In a rally for BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon in Chandigarh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath criticized Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Rahul Gandhi for their absence during the Covid crisis. He urged people to not vote for those who did not stand with them in tough times. Adityanath also accused Congress of wanting to give the country's wealth to Muslims and claimed that the party should build a temple in Sonia Gandhi's birthplace. He credited PM Narendra Modi for instilling fear in Pakistan and claimed that now even small incidents are denied by Islamabad.