Punjab Assembly elections | PM Modi terms Congress, AAP two sides of same coin
The Hindu
Both parties had opposed construction of ‘Ram Mandir’, PM Modi says
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were two sides of the same coin.
Both the parties had opposed the construction of ‘Ram mandir” and even questioned the valour of the armed forces, he stated at a public rally in Pathankot. “While one party pushed Punjab towards drugs, the other is spreading liquor in every nook and corner of Delhi. They are two sides of the same coin. While the Congress is the original, the other [AAP] is the photocopy”, he observed.
When there was a terror attack in Pathankot, while the entire country was united, the Congress was singing a different tune similar that of Pakistan. “They questioned the valour of the soldiers. Didn’t they?,” he said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.