"Voting is a significant festival in a democracy, and everyone should exercise their right to vote. We also believe that voting is essential, so we came with our entire family and cast our votes. Voting is proceeding peacefully, and I hope it concludes peacefully as well," Manjhi said.
Under the INDIA bloc agreement in Bihar, the RJD is vying for 26 seats, Congress for nine, and the Left parties for the remaining five out of the state's 40 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Congress Lok Sabha candidate Sukhjinder Singh from Gurdaspur constituency arrived with his family at the designated polling to cast their votes in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Bhartiya Janata party candidate from Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency Sanjay Tandon arrived at a polling booth in Government School of Chandigarh Sector 18 to cast his vote.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Rekha Patra from Basirhat has criticized the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for their alleged hooliganism during elections and expressed confidence in being able to cast her vote this time.
Meanwhile, voting is underway in West Bengal's nine seats including-- Barasat, Basirhat, Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Jaynagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, and Mathurapur.
The prominent candidates in Ballia include Lallan Singh Yadav from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Neeraj Shekhar from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Sanatan Pandey from the Samajwadi Party (SP).
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".