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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses an election meeting organised in Union Home Amit Shah being felicitated by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at an election
Meerut on Monday (ANI) rally in Sankhali on Wednesday (ANI)

father says that my this son is 10-year- to vote for the BJP in the Assembly an incident close to his heart and said 2-3 Sikhs from a nearby field joined us,
old, this one is 15 -year-old, their age polls beginning tomorrow and said that he has seen the valour of the peo- but to no avail. Then I asked the Sikhs if
collectively counts 25 so they should that their vote will decide the future ple of Punjab and knows their hearts. there was a mechanic nearby, to which
be allowed to contest the elections, can of the state “cautioning” the voters Taking a trip down memory lane, they said no. The Sikhs then asked me
this happen? So you do you think things against the state becoming Kashmir, Modi said: “I have been connected to leave the car there and to accompa-
go by such calculation?” he asked. Kerala and Bengal “if the voters make with the northern states, especial- ny them to their hovel in the field for
Referring to Congress and Sam- a mistake.” ly Punjab. I have lived in Punjab for a meal and a night’s stay,” he shared.
ajwadi Party, he said when a party is In a video shared by the Uttar long. I worked as a BJP worker there. Recalling their warm gesture, PM
run for generations by a family, there’s Pradesh BJP on Twitter, Yogi said, “I I have seen the valour of the people of Modi said, “The Sikh family, the way
“only dynasty, not dynamics”. “Start- have to tell you something that is there Punjab. I know the heart of the peo- they handled the situation and asked
ing from Jammu and Kashmir, where in my heart. A lot of wonderful things ple of Punjab.” me to stay for the night ‘no matter
there’re two parties run by two sep- have happened in these five years. Be- Sharing an incident of a night in what’....When they got to know that I
arate families, you can see a similar ware! If you miss, the labour of these Punjab at a time when terrorism was am a BJP worker, they said it is okay.
trend in Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar five years will be spoiled. It would not at its peak there and no one would You are staying here today.”
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Dynastic take much time for Uttar Pradesh to come out of their homes after evening, Expressing his fondness for the
politics is the biggest enemy of democ- become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal. he said, “I was in Moga or Tarantaran, Sikhs, PM Modi said that no govern-
racy,” he said. Your vote is a blessing on my efforts I don’t remember exactly, and I had to ment in the past, especially the Con-
He said when people discuss se- of five years. Your vote will also be go to the next station, but got late due to gress, has worked for the community
curity in Uttar Pradesh, they think of a guarantee of your fear-free life.” work. It was just me and my driver and as much as the BJP-led Centre is doing
their “troubles during previous gov- Reminiscing old days as a Bhara- the car stopped working on the way. I today. “I believe that they (Punjabis)
ernments, mafia raj, gunda raj, the tiya Janata Party worker in Punjab, had an old Ambassador at that time.” are the veer jawans of the country, and
manner in which musclemen had a Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared “We were pushing the car when I will do whatever I can, for them,”
status and shelter in government”. PM Modi said.
“Uttar Pradesh saw this from With a little more than a week to
close quarters, women couldn’t step go for the upcoming Assembly polls
out. Today women say that they can in Punjab scheduled on February 20,
step out even after dark. This trust is Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
essential for security. There was a time hold public meetings on February 14,
in Uttar Pradesh when goons could do 16 and 17 covering all the three re-
anything they wanted, today they sur- gions of Malwa, Doaba and Majha.
render. Yogi ji prioritised security and He said the Prime Minister’s
didn’t compromise with it,” he said. rallies will change the political atmo-
Answering a query on Samajwa- sphere in the state and further boost
di Party chief Akhilesh Yadav taking the confidence of all the NDA can-
credit for several schemes inaugurated didates fighting elections. Punjab will
during the rule of the BJP government go to the polls on February 20 and the
in the state, the Prime Minister said it counting of votes will take place on
was an attempt to encash the good March 10.
work done by the Yogi Adityanath With Modi himself now leading
government. Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Amarinder Singh with his daughter Jai Inder Kaur, former the election campaign in all states, the
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Mayor Sanjeev Bittu (2R) and others show victory signs during an election campaign ahead of results on March 10 will be a big verdict
Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednes- the Punjab Assembly Elections in Patiala on Tuesday (ANI) on the BJP government’s performance
day appealed to the people of the state as well as the Prime Minister’s appeal.

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