Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed rallies in Maharshtra's Yavatmal and Wardha. Mr Gandhi attacked PM Narendra Modi over a range of issues in his address. In Yavatmal, Mr Gandhi accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of pursuing wrong economic policies like demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax, resulting in joblessness. He said poor people were the worst affected by the government's decision of demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed mega rally in Charkhi Dadri and is headed to Kurukshetra in Haryana for the second rally today. PM Modi addressed the first of his four grand rallies in Ballabhgarh on Monday. His last rally in the state will be in the Jat-dominated Hissar on October 18, a day before the last day of election campaigning.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold two public meetings ahead of Assembly polls in Maharashtra on Tuesday. Mr Gandhi is scheduled to conduct rallies at Wani Vidha Sabha of Yavatmal district and Arvi Vidhan Sabha of Wardha district at 1 pm and 3:40 pm respectively.
Both BJP and Congress are campaigning in poll-bound Haryana and Maharashtra. The two states vote on October 21 and counting of votes will take place on October 24.
