Exuding confidence in the outcome of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that the second phase has been spectacular for BJP in Assam.
Assam recorded 77.35 per cent voter turnout in the second phase of polls, which was held in five parliamentary constituencies in the state on April 26.
The Aam Aadmi Party workers in the national capital staged a protest campaign named 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' on Saturday morning against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Nabarangpur Lok Sabha candidate Pradeep Majhi on Friday praised Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) VK Pandian for the developmental works in Odisha, adding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will once again form a government in Odisha.
Senior state Congress leader Muhammed Arif 'Naseem' Khan stepped down from the party's campaign committee, amid the Lok Sabha elections, citing the decision by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc not to field any minority candidate in the polls.
Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that the entire country wants him to get into active politics adding that Smriti Irani who is a sitting MP from Amethi has not fulfilled her promises.
Amritpal knows the issues of Punjab very well and these elections will be fought on those issues, said his mother Balwinder Kaur, adding his son will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Khadoor Sahib.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has expressed confidence in his party's victory in the second phase of the polls, stating that the BJP will win with a large majority.
Chairman Campaign Committee Odisha Congress and MLA candidate from Narla assembly constituency under Kalahandi Lok Sabha, Bhakta Charan Das said that his priority will be to raise the issues of people in the state assembly.
Voting lasted till 10 pm in some booths of Vadakara constituency. Voting was delayed in some booths of Vadakara, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani and Alathur constituencies.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal, the scrutiny of the EVMs will be conducted on Saturday which will eventually help the poll authorities to ascertain the final turnout which is expected to rise.
Kerala, where polling concluded for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the general elections on Friday, recorded a voter turnout of 70.21 per cent till the last report, according to data shared by the Election Commission (EC).