With the last phase of Lok Sabha polls scheduled on Saturday, the Opposition leaders on Tuesday exuded confidence that they would be successful in preventing Narendra Modi's juggernaut this time.
Campaigning in remaining parts of States, including Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, which go to polls on June 1, Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi posted 'Good Bye Modi, Tata after June 4' and Priyanka Gandhi termed Modi as "anti-people" while TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad took a jibe at Modi's reported "God sent" remark and claimed that INDIA Bloc will form Government at the Centre after June 4.
The results of the Lok Sabha elections will be announced on June 4.
AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as well as Rahul too mocked the Prime Minister over his "sent by God" comment and said God sent Modi to help Adani and not the poor. Kejriwal said Modi is an arrogant man.
While RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav predicted yet another volte-face by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, claiming that the JD (U) president would take a "big decision" once Lok Sabha poll results were out.
Yadav, who had lost his job as Deputy CM following Kumar's abrupt return to NDA in January, also claimed that Modi will not return to power.
"Modi has lost. He will not be the Prime Minister after June 4. The country will have a new Government, sensitive to the crying need for job creation," said Yadav.
In Shimla, Priyanka said Modi is misleading people in the name of religion to remain in power. "Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had given her jewellery for the country in time of need and Modi says the Congress people will steal your mangalsutra," she said and added that such language does not suit the country's Prime Minister.
Modi has started considering himself as God and thinks he would get votes in the name of religion but people will not be misled, Priyanka said while addressing a public rally in Gagret in Himachal's Una district. She also pointed out that the Modi Government reduced import duty on American apples.
Talking to reporters at Patna, Lalu said, "Modi calls him 'avtar' (messenger of god). He (Modi) says he is not biological but a messenger of God. We will know the results soon. Modi is gone now. We (INDIA Bloc) will form the Government on June 4." Lalu's remarks come in the wake of Modi's interview with a news channel recently in which he reportedly said he is not biological but sent by God.
Having rejected INDIA Bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Mamata on her part reiterated her party would provide "outside support" to the Opposition alliance in case it manages to form a Government at the Centre.
Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Bansgaon with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "These elections are a battle of ideologies. There is INDIA bloc and the Constitution on one side and those who want to finish the Constitution on the other."
In these elections, the Congress' "panja (hand)" election symbol has grabbed the handle of the Samajwadi Party's "cycle" symbol and the INDIA Bloc will make a clean sweep in Uttar Pradesh, asserted Akhilesh. Claiming that the people are fed up with the false promises of the past 10 years, he said the BJP has lost its confidence and that is palpable in the speeches of its leaders.