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Election Commission has made full prof arrangement for polling for all 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh and 70 constituencies under second phase in Chhattisgarh to be held on Friday.

Campaigning for Assembly Elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh concluded on Wednesday.

In Chhattisgarh, all arrangements have been made for the second and last phase of assembly elections on Friday. More than 18 thousand 800 polling stations have been set up for the second phase of polling. Out of these, 700 are Sangwari polling stations, where only women polling personnel will be deployed. Voting will take place from 8 am to 5 pm, while in nine polling stations of Bindranavagarh assembly constituency, voting will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. In the second phase, 958 candidates are in the fray for seventy seats. Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress are contesting on all seventy seats. Tight security arrangements have been made at the polling stations. Apart from local police, central security forces are also being deployed.

Senior BJP leader Amit Shah and Anurag Singh Thakur, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed election rallies at various places in Chhattisgarh. While senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held meetings in support of Congress candidates in Balodabazar and Bemetara.

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Meanwhile, campaigning is in momentum in Rajasthan and Telangana for Assembly Elections. Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting in Baytu of Barmer district . On the other hand, Senior leader of Congress and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addressed public meetings in Ajmer, Kotputli, and Udaipurwati.

In Telangana, the withdrawal of nominations came to an end yesterday.