Gorakhpur Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Kishan on Saturday arrived at a polling booth in Gorakhpur and queued up in the line to cast his vote , emphasizing that politicians are "servants of the public, not VIP".
As the voting for the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha election begins on Saturday, Anupriya Patel, NDA candidate from the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency, exuded confidence in her alliance's victory in the election and said that the Opposition INDIA alliance will fall apart like a
Taranjit Singh Sandhi is in the electoral fray against Congress MP and candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla, AAP's Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, and Shiromani Akali Dal's Anil Joshi.
Samajwadi Party's Lok Sabha candidate from Ghazipur, Afzal Ansari cast his vote at a polling booth in the constituency on Saturday. He is pitted against BJP's Paras Nath Rai and BSP's Umesh Kumar Singh.
"On 31-05-24, a report of suspicious activity was brought to light involving the office of Mission Shakti. The MLA candidate of BJP promptly arrived at the scene and informed the flying squad of the same. Upon their arrival, three SHG women who were present in the Mission Shakti office fled
The elections, held in seven phases, from April 19 saw people exercising their democratic right even as temperatures rose in peak summer. The Election Commission made special efforts to ensure large participation of people in the elections.
According to the Election Commission of India, over 10.06 crore elector including approximately 5.24 crore male, 4.82 crore female and 3574 third gender electors exercising their franchise. A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for Phase 7 polling.
Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, which covers 57 seats across seven States and one Union Territory, is set to decide the electoral fate of leaders from some of the high-profile constituencies, including Varanasi, Mandi Chandigarh, and Amritsar.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday appealed to the party workers, office bearers and candidates to remain vigilant and "not get misled by BJP's exit polls."
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Ghazipur, Paras Nath Rai slammed the opposition for criticising PM Modi for meditating at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanniyakumari and said has anyone stopped the Opposition from performing meditation.
Bahujan Samaj Party's Chandigarh candidate Ritu Singh on Thursday came down heavily on Congress and claimed that the party is standing against the reservation of backward communities like SC and ST.