Had Congress been dissolved, India would have been ahead by at least 5 decades: PM Modi at Mumbai rally

Addressing his final rally in Maharashtra for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls at Mumbai's Shivaji Park in support of Shiv Sena-BJP candidates, Modi lashed out at the Congress. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

Attacking the Congress party over it's manifesto, PM Modi said "Its(Congress) Maoist manifesto is eyeing gold from temples and 'mangalsutra' of women. The Maoist manifesto will put a break on economic growth and lead the country to bankruptcy." (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

The BJP stalwart said construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and removal of Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, were considered impossible tasks in the country, but they have now become a reality 'because of the power of your single vote'. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

"In the last ten years, they (Mumbaikars) have been feeling safe and secure," the PM said and asked people to remember terror strikes and serial bomb blasts that rocked the metropolis in the past and the change in the situation after 2014. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, Republican Party Of India Chief Ramdas Athavale and MNS chief Raj Thackeray were also present along with BJP and Shiv Sena candidates. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

The Opposition INDIA bloc also organised a rally at BKC area in Mumbai today which was attended by Shiv Sena(UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal ahead of the May 20 voting for the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the city and elsewhere in Maharashtra. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Kejriwal alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to finish off Indian democracy and was taking the country towards dictatorship. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Modi was not paying attention to employment generation and controlling of inflation, Kharge claimed. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Sharad Pawar said on this occasion that Maharashtra knows that Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray helped Modi in his difficult times, but the prime minister has forgotten that now. (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

"The manner in which you announced demonetization, on June 4, the country will do Demodination. You will remain as Narendra Modi only, not as India's PM," said Thackeray at the rally. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)