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.
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.
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.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that "RSS people have come from Delhi and are working for the Congress" in Telangana.
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.
The National People's Party (NPP) on Friday announced names of two women candidates from the Shillong and Tura parliamentary seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Chief Electoral Officer of Rajasthan, Praveen Gupta, said on Friday that over 3 lakh people exercised their franchise via postal ballot ahead of the Assembly elections in Rajasthan on November 25.