Modi In Mumbai: PM Makes Final Election Pitch At Shivaji Park Rally Ahead Of May 20 Vote

• The power of your vote made it possible to bring 25 crore people out of poverty in last 10 years

• Urge all the Indians to use the power of their vote

• I have come here to give Mumbai all that it deserves

• The day is not far when Mumbai will get India's first bullet train

• Mumbai has over 8,000 startups

• Next five years will be vital for the youth of the nation in terms of opportunities

• Medical and engineering studies will be available in Marathi as per new education policies

• We have given the dream of a house even to the slum dwellers

• Quality and affordable healthcare is our primary focus

• We will ensure free treatment for elderly in the hospitals

• We have ensured that all Indians have easy access to loans from the banks

• Mumbai is the economic power house of the nation

• Look at the growth of stock markets in last 10 years

• The results of this general election will break all previous records

PM Narendra Modi moved the crowd to vote for BJP and Shiv Sena candidates in the six Lok Sabha seats on May 20.

PM Modi said the Congress manifesto will bankrupt the country. He said the party will snatch people's wealth and redistribute to their "vote bank".

The government will take care of the healthcare needs of people over 70 years of age, Modi said.

PM Modi said the government is getting infrastructure built in Mumbai at record pace, counting the coastal road project, Atal Setu, metro trains and bullet trains.

Modi said Mumbai was hit with terrorism under the previous governments, but since 2014, the city has not seen any attack.

Narendra Modi said the Ram Mandir has been built after 500 years of struggle. "Today, Ram lalla is now at the grand temple," he said.

PM Modi said his government will make 'Viksit Bharat' a reality and make India world's third largest economy in his third term.

Raj Thackeray said the Modi government has fulfilled its ideological commitments of building the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, abrogation of Article 370 and the outlawing of triple talaq.

MNS Chief Raj Thackeray has commenced his speech. He has aligned with the BJP-led NDA in Maharashtra. This will be the first public address where Raj and Modi are sharing space.

PM Narendra Modi has arrived at the Shivaji Park for his mega rally.

PM Narendra Modi visited the Chaitya Bhoomi, a Buddhist chaitya and the cremation place of B. R. Ambedkar, on Friday. He is due to arrive at Dadar's Shivaji Park shortly.

At a rival rally, Uddhav Sena leader Sanjay Raut attacked the NDA alliance and Fadnavis, saying those who used to accuse Ajit Pawar and Ashok Chavan of corruption have now co-opted them in the BJP alliance.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis attacked Uddhav Thackeray for allying with the Congress and abandoning its Hindutva ideology.

"We have now made Maharashtra number one state again. Your (Uddhav) government set idle while Modi was leading India's fight against Covid."

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is addressing the public at Dadar's Shivaji Park. He said the state is ready to give a decisive mandate to PM Narendra Modi again in the Lok Sabha elections.

Maharashtra sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha, second only to Uttar Pradesh. The 2014 and 2019 general elections were fought by the BJP and undivided Shiv Sena, as part of the National Democratic Alliance against the Congress-NCP's United Progressive Alliance.

The NDA won 41 seats in both elections. It was a clean sweep for the saffron front in the Mumbai region. Both BJP (4) and Shiv Sena (6) bagged all seats contested.

Except the Mumbai North-Central seat, where BJP's Kirit Somaiya was replaced with Poonam Mahajan in 2019, the alliance had their sitting MPs re-elected.

The opposition INDIA bloc faces an uphill task of opening its account in Mumbai, as the average victory margin for NDA in all 10 seats was a solid 24% in 2019. It, thus, requires a significant swing to pull a surprise here.

Republican Party of India (Athawale) chief and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale started the NDA rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park as the first speaker.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, deputies Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis and MNS chief Raj Thackeray are present at the Dadar Shivaji Park.

In local terms, the Maharashtra elections is between the Mahayuti (NDA) alliance of BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP and Maha Vikas Aghadi (INDIA bloc) of Uddhav Sena, Congress and Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP.

Five of the 10 seats in the Mumbai metropolitan region will see a direct fight between the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT). This will be the first major poll where the two factions face-off since the party split in mid-2022.

While Thackeray is banking on the sympathy factor and vote transfers from Congress-NCP, Shinde is running confident of retaining the party's core base and the Hindutva consolidation for the larger alliance. For the two, the Lok Sabha performance will set the stage for the Maharashtra Assembly elections later this year. A poor show by Shinde can even destabilise the Sena-BJP-NCP government in India's most industrialised state.

While PM Narendra Modi will address an NDA 'Mahayuti' election rally in Dadar's iconic Shivaji Park, the INDIA bloc will hold a rival public meeting in nearby BKC.

NDA: PM Narendra Modi, Ajit Pawar, Devendra Fadnavis, Raj Thackeray, Eknath Shinde.

INDIA Bloc: Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sharad Pawar and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Senior leaders of the NDA in Maharashtra, including BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan, Union Minister and RPI(A) chief Ramdas Athawale and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar have arrived at Dadar Shivaji Park for the Jahir Sabha rally.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's only goal is his own re-election, and that the latter does not want to step aside for a younger generation. He also hit back at the PM's remarks in Maharashtra that the Shiv Sena faction led by him is "nakli" or duplicate.

Uddhav said, "Is the language in which Narendra Modi calls us fake Shiv Sena are acceptable to the BJP workers? That Shiv Sena which was with BJP in its bad times when BJP had only two MPs in the whole country but you call us nakali Shiv Sena".

