Political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, held election rallies in different parts of the country.

Addressing a rally at Amreli in Gujarat, Mr Modi said his government managed to contain terrorism to only two-and-a-half districts in Jammu and Kashmir and no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years.

He said, what he learnt as the Gujarat Chief Minister helped him during the long Doklam standoff with China in 2017.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressed rallies at Badaun in Uttar Pradesh