"I appeal to all the voters to cast their votes for the UP Municipal Elections 2023. Municipal elections are the election of a local issue for which voting is being done," Maulana Khalid Rasheed said.
"Congress party is trying to divide people of the country on the basis of religion for votes. This is wrong. Congress taking such decisions would negatively impact the nation. So I request the people of Karnataka to reject Congress and teach them a lesson", Kishan Reddy told ANI.
Addressing the media BJP leader Aparna said, "Voting is a festival for a democracy which gives rights to every person to cast his vote and strengthens the democracy. I urge everyone to cast their vote in the UP Municipal Corporation election."
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KS Eshwarappa on Thursday burnt the Congress manifesto released for the upcoming state Assembly polls for the party's promise to ban Bajrang Dal on the lines of the Popular Front of India if voted to power.
The EVM stopped working at Shyamu Devi Polling Station booth number 288 in Moradabad thus temporarily stalling the polling process. The voters were seen standing in the long queue waiting for the polling to begin.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday cast his vote in Lucknow in the first phase of Municipal Corporation elections and urged people to exercise their franchise.
Voting is underway in 37 districts of 9 divisions and 10 municipal corporations. In 10 municipal corporations, voting will be held in 830 wards, 9,699 polling places and 2,658 polling stations are set up in Municipal Corporations.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in the first phase of Municipal Corporation elections in Gorakhpur and urged people to exercise their franchise to empower their municipal body.
With a week to go for assembly polls in Karnataka, political parties have stepped up their campaign and senior leaders of BJP, Congress and JD-S addressed rallies and held roadshows to woo voters on Wednesday