Uddhav Thackeray also criticised PM Modi over his frequent charges against him and Sharad Pawar for encouraging dynasty politics and asked During this, he said on Modi's allegations of dynasty you blames Thackeray family for dynasty politics, but Eknath Shinde made his son a candidate of MP for the third time, you do not see his dynasty politics. If you believe in their dynasty politics, then why did you not given ticket to Pramod Mahajan's daughter, who made BJP big.

The half-a-dozen Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai will vote on May 20 in the fifth and last phase of voting in Maharashtra. The BJP and the Shinde Sena have fielded three candidates each in the city.

Dadar's Shivaji Park, where Modi is due to make his election pitch, falls under the Mumbai South Central constituency. The Shiv Sena has fielded two-time sitting MP Rahul Shewale against the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Anil Desai.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray will attend the event, state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said. He was speaking to reporters after meeting Thackeray, who has announced his party's support to BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's candidates in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

"Thackeray's support (to NDA candidates) and his appeal to voters will reflect in the (poll) outcome," he said. "We have asked Raj to join us for the poll campaign in the next few days."

Vehicles coming from various areas shall drop the participants at 'Alightment Point' and proceed to park at designated places as follows:

Western and Northern Suburbs: Vehicles coming from western and northern suburbs through the Western Express highway shall drop the participants on Senapati Bapat Road, between Mahim Railway station to Ruparel College area, and proceed to park at Mahim Reti Bander, Kohinoor PPL Parking, India Bulls Finance Centre PPL parking, Kamagar Stadium and on Senapati Bapat Road. Light motor vehicles can be parked at India Bulls One Centre PPL parking.

Eastern Suburbs: Vehicles coming from Thane and Navi-Mumbai using Eastern Express highway shall drop participants near Dadar TT Circle and proceed for parking towards Five Gardens, Matunga, and R.A.K. 4 Roads.

City and South Mumbai: Vehicles coming from South Mumbai using Veer Savarkar Road shall drop participants at Ravindranath Natya Mandir and proceed for parking at India Bulls Finance Centre PPL parking, Raheja PPL Parking, Sudam Kalu Ahire Road, Worli, Padurang Budhkar Marg, Glaxo Junction upto Kurne Chowk, Narayan Hardikar Marg, Sacred Heart High School, upto J K Kapur Chowk.

Vehicles travelling from B. A. Road shall drop the participants at Dadar T T Circle and proceed to park at the designated parking place at Five Gardens or R.A.K. 4 Roads.

Vehicular traffic will be regulated on the below-mentioned roads and, if needed, will be diverted to the following alternate routes:

S.V.S. Road North Bound: From Siddhivinayak Junction to Yes Bank Junction.

Alternate: From Siddhivinayak Junction to S. K. Bole Road-Agar Bazar route. From Portuguese Church take a left turn to Gokhale or S. K. Bole. road.

S.V.S. Road South Bound.

Alternate: From Dandekar Chowk take a left turn to Pandurang Naik Marg. From Raja Badhe Route Chowk take a right turn to L. J. Road to Gokhale Road or NC Kelkar Road.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address an election rally at Dadar's Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Friday. The event, named ‘Jahir Sabha,’ is organised by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Here's the live broadcast to watch the speech.

In light of Modi's visit, the Mumbai Police have issued a traffic advisory to manage the anticipated heavy vehicular movement.

From 10 a.m. to midnight on Friday, several roads will witness restrictions to avoid congestion. 

Heavy vehicular traffic is likely on the Western Express Highway and Eastern Express Highway. The following traffic arrangements will be in place from 10 a.m. to midnight on May 17. There will be no parking on the following roads:

1. S.V.S. Road From Baba Saheb Worlikar Chowk (Century Junction) to Hari Om Junction.

2. Entire Keluskar Road South and Keluskar Road North, Shivaji Park, Dadar.

3. Entire M. B. Raut Marg, Shivaji Park, Dadar.

4. Pandurang Naik Marg (Road no. 5) Shivaji Park, Dadar.

5. Dadasaheb Rege Marg, Shivaji Park, Dadar.

6. Lt. Dilip Gupte Marg: From Shivaji Park Gate No. 4 to Shitaladevi Road, Shivaji Park, Dadar.

7. L. J. Road: From Gadkari Junction, Dadar to Shobha Hotel, Mahim.

8. N. C. Kelkar Road: From Hanuman Temple Junction to Gadkari Junction, Shivaji Park, Dadar.

9. T. H. Kataria Road: From Ganga Vihar Junction to Asawari Junction, Mahim.

10. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road: From Maheshwari Circle to Kohinoor Junction, Dadar (East).

11. Tilak Road: From Kotwal Garden Circle, Dadar (West) to R.A. Kidwai road, Matunga (East).

12. Khan Abdul Gafarkhan Road: From Sealink Road to J. K. Kapur Chowk up to Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk.

13. Thadani Road: From Poddar Hospital Junction to Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk.

14. Dr Annie Besant Road: From Poddar Hospital Junction to Dr. Narayan Hardikar Junction.

The police have prohibited the use of drones, paragliders, balloons, kites, and remote-controlled microlight aircraft in the city, during the specified period. This measure aims to ensure the security and smooth conduct of the event.

The Prime Minister will engage with the electorate in Mumbai, a key battleground with six Lok Sabha seats up for grabs, after having conducted three rallies in Barabanki, Fatehpur, and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh district during the first half of Friday. 

Earlier this week, he addressed rallies in various parts of Maharashtra, including Ghatkopar, on Wednesday, supporting NDA nominees. 

The BJP and Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, are contesting three seats each in the city. The rally at Shivaji Park holds significance as it aims to sway voters ahead of the final phase of voting on May 20.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address an election rally at Dadar's Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Friday. The event, named ‘Jahir Sabha,’ is organised by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha elections 2024.