Congres leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday said that the Congress party will again form the government with a comfortable majority in Rajasthan where polling for the 199-member assembly is underway.
Political parties entered the battleground in Rajasthan as polling for 199 out of 200 seats began on Saturday. Bhartiya Janata Party's key candidate for Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje, offered prayers in a temple in Jhalawar on the polling day.
Voting began in 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on Saturday after days of hectic campaigning by major political parties including the ruling Congress and BJP.
A range of factors will be at play in the Rajasthan assembly polls on Saturday with BJP seeking to oust the Congress government in the state by vociferously raising issues concerning farmers, women and youth and alleged corruption and both parties seeking to woo voters with tall promises.
Expressing confidence of Congress winning the assembly polls in Rajasthan, party leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that people have made up their minds and the party will return to power in the polling to be held on Saturday
Upbeat over his party's chances of returning to power in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said there was a strong undercurrent in favour of the ruling Congress in the state.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Pilot in a video message which was posted by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on X, urged people to elect the Congress government to the power to 'maintain the progress of the state'.