Security forces have been mobilised around the Bhaktapur residence of controversial businessman Durga Prasai, who is leading the protests, while his supporters have been arrested from various locations in Kathmandu.
The youth wing of the opposition CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist), the Yuwa Sangh, took out a torch rally on Wednesday evening ahead of a show of strength by the party on Thursday.
Devotees in Kathmandu thronged to nearby holy water bodies on Sunday evening, offering Arghya to Lord Sun as they prepared to stay awake for the whole night as the arduous fasting of Chhath entered the third day.
Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Friday that a village in the constituency of Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Kamal Nath boycotting the Assembly election is the "biggest example of rebellion" against "dynasty politics".
"I request the people of the state to use their votes for the development of the state...There is only love and blessings for the BJP among people. We work for the betterment of the people of the society... Congress is not going to make it in Madhya Pradesh this time. When Congress was in
Violence erupted at two polling booths -- 147 and 148 -- of the Dimani Assembly constituency at Mirghan in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, with two groups resorting to stone pelting, police said.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress state president, Kamal Nath, on Friday said he was positive that the grand old party would wrest the state from the BJP.
Narendra Chouhan, the brother of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday talked up the prospects of the ruling BJP in the single-phased Assembly elections, which is currently underway in the state.
Ahead of casting his vote, Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said, "There is immense excitement among people everywhere. I am getting love from Ladli Behna, children, youth and the elderly in the state..."
Voting for Madhya Pradesh's all 230 assembly seats began at 7 a.m. today. The voters can cast their ballots until 6 p.m., except in the Baihar, Lanji, and Parswara assembly seats of Balaghat district and some booths in Mandla and Dindori districts, where voting will be held until 3 p.m.
As Madhya Pradesh goes to the polls today for the crucial Assembly election, the main battle is between Congress and the BJP. Many prominent leaders of both parties, including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and State Congress Chief Kamal Nath, are in the fray.