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Today is the second day of Prime Minister Modi's visit to Punjab, election rally held in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar

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The Prime Minister said that people with brooms and claws are fooling people, they seek votes for each other in Delhi and abuse each other in Punjab.(Photo: Twiter/Narendra Modi)

On the second day of his visit to Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar today. On this occasion, targeting the alliance of the opposition parties, PM Modi said that it was the India alliance that gave Punjab the most wounds, the wound of division after independence, the wound of instability due to selfishness, the long period of unrest in Punjab and Punjab. An attack on the community of He alleged that Congress divided Punjab in 1947 to give power to his family.

The Prime Minister said that people with brooms and claws are fooling people, they seek votes for each other in Delhi and abuse each other in Punjab. Let us tell you that even today PM Modi was wearing a turban on his head.

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