UP elections 2022: Rajnath Singh promises free LPG gas cylinders on Holi, Diwali

Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), February 19: Ahead of the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) star campaigner Rajnath Singh on Saturday announced that if his party retains power in the state, it will provide free LPG gas cylinder on the occasion of Holi and Diwali every year.

Addressing a public rally at Colonelganj in UP’s Gonda, the union minister said, “If voted to power in UP again, BJP Government will provide free LPG gas cylinder on Holi and Diwali every year.” “Poll analysts and survey agencies have stated that in the first two phases, the BJP is getting more or less the same number of seats it won in the last Assembly elections,” Singh said when asked about the BJP’s chances in the first and second phases of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. In response to Rahul Gandhi’s “China and Pakistan are closer remarks,” he stated that if Rahul Gandhi has not studied the history of ancient India, he should at least study the history of modern India. Also Read | Ahead of Punjab polls CEO S Karuna Raju releases important details “Jawaharlal Nehru was PM when Pakistan handed over the illegally-occupied territory of Shaksgam Valley to China. Indira Gandhi was PM when Karakoram Highway was built in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Manmohan Singh, not Modi Ji, was PM when construction on CPEC began,” the BJP leader continued. Escalating his attack on the Congress leader, Singh stated that it pains to see Rahul Gandhi saying in parliament that a large number of Indian soldiers and only 3-4 Chinese soldiers died in the (Galwan) clash. “Soon after Rahul Gandhi made this remark in Parliament, an investigative journalist of Australia reported that 38-50 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Galwan clash,” he added. “India is no longer a weak country. It has emerged as a powerful nation. Earlier, the world would not listen when India said something on global platforms. Today, the world listens to India attentively when it speaks,” said the BJP leader. The third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will take place on Sunday. The polling will be held in 59 Assembly seats in 16 districts of the state. Two phases of the seven-phased elections in Uttar Pradesh have concluded, while the state will hold the other five phases of polling. Voting for the remaining five phases will take place on February 20, 23, 27, March 3 and 7, with the counting of votes on March 10. Also Read | Punjab Elections 2022: Cong expels Satkar Kaur ahead of polls -PTC News