Asansol: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said I see huge crowds of people have witnessed such a rally for first time. Speaking in an election campaign in Asansol of West Bengal, Modi said in all directions, today you have shown your power.

The next step is more important, go and vote and take others also, said Prime Minister to the public who attended his rally in Asansol on Saturday. He praised the large crowd at his rally in Asansol on a day India reported a record 2.34 lakh new Covid – 19 cases and the active caseload spiked to an all-time high of 16.8 lakh. “I have come here twice during Lok Sabha elections.

Last time I came to seek votes for Babulji (Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who is the Asansol MP). The first time I came for myself. But the crowd was only a quarter of this size” he said. The opposition parties has been questioning the PM’s continued active involvement in election rallies as the country battles a deadly second wave of infections. The Commission also altered the rules, disallowing campaigning between 7 pm and 10 am, and increasing the ‘silence period’ to 72 hours from the usual 48, for all remaining phases.