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.
"I would appeal to the people of Bihar to cast their votes to make India Shrestha & to make Bihar 'Viksit Bihar'...I appeal to everyone to contribute to making this country Shrestha," Chowdhury said on Saturday.
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.
The seven states in which polling is scheduled include Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Polling for remaining 42 Assembly Constituencies of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously.
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.
Deputy District Election Officer Vineet Kumar Singh informed that polling parties have been dispatched for all 5 assembly constituencies of Gorakhpur district and necessary arrangements are being made as constituencies have VIP voters like UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Himachal Governor Shiv Pra
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.
Ahead of the seventh phase of polling in Bihar, Patna District Magistrate Shirsat Kapil Ashok said that sufficient medical teams have been deployed at various places considering a red alert for the heatwave conditions.
"All preparations have been completed for free and fair elections. Voting in the 12 Lok Sabha constituencies will begin at 7.00 AM and continue until 6.00 PM," said UP CEO.
According to officials, Rahul Rawat, the husband of Vyas Khedi Gram Panchayat Sarpanch Sundar Bai Rawat, had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant to use soil from a pond for levelling his land and the deal was fixed at Rs 95,000.