Voting begins on all 230 assembly seats of MP
Vote for the betterment of Chhattisgarh, says CM Baghel
Urge people of MP to touch goal of 100% voting, says Union min and BJP candidate Prahlad Patel
Voting begins for the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections; remaining 70 seats in the fray
BJP distributed money and liquor all day yesterday, says Kamal Nath amid voting in MP
State Congress president and party's candidate from Chhindwara, Kamal Nath said, "I have faith in the entire state that they will side with the truth. I trust the public, the voters. I am not Shivraj Singh that I will say that we will win these many or that many seats. Public will decide the number of seats..."
"BJP has Police, money and administration. They will have it for a few more hours now. Yesterday, I received several phone calls, someone sent me a video that shows that liquor and money was being distributed," he said.
Kamal Nath casts his vote in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
Shivraj Chouhan says he is blessed by his 'ladli' sisters before casting his vote in MP
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"All my 'ladli' sisters are blessing me. All my sisters, daughters, sons are happy by Madhya Pradesh's development and public welfare schemes. All of them are blessing the BJP," says Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan before casting his vote.
BJP is going to create history in Madhya Pradesh, says state BJP President VD Sharma
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VD Sharma in a meeting at BJP Control Room said that "Our state BJP team is monitoring the elections under way in the state. Our workers in the Control Room are making sure that the elections are organised in the best possible way. People of the state will bless the BJP and we will get a huge majority. BJP is going to create history in Madhya Pradesh."
PM Modi requests voters to exercise their franchise amid Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh polls
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"Today is the second and last round of voting in Chhattisgarh assembly elections. I request all the voters to exercise their franchise. Your every vote is valuable for democracy", wrote PM Modi in a message on X to the voters as Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh gears for polls today.
CM Shivraj Chouhan casts his vote in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
5.71% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the second phase of voting in Chhattisgarh and 11.13% in Madhya Pradesh
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'Vote for someone who carries the idea of 'Ram Rajya'', says BJP candidate amid MP polls
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Madhya Pradesh polls: Stone pelting at two polling booths in Dimani segment, one injured
Stones were pelted outside the polling station in Manhad village of Mehgaon assembly constituency of Bhind. BJP candidate Rakesh Shukla sustained minor injuries during the incident. Police reached the spot.
'Congress party have repeatedly insulted and betrayed Telangana and spoilt people's lives', says BRS MLC K Kavitha in poll-bound Telangana
BJP and Congress workers involved in heated argument in Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh
Congress relieved as rebels in Telangana withdraw nominations
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Hyderabad: Congress in Telangana heaved a sigh of relief with almost all the rebel candidates having withdrawn their nominations.
Sensing trouble in at least 24 Assembly segments where party ticket aspirants had filed nominations, Congress had appointed a committee with representatives from the central leadership to hold a parley with them.
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MP Polls: In a first, women shoulder entire poll process in all 201 booths of Raipur North assembly seat
Raipur: Women have been entrusted with the responsibility of shouldering the entire voting process in all the 201 polling stations in an assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, a move billed by officials as the first of its kind in the country.
MP Elections: AI-equipped camera for selfies, no voter queue highlights of Indore's smart polling station
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Indore: A 'smart' polling station where people can vote without having to stand in queues and can take 'inked finger' selfies with the help of an Artificial Intelligence-equipped camera has been set up in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls will be held.
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Kamal Nath's son 'stopped from entering booth' by BJP workers in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
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BJP will retain power in MP with 150-plus seats: Vijayavargiya
BJP general secretary and party candidate from Indore-1 constituency Kailash Vijayvargiya cast his vote on Friday and claimed that they would retain power in the state by winning more than 150 of the 230 assembly seats. (PTI)
19.65% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in the second phase of voting in Chhattisgarh and 27.62% in Madhya Pradesh
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Congress determined to provide social justice to people of Telangana
Ahead of the launch of party manifesto for Telangana assembly elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the party is determined to provide social justice, economic empowerment and progress to the people of the state. He also listed the party's six guarantees given to the people of Telangana.
