Senior party leaders addressing election rallies
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Campaigning gaining momentum in Haryana and Maharashtra with senior party leaders addressing election rallies. In Haryana, