Modi to address rally on Jaswant's turf

March 31, 2014 17:24

BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be addressing a rally in Barmer on April 12 as poll pitch intensifies for this seat after the entry of expelled BJP veteran Jaswant Singh into the race disturbed caste equations there.

While Modi will be addressing a rally at Pachpadra Assembly constituency here, Congress is also planning a public meeting for its Vice President Rahul Gandhi, though date and location have not been finalised so far.

The campaigning in Barmer comes to an end on April 14 evening. Polling is on April 17.

The election is being seen as 'mooch ki ladai (prestige battle)' between Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who wants to go all guns blazing against expelled BJP veteran after he refused to bow to the party's wish of fielding Sona Ram

Choudhary, and Singh, a nine-time MP.

Choudhary, a three-time Congress MP, changed sides barely days before getting the BJP ticket. Raje has already visited the constituency twice in one week.

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