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.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also posted on X and appealed to voters, especially in Uttar Pradesh to elect a government that works on development issues.
The seventh phase marks a grand finish to the world's largest polling marathon that began on 19th of last month and already covered six phases and 486 Lok Sabha seats.
In anticipation of the June 4 Lok Sabha election results, Congress leaders have been reviewing party preparations, inspecting strong rooms, and visiting vote-counting centres to ensure a smooth and fair counting process.
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.
After Congress announced its decision to boycott the debates related to exit polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party criticised the move of the opposition party saying that it has already conceded defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal announced on Friday that a total of Rs 440.32 crore worth of items, including cash, liquor, drugs, and various goods, were recovered by police in West Bengal from March 3 to May 31.