Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gurcharan Kaur cast their votes on Thursday at the Dispur Government HS School in Guwahati and dismissed any ‘Modi wave’ in the country.
“I don’t think there is any Modi wave. It is the creation of the media and the country has not been swept by any Modi wave,” Singh told the media outside the high-profile pooling booth at the Dispur Government Higher Secondary School.“The Congress is not losing grounds and that the one has to wait till the outcome of the election is known on May 16,” he said.Singh and his wife arrived in the lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport around 11.45 am and were flown to the Veterinary college ground at Khanapara area in the city in three helicopters of the Indian Air Force (AIF).
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Pradesh Congress President Bhubneswar Kalita received the VVIPs at Khanapara ground from where they were taken to the polling centre in a special convoy.Singh, who has been representing Assam in the Upper House since 1991, is a rented resident of House No 3989, Sarumotoria, Guwahati (Assam). Both Singh and Kaur are voters of Dispur legislative Assembly constituency in Assam. According to the electoral rolls, Singh has the serial number of 688 in the electoral rolls, his wife has the serial number of 689 in the electoral rolls.
Meanwhile, the PM and his wife, however, skipped a visit to his rented residence at Sarumotoria area in the city and instead left for New Delhi after casting their votes.On May 30 last year, Singh made it to the Rajya Sabha from Assam for the fifth straight term.Former Assam Chief Minister late Hiteswar Saikia offered Singh a RS seat from Assam after he became the finance Minister in the Union Cabinet in 1991. Saikia also made him a tenant in his house located at Sarumotoria locality inGuwahati.