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India news: PM Modi to address election rallies in Assam

An election race is in full swing in Assam as it goes to polls this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend three campaign rallies in the northeastern state on Monday. DW has the latest. Below you can follow the latest developments in India on Monday, April 6: Election fever is gripping India, where four states and one Union Territory are gearing up for polls in the coming weeks.  Assam is up first, with the northeastern state set to vote on Thursday. Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  is set to address a string of election rallies in the key state on Monday, a day after opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appeared at a campaign event in the central district of Biswanath.  According to news agency PTI, Modi is slated to first attend a rally at Bhabanipur-Sorbhog in the Barpeta district in Lower Assam. He will then make an appearance at a rally in central Assam's Hojai before moving on to Upper Assam's Dibrugarh.  It is the second time this month that Modi is on the campaign trail in Assam to drum up support for candidates from his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which which currently governs the state.   On Sunday, Gandhi launched an attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Biswanath, calling him the "most corrupt and hate‑spreading Chief Minister" of the country. Meanwhile, Modi was at a rally in the poll-bound state of West Bengal on Sunday, where he criticized the ruling Trinamool Congress government, saying it would be held accountable for what he called its "sins." "In this election, fear will be driven out of Bengal. Confidence will awaken through the BJP's grand victory. I assure you, after this election, a full accounting of their (TMC's) sins will be done. It will be settled one by one," Modi told the crowd.  West Bengal will hold elections from April 23 to 29.  Down south, in the state of Tamil Nadu where elections take place on April 23, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party's chief, Vijay, called off his Monday campaign in Chennai over time constraints, news agency ANI reported. ANI cited party sources as saying that the actor-turned-politician was to hold rallies in the constituencies of Villivakkam and T Nagar in the state's capital city.  While the permission for the rally was granted, the party alleged that the time allotted by police to move between the two locations was not sufficient, ANI reported.  The TVK plans to file a complaint with the Election Commission over the issue, according to ANI. This is Dharvi Vaid Dhulia from DW's Studio in New Delhi, bringing you your daily wrap of all the major headlines from India.  It's a sunny morning here in the capital as people shift gears from the Easter holiday weekend to Monday mode.  There was no rest over the weekend for India's top political adversaries — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi — as they conducted election rallies ahead of key state polls.  Speaking of rivalry, in cricket news, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). We have these stories and more. Stay tuned to know what India is talking about today.