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Amit Shah to launch BJP manifesto, address rallies in poll-bound Telangana on Nov 18
Telangana Elections | AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi participates in door-to-door campaigning in poll-bound Telangana
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"Kursi ka race Congress ko hai": Jyotiraditya Scindia slams Congress as polling continues in Madhya Pradesh
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge releases manifesto which includes six guarantees and different declarations for Telangana Assembly elections
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge says Congress will come to power since public understands scams in poll-bound Telangana
"I challenge that no matter how much PM Modi and KCR make efforts together, still, Congress will come to power because the public understands the scams here. Also, his (KCR) retirement days are also close. He himself said that he'll retire after this...He has made all the arrangements in his farmhouse. He'll go and sit there," said Kharge in poll-bound Telangana.
38.22% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in the second phase of voting in Chhattisgarh and 45.40% in Madhya Pradesh
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BJP candidate, AAP supporter injured after unidentified men open fire in Mehgaon Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh
First aim to form govt in Telangana, then will dislodge Modi govt in Delhi, says Rahul Gandhi while addressing the public in Telangana
"All the portfolios that generate income are in the hands of your CM's family...Land, Liquor... all three portfolios are with your CM's family...KCR asked Congress, what did Congress do in the last 7 years. The school in which you studied KCR was developed by Congress," he added.
Public greatly disappointed with BJP's manifesto for Rajasthan polls: CM Ashok Gehlot
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BJP is scattered in Rajasthan. Seems PM Narendra Modi roaming every corner of state to find CM face: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi at poll rally in Sagwara
Voted on issue of development, says former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan
Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday exercised her franchise in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections and said she voted for development. “I voted on the issue of development,” Mahajan told PTI after casting her vote at a polling booth in Indore’s Old Palasia area.
Mahajan (80) said that it has been more than 75 years since the country got independence from British rulers and awareness of voting has increased among the citizens.She added, “Voting is both our constitutional right and duty.”Assembly elections are being held on Friday in all 230 constituencies, including 47 reserved for ST and 35 for the SC, in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.As many as 5,60,58,521 voters, including 2,87,82,261 males, 2,71,99,586 females and 1,292 third-gender persons, are eligible to exercise their franchise.A total of 2,533 candidates of political parties and independents – 2,280 males, 252 females and a third-gender person – are vying to enter the state assembly.
55.31% voter turnout in phase 2 of Chhattisgarh elections, 60.52% voter turnout in Madhya Pradesh
BJP doesn't know anything except 'communal fanaticism', don't vote for it: KCR
BJP doesn't know anything except 'communal fanaticism'. Don’t vote for it, CM KCR tells people at a rally in Karimnagar
MP CM Chouhan visits polling booth in Rehti
Modi tried to use 'Bajrang Bali' but lost Karnataka as his words were hollow: Gehlot
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot says, "PM Modi's 'Bajrang Bali' did not work in Karnataka...God did not accept his words, God understood that his words were hollow and he was only using his name as he was losing the polls."
MP polls: Cong candidate’s aide killed in Chhatarpur district; sporadic clashes reported
Five persons were injured in a skirmish between two groups in the Mhow area of Indore district, while two men were wounded in a clash in Morena district’s Dimani constituency, where Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar is contesting, officials said.
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Morena incident not related to polls in state, says Chief Electoral Officer
"The incident in Morena took place late at night yesterday in which one person died. After the post-mortem, an FIR will be registered. It is not related to elections. It is a pre-poll day incident. A small fight happened in Indore in front of Juni Police station, in which a case has been registered. There was no effect of the polls," said Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Ranjan
If Congress comes to power again, organisations like PFI will get a free hand: Shah
If Congress comes to power again, organisations like PFI will get a free hand. They crossed all limits of appeasement politics for its vote bank: Home Minister Amit Shah at rally in Rajasthan's Ajmer
Tentative voter turnout: 67.34 per cent in Chhattisgarh, 71.11 per cent in Madhya Pradesh till 5 pm: EC
Those who have looted the money of the poor will be hanged upside down: Shah in Rajasthan
Ashok Gehlot's government is number one in corruption in the country... I have never seen such a corrupt government in my life. Form a double-engine government here, we will investigate all this. Those who have looted the money of the poor will be hanged upside down
EVMs being sealed and secured at polling booth in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur
ITBP jawan killed in blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh amid polls
A jawan of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was killed in a blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, where polling was held in the second phase of the state assembly elections.
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In a first, all polling booths in assembly constituency managed by women: EC
For the first time in the country's electoral history, all polling booths in an assembly constituency were managed by all-women teams, the Election Commission (EC) said on Friday. The panel was referring to the 201 booths in Raipur (North), where polling was held in the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections.