Amid the ongoing polling for 199 Assembly constituencies in Rajasthan, Union Jal Shakti Minister and senior BJP leader, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, arrived at his designated polling centre in Jodhpur to cast his vote on Saturday.
The ruling Congress is eyeing another term while the BJP is seeking to replace the Ashok Gehlot government, with the party banking on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje cast her vote for the state Assembly elections at a polling booth in Jhalawar on Saturday.
National spokesperson of Congress and candidate from Udaipur Assembly seat, Professor Gourav Vallabh, cast his vote at the polling booth located at St. Mary's School in the city. Earlier Gourav Vallabh reached the historical Jagdish temple where he took the blessings of Lord Jagadish and
Voting for the Rajasthan state assembly elections commenced today, with polling stations opening at 7 am across 199 out of 200 assembly seats. Long queues of voters were observed in various constituencies, including Jaipur, Kota South, Kisamidesar of Bikaner East, and Jhotwara in Jaipur.<
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.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday claimed that the BJP will form a strong government in Rajasthan where polling for the 199-member assembly began on Saturday morning.
As voting began in 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on Saturday, a mock poll could not be conducted at booth number 63 of the Hanumangarh district here on time due to EVM malfunction.
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.