Modi at Kumbh as Delhi votes: Maharashtra to Jharkhand, Haryana to TN, PM’s busy polling days

2014 Lok Sabha polls

It was the predetermination wherever Modi emerged arsenic the BJP’s premier ministerial candidate. After wrapping up the run for the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections, the past Gujarat main curate made a sojourn to the Pratapgarh fort successful Satara territory of Maharashtra.

The fort was the tract of Maratha king Shivaji’s triumph implicit the Mughals successful the 17th century, pursuing the celebrated sidesplitting of Afzal Khan with his “wagh nakh (tiger claws)”. The BJP’s run successful Maharashtra had revolved astir the revered Maratha king, portion Maharashtra was up for Assembly elections aboriginal that year.

Addressing an lawsuit successful Sangli successful January 2014, Modi had said: “Along with warring battles, Shivaji besides dreamed of however an Independent India should be, however should its culture, traditions etc be. It was successful this onshore of Maharashtra that a exemplary for an autarkic India evolved. It was successful this onshore that helium acceptable up a laboratory for gathering the nation. All this helium did 350 years ago.”

The BJP won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with an emphatic bulk of 282 seats – the archetypal clip a enactment had won a elemental bulk astatine the Centre successful 3 decades. The NDA, successful all, had 336 Lok Sabha MPs of the full 543.

2019 Lok Sabha polls

This was the archetypal predetermination that Modi went into arsenic PM and was held successful 7 phases. This time, pursuing the BJP’s campaign, wherever Modi traversed the magnitude and breadth of the country, holding 142 events, helium undertook a spiritual travel to the Kedarnath shrine successful Uttarakhand starting May 19.

He prayed and meditated successful a cave there, for adjacent to 17 hours. The Opposition accused the PM of “using spiritual sentiments” to garner votes successful the 48-hour soundless play earlier the polls.

In the last count, the BJP didn’t conscionable instrumentality to power, it

bettered its 2014 tally, winning 303 seats. The NDA wide won 352 seats.

2024 Lok Sabha polls

Leading the BJP’s “400 paar” slogan successful the run-up to the polls, Modi held 204 events crossed the state during campaigning for the seven-phased polls.

Following the campaign, which the PM had started from Kanyakumari successful Tamil Nadu, Modi embarked connected a 45-hour mediation workout astatine the Vivekananda Rock Memorial successful Rameshwaram, starting May 30, 2024. The past signifier of voting was connected June 1.

The predetermination results were a setback to the BJP, with its tally falling to 240 – beneath the bulk mark.

However, the NDA formed the authorities for the 3rd clip successful a enactment with the enactment of allies similar the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), which won 16 and 12 seats, respectively. Collectively, the NDA tally touched 293.

Assembly polls

While polling was connected for each the 90 Assembly successful Haryana connected October 5, 2024, PM Modi arrived for prayers astatine the Pohara Devi temple successful Washim territory of Maharashtra. He besides met respected saints of the Banjara assemblage there. The assemblage besides has a beingness successful Haryana.

On November 11, 2024, the past time of campaigning for 43 Assembly seats successful Jharkhand for the archetypal signifier of elections, Modi participated successful the 200th day celebrations of Shree Swaminarayan Mandir successful Vadtal, Gujarat, and addressed the gathering done video conferencing.

On November 25, 2023, erstwhile polling was happening successful Rajasthan arsenic per a revised schedule, Modi completed a sortie connected IAF’s multirole combatant pitchy Tejas. Clad successful an olive greenish G-suit, Modi took a sortie connected the indigenous trainer mentation of airy combat craft (LCA) Tejas during a sojourn to defence shaper HAL successful Bengaluru.

A mates of days earlier, connected November 23, the past time of canvassing for Rajasthan polls, Modi performed darshan and pooja astatine Shree Krishna Janmbhumi Mandir successful Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, a salient Hindus spiritual site. Mathura is adjacent to Rajasthan.

During that visit, Modi besides participated successful Sant Mirabai Janmotsav, a programme to observe the 525th commencement day of Sant Mirabai successful Mathura. In his speech, Modi mentioned that Meera Bai was calved successful Rajasthan. Two Rajasthan districts bordering UP, Bharatpur and Dholpur, are portion of the Braj belt, which has Mathura astatine the halfway of it. The portion besides has a affluent contented of medieval Bhakti poetry, peculiarly Mirabai’s.

On November 5, 2023, the past time of canvassing for the archetypal signifier of canvass successful Chhattisgarh, Modi visited Maa Bamleshwari temple successful Dongargarh successful the authorities to connection prayers.

Then again, connected November 15, 2023, the past of run for 2nd signifier of polls successful Chhattisgarh for 70 seats, Modi visited Ulihatu Village successful Jharkhand, the birthplace of ‘Bhagwan’ Birsa Munda — a person revered arsenic a saint by tribals — and paid tributes to his statue.

He was the archetypal PM to sojourn Ulihatu village.