Live Updates | Haryana, J&K Elections 2024: Sachin Pilot Slams BJP's 'PoK Pitch' As 'Election Rhetoric'

Live Updates | Pilot slams BJP's 'PoK pitch' as 'election rhetoric', calls it ploy to divert attention

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dubbing the party's recent 'PoK will be part of Jammu and Kashmir' pitch as "election rhetoric" and asked what stopped it from taking steps to realise that goal when it had a full majority government for 10 years.

The Congress general secretary has been campaigning extensively for the current round of assembly polls. He also exuded confidence that the Congress may break all previous records to get a larger number of seats than ever before in Haryana.

In an interview with PTI, Pilot said the Congress could get more than a two-thirds majority in Haryana and claimed the top BJP leadership was showing a lack of interest in campaigning, having sensed the reality on the ground. He said despite attempts by many forces to create a sense of confusion in the Kashmir Valley and in Jammu, the Congress-National Conference's collective campaign will ensure they form a government with a comfortable majority.

Haryana Chunav 2024 Live: Jolt For AAP As Faridabad Candidate Joins BJP

In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana, its Faridabad candidate Pravesh Mehta joined the ruling BJP on Saturday. Mehta, 69, joined the BJP in Faridabad in the presence of Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar, who is the BJP MP from Faridabad, and senior Haryana BJP leader Vipul Goel. Goel is BJP's candidate from Faridabad in the Assemby election.

Live Updates | Haryana, J&K Elections 2024: PM Modi Boosts BJP Campaign In Haryana

PM Modi on Saturday visited Haryana to boost BJP's campaign for the upcoming elections in the state. He gave a slogan, "Bharosa dil se BJP fir se". During the rally, PM Modi said that the development of Haryana should go on non-stop and that is why the people of the state have decided to give a chance to BJP for the third time.

"As the polling date is coming closer, Congress leaders are saying that the Congress will face the same fate as it did in Madhya Pradesh," PM Modi said in a half an hour speech at the Jan Ashirwad rally in Hisar city to seek votes for the party's 23 candidates from six districts.

This was PM's third rally in Haryana, which will go to polls on October 5. Earlier, PM Modi held rallies in Kurukshetra and Gohana towns. Saying "the Congress is hijacked by urban Naxal sympathisers", the Prime Minister said it "is the most deceitful and dishonest party in the country".

"You can see the condition of Himachal Pradesh in the neighbourhood. They lied to the people of Himachal Pradesh during the elections and now, after forming the government, people are asking the Congress what happened to your promises and the Congress is asking the people who are you?