Old rivals -- BJP's Babu Bokhiria and Congress' Arjun Modhwadia -- are again contesting against each other in the coastal constituency of Porbandar where the fishing community holds the key.Both the leaders are considered to be strongmen in the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi . This time, the Congress nominee campaigned hard to regain the lost ground.Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on October 2 visited the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi to mark his birth anniversary. "The Centre stopped relief packages announced by the UPA government for the kin of fishermen kidnapped by Pakistani agencies while fishing in international maritime water limits," claimed Modhwadia. "The fishing community has no complaints from the BJP government. "For the first time we have announced 150 litre monthly kerosene to the small fishermen, and a subsidy of Rs 25 per litre.

Source: Economic Times December 08, 2017 07:30 UTC