Assembly polls: Modi’s Art 370 vs Rahul’s Rafale barbs

Mumbai: As Rahul Gandhi returns to India and kickstarts his belated campaign trail on Sunday for Assembly elections scheduled just seven days away, BJP is almost done with its campaign with its star campaigner Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking over.
In this seemingly unequal battle, while the BJP is banking big on its tried and tested formula of hyper-nationalism, Congress has once again gone back to the “corruption in Rafale deal” narrative that boomeranged a few months ago in the general election for the party.
On Monday, BJP President Amit Shah, who has been so far touring Maharashtra, has three back to back rallies in Haryana. He will address public meetings at Tohanna, Ellenabad and Narnaund areas of the northern state.
Meanwhile, BJP’s new working president J.P. Nadda who released the party manifesto for Haryana polls on Sunday in Chandigarh will be in Maharashtra on Monday where he will address two public meetings. Nadda will address rallies at Sahada and Sinkheda of Maharashtra.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who upped the ante on Pakistan and highlighted the importance of Rafale in Haryana on Sunday too will be on a campaign trail for the party on Monday in Maharashtra.
Singh will address three rallies throughout the day in both urban and rural constituencies of Goregaon, Mira Bhayandar and Charkop. Ever since his return from France and the high decibel optics of ‘shastra pujan’ of Rafale aircraft there, Singh has been riding high on overt nationalism and preparedness of the defence forces, during his campaigning.