He also shared pictures that he took enroute to the shrine on Twitter where he boasts 47.3 million followers. "PM Modi addressed 142 public rallies, held four roadshows and according to conservative estimates he directly addressed about 15 million people in these rallies," BJP president Amit Shah said Friday. On his trip Saturday, Mr Modi also reviewed reconstruction projects after floods in Uttarakhand in 2013 killed some 6,000 people. The two parties have thrown almost daily barbs at each other, accusing each other of corruption, nepotism and fake nationalism. On Saturday, Mr Gandhi met Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of southern Andhra Pradesh state who has been trying to cobble an opposition alliance against Modi.

Source: Daily Nation May 18, 2019 13:07 UTC