Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies at Jalore and Banswara in Rajasthan. He said that the country needs a stable government which can develop basic infrastructure facilities as per future requirements, can understand the dreams of the youth and make policies according to them and take care of women, farmers, poor, deprived, tribal and backward class people.

On the other hand, speaking at a public meeting in Balurghat, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee said the central government led by BJP has neglected the common man, including minority and SC/ST people.

Addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Congress leader P Chidambaram said, on coming to power at the Centre the INDIA bloc would enact a special law to bring into effect the legal principle established by the Supreme Court that bail is the rule, and jail is the exception.