Campaigning for the remaining phases of the general elections has intensified with the completion of the first phase on April 19. Senior leaders and star campaigners of all political parties, including the Grand Alliance and the NDA, are holding multiple rallies across the country to woo the voters. With just four days left for campaigning for the second phase, leaders are leaving no stone unturned

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In this phase, the Lok Sabha seats going to the polls are all 20 in Kerala, 14 out of 28 in Karnataka, the remaining 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, and one seat each in Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi addressed election rallies in Nanded and Parbhani in Maharashtra and Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru in Karnataka yesterday. He said he has come to present his report card and also to seek the blessings of the people.

In Kerala, as part of the United Democratic Front (UDF) campaign, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi addressed a meeting at Eriyad. Priyanka Gandhi also participated in a public meeting in Pathanamthitta. Addressing a public meeting in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, senior BJP leader Amit Shah said that this time the people of Uttar Pradesh will make the BJP victorious in all 80 seats. Speaking at a rally in Amroha, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that if the I.N.D.I. alliance government is formed, the loans of farmers will be waived off.