A scuffle broke out between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party supporters following the conclusion of the polls in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur in the late hours of Friday.
A voter turnout of 60.52 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh elections which are underway on Friday, the Elections Commission of India said.
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..."
Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls on Friday in a significant election that will see if the BJP can overcome the perceived "fatigue factor" after being in power for 18 years and if the Congress can get its act together to come to power after having lost its nearly 15-month old government
Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath, took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged viral videos involving Union Minister and BJP candidate Narendra Singh Tomar's son, highlighting money transactions and said that there is no need to blame anyone.
Election Commission of India (ECI) has stopped the election campaign of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan after Congress registered a complaint alleging that the BJP leader has violated provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, sources said on Wednesday.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said that Congress never thought about the development of women whenever it was in the power in Madhya Pradesh adding that the BJP government led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched multiple welfare schemes to ensure their progress.
Coming down heavily on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the opposition party has accepted that its fake promises won't work in front of Modi's guarantees.
As Madhya Pradesh is set to hold Assembly polls this week, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday reminded people of the previous election results and said that the public had voted for the grand old party in 2018 assembly polls and not the BJP.
Targetting Congress over its stand on the reports of the Mandal Commission, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was against the implementation of the recommendations laid by the backward panel.
Union Home Minister launched a scathing attack on the INDI bloc and Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and said that what guarantee will those give, who don't have their own guarantee?