Prakash Sambhaji Shinde, brother of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, urged voters to step out and support his brother as the state votes for its assembly elections.
Bollywood couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia arrived at a polling booth in Latur to cast their vote during the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly elections on Wednesday.
The slogan 'Batenge to Katenge', coined by UP CM Yogi Adityanath as a call for Hindu unity, has been widely criticised by opposition leaders for allegedly carrying communal undertones.
Maharashtra recorded a voter turnout of 6.61 per cent in the single-phase assembly elections while Jharkhand recorded a voter turnout of 12.71 percent in the second phase of assembly elections, as of 9 am, according to the Election Commission of India.
The electoral battle in Deoghar, often referred to as "Baba Nagri", has emerged as a key battleground in the Jharkhand Assembly election, with the contest between BJP's incumbent MLA Narayan Das and Rashtriya Janata Dal's three term Ex MLA Suresh Paswan.
Pawar spoke on the allegations dropped by former IPS officer Ravindra Patil on Supriya Sule and Congress' Nana Patole's usage of bitcoin-scam tainted cash to fund polls and said that one should notice the video clip of BJP leaders that went viral.
Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbai's Mumba Devi assembly seat, Shaina NC, and her daughter Shanaya Munot on Wednesday cast their vote in a polling booth in Mumbai.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the national capital recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) at 424 as of 9 am, placing it in the 'severe' category.
As polling is underway in Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, Nawab Malik on Wednesday casts his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai.