BJP candidate from Sishmau, Suresh Awasthi on Wednesday alleged that Samajwadi Party candidate Naseem Solanki came with SP goons to cast "fake votes" and urged the administration to restrict his entry at any polling station.
Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde said on Monday that people of Maharashtra are happy with work done in the last two-and-a-half years by the state government and that Mahayuti is doing "politics of development".
As the voting in Maharashtra is underway, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday exuded confidence in winning the state assembly elections and said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will form government in the state.
Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said that the BJP has been losing in the Uttar Pradesh by-polls. She added that the BJP's hooliganism is going on continuously wherever elections are taking place.
After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up, reaching 45.53 per cent by 3.00 pm in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jharkhand recorded comparatively a higher voter turnout of 61.47 per cent in the second phase of assembly polls in Jh
Bollywood couple Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani were seen at a polling booth in Maharashtra on Wednesday as they arrived to cast their votes in the ongoing Assembly elections.
With the polling underway across 288 constituencies in Maharashtra on Wednesday, Bollywood celebrities continue to urge citizens to exercise their democratic rights.