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People of 89 Parliamentary constituencies across 13 states will exercise their voting rights on April 26. (Representational Image/AP)
Voting under the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will take place in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir
Preparations are in full swing for the second phase of voting in the Lok Sabha election on April 26 after the first phase was successfully completed on April 19. People of 89 Parliamentary constituencies across 13 states will exercise their voting rights on April 26.
Which States Are Going To Polls on April 26?
Voting under the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will take place in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
Intense Poll campaigns
Political Parties have intensified their poll campaigns for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, saying that the Wayanad MP will be forced to look for another safe seat after the Lok Sabha elections in his Kerala constituency.
Home Minister Amit Shah is set to address a public meeting in West Bengal’s Darjeeling on Sunday. Afterwards, he will leave for campaigning in Bihar, followed by Assam.
Lok Sabha Elections Latest Updates
- Posters of INDIA alliance leaders including senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, party MP Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren have been put up at Rally Ground in Ranchi ahead of the mega rally of INDIA alliance later in the day.
- BJP’s candidate from Kasaragod Parliamentary constituency in Kerala, Ashwini stressed that BJP is growing “step by step because PM Narendra Modi after 2014 has brought a lot of developments in India” benefitting people of Kasaragod and Kerala.
- “After PM Modi became the Prime Minister he brought drastic development in infrastructure…Not only infrastructure development, we have got some schemes also for the poor people,” she added.
- Assam Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah expressed confidence in BJP’s victory on all five seats of Assam that went to polls on April 19.
- “In Assam, voting for 5 seats is over and we will win all these 5 seats. Campaigning for 2nd phase is underway…BJP and our alliance party will win 14 out of 14 seats in Assam,” he said.
- A high-stakes poll battle is likely in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh Parliamentary constituency between BJP state president CP Joshi and Congress candidate Udai Lal Anjana, a former Rajasthan government minister.
- BJP’s star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted roadshows in Chittorgarh and Jodhpur campaigning for CP Joshi on Saturday.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also set to address a rally in Rajasthan on Sunday.
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