Lok Sabha election 2024: Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav address first joint rally in UP

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav launched a blistering attack at the BJP over a range of issues including electoral bonds, farmers' issues and unemployment.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared the stage in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha on Saturday, marking the first joint election rally of the INDIA bloc for the Lok Sabha polls.  (PTI)

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav during an election rally in support of Congress candidate for Amroha seat Danish Ali ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2024, in Amroha. (X/@INCIndia)

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At the meeting, the two leaders promised to scrap the Agniveer scheme and conduct a caste census in the state if the INDIA bloc formed government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls.  (ANI)

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Rahul Gandhi, in his, address accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of helping a few industrialists and neglecting the poor and deprived sections of the society.  (PTI)

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Rahul Gandhi also promised to scrap the Agniveer scheme, increase the MNREGA wages, double the honorarium for the Anganwadi workers and form a Commission to study and implement schemes for the farmers.  (PTI)

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In Amroha, the main electoral contest is between Kanwar Singh Tanwar of the BJP and Danish Ali of the Congress. BSP's Mujahid Husain is also in the poll fray. There are a total of 12 candidates contesting from Amroha.  (ANI)

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Voting in the second phase will take place on April 26 and it will cover eight parliamentary constituencies of Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautambuddh Nagar, Bulandshahr (SC), Aligarh and Mathura.  (PTI)