Will Modi magic out do Gehlot’s welfare pitch? Fate of BJP, Congress in Rajasthan locked in EVMs

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Can Modi magic out do ‘magician’ Ashok Gehlot’s welfare pitch? The answer to this big question has been locked in EVM as 68.24 per cent of the 5.6 crore voters in Rajasthan exercised their right of franchise till 5 pm. The final data will be updated as soon as the Election Commission publishes it.

The polling ended in 199 constituencies in Rajasthan on Saturday with minor incidents of clashes and stone pelting.

The clashes were reported from Bharatpur’s Kama and Nagar seats. At Fatehpur in Sikar district, three people, including a cop, were injured in stone pelting between groups of rival political parties.

Similarly, two people were injured following a clash of supporters at Abdulpur village of Badi seat in Dholpur district, police said.

Sanvaler village of Kama assembly seat also observed an altercation between a candidate’s supporters and police as the supporters wanted to enter the booth but the Border Security Force (BSF) stopped them and opened fire in the air.

The paramilitary forces controlled the situation at all these places.

Though the voting was scheduled on 200 seats but election on one seat of Karanpur was postponed after Congress candidate Gurmeet Kunnar’s death.