A postal voting center has been established for three days at Srinagar's Gandhi Memorial College for all eligible voters employed in essential services, following the Election Commission of India's (ECI) motto of "No voter to be left behind."
The Chief Electoral Officer further said that the voters of Haryana are politically aware. In both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the voting percentage here has consistently been higher than other states.
Speaking at the BJP's 'Parivartan Sabha' in Giridih, Shah urged the public to vote out the current government and bring the BJP to power, promising transformative changes for the poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and OBCs in the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday condemned the Hemant Soren government for rampant corruption and urged the people of Jharkhand to vote for a government that supports farmers and increases employment opportunities.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to transfer the trial in 2015 cash-for-vote case against Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy outside the state and also accepted his apology on his remarks against the top court decision granting bail to BRS leader K Kavitha.
Voting for the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the last date for filing nominations is September 12. Votes will be counted on October 8 along with that in Jammu and Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the high voter turnout in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, saying it symbolises the rejection of parties that sympathise with stone-pelters and terrorists.
A voter turnout of 61.13 pc was registered in the first phase polling in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, which were held on 24 constituencies in seven districts
Ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana, state chief election commission officer Pankaj Agrawal said that over 2 crore voters will exercise their franchise and the total number of booths will be 20,629.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda Range, Shridhar Patil said that long queues of voters were seen outside the polling stations since the polling began on Wednesday morning in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.