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Political leaders Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge and Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Addressing a poll rally in Kerala's Kottayam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, "...I get surprised when I hear PM giving speeches where he says one nation, one nation, one language, one leader and one religion. How can you tell people of Tamil to not speak Tamil, people of Kerala to not speak Malayalam, people... Every single Indian language is as important as any other language. BJP does this with language, place, caste and religion. Whenever they get an opportunity, they divide the country."
Addressing his last poll rally for the day in Kottayam, Rahul Gandhi said, "Today 22 people in india have as much wealth as 70 crores of our civilians... How can we talk about being a superpower? Our farmers are screaming for help, and our youngsters are unemployed. How are we a superpower?"
Addressing a public meeting in Kollam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, "Once Rajiv Gandhi said that such a level of corruption in India that if I send 100 paise from centre, only 14 paise reaches the ground and 86 paise goes to corruption. He has expressed his helplessness but hasn't provided any remedy to it, in independent India, PM Modi is the only Prime Minister who has accepted this challenge. He has established a trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhar & Mobile, today if 100 paise are sent from Delhi's bank, 100 paise reaches to your pocket and not a single penny goes into corruption..."
"Be it Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi, they all said that we would eliminate poverty, but it is PM Modi who has uplifted 25 cr people out of poverty," he added.