Amid prevailing severe heatwave conditions as the soaring temperature crossed 45 degrees C in Purvanchal, the campaigning centred around election meetings of big leaders.
This is the first major election after the abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government in August 2019 and this is also for the first time after the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections that the BJP has chosen not to field its candidates in Kashmir.
The counting of votes will be taken up on May 13. A total of 4.32 crore voters will exercise their franchise at 43198 polling booths to elect members for 14,684 posts in this civic poll.
“There should be no disturbance during the Durga Puja days. Campaigning for bypolls can continue before and after the pujas. For instance, campaigning can be done from 21 to 27 October. I will appeal to the commission to consider this. After the bypoll, other elections will also be held,”
During his hearing, Sarkozy told the court the extra money didn’t go into his campaign, but instead helped make other people richer. He denied any “fraudulent intent.”
The ECI also directed that no political party or candidate or any other organization or person shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day or one day prior to poll day in all the phases, unless the contents of political advertisements are pre-certified by the media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC).
'Rather than helping the poor, needy and migrants, they want to win elections even at the cost of human lives,' Yadav said.
The final day of campaigning saw leaders of different political parties upping the ante before polling on Sunday.
Campaigning also ended for Assembly elections scheduled for Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and 28 of 147 seats in Odisha.
On the last day of campaigning in poll-bound Tripura, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will on Friday address a public rally…
