Campaigning intensifies for Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, with top leaders of various parties holding rallies

Senior BJP leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing Parivartan Sankalp rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Suri today, termed the ongoing West Bengal elections as a crusade to restore the state’s former glory. Supporting BJP candidates, the Prime Minister asserted that while the rest of the country progresses rapidly, the Trinamool Congress has pushed Bengal backwards. He claimed that after decades of decline under Congress and Left rule, the TMC has further devastated the state through corruption, specifically citing its failure to make Bengal self-sufficient in fish production and the rise of coal and sand mafias in Asansol. Vowing to replace the current atmosphere of fear with trust, he assured that all corruption cases would be investigated, constitutional rights would be upheld, and the Seventh Pay Commission would be implemented for state employees and teachers. The Prime Minister also participated in a massive roadshow in Asansol as part of his campaign trail. 
 
Trinamool Congress Chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asserted that her party will emerge victorious in the upcoming elections despite the BJP’s alleged attempts to capture Bengal by deleting over 90 lakh names from the voter list through SIR. Addressing a public meeting in Minakhan in support of candidate Usharani Mondal, the Chief Minister claimed that the names of people from all religions and communities were removed. 
 
Electioneering is in full swing in Tamil Nadu with star campaigners, Senior BJP leaders, and Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Dr L. Murugan, and the State BJP’s former leader Annamalai wooing voters for the NDA alliance.   AIADMK leader Edappadi Palanisamy, DMK Chief and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Sengottaiyan, Premalatha Vijaykant, Dr Anbumani, Kanimozhi and many others are criss-crossing the state, garnering votes for their parties.