Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, which are scheduled to be held in seven phases beginning from April 1, poll campaigns across the country have gathered heat.

Speaking at a rally in UP, BJP president Amit Shah said, "Congress vote bank politics hampered with the countrys security. Rahul Gandhi is now running to Kerala because he knows things wont work out for him in Amethi."

Earlier in the day, the Congress announced that their party chief would be contesting from a second seat in Wayanad besides Amethi in UP.