142 rallies plus four road shows, including one-third of those rallies done in just the two states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal , capped up Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's 51-day campaign report card in the 2019 general elections. The other focus state was the 42-seat West Bengal where Modi did 17 rallies to take the fight to Mamata Bannerjee. Other big states like Bihar and Maharashtra, which have 40 and 48 seats respectively, saw the PM do only do ten & nine rallies respectively. There was hence no need for the PM to campaign there,” the BJP leader quoted above told ET. In smaller states like Jharkhand, Punjab and Haryana, PM did three rallies apiece while he did seven rallies apiece in Karnataka and Gujarat.

Source: Economic Times May 17, 2019 13:30 UTC