.
Shah also targeted Congress saying that the party did nothing, while being in power for 70 years in the state.
He also raised the issues of surgical strikes on Pakistan soil, Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya and the abrogation of Article 370.
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Meanwhile, addressing an Adivasi Yuva Mahapanchayat, former Chief Ministers Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath assured that all demands raised by the tribal youths through a "Maang-Patra" at the Mahapanchayat on Sunday will be included in the party's poll manifesto.
Lashing out at the BJP and its leaders, Kanhaiya Kumar accused the party of pitting tribals against non-tribals in Manipur, which has been witnessing ethnic violence since May. He also questioned the country's first tribal President Droupadi Murmu's silence over tribal women being paraded naked in Manipur.
He also targeted state home minister Narottam Mishra, saying "instead of zeroing on what Deepika Padukone is wearing in a movie, you (Mishra) should be concerned about what is happening to women, tribals and Dalits in Madhya Pradesh".
