Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the opposition INDIA bloc over corruption, as he kicked off the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. On a day the Congress, AAP and other opposition parties held a mega protest in New Delhi over Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, the prime minister said the elections, this time, will be a contest between the “enemies” and “patrons” of corruption.

“Modi will not be stopped. Action will be taken against every corrupt person,” he said at a public gathering. He shared the stage with RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, who recently joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA); CM Yogi Adityanath and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini; along with veteran actor Arun Govil of Ramayan fame, who is the BJP candidate from Meerut.

Targeting Kejriwal, who was arrested on corruption charges in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, Prime Minister Modi said some leaders were behind bars because the BJP’s fight is against corruption. “They are not even getting bail from the Supreme Court… Some people are rattled by this action and they have come together under the umbrella of the INDIA bloc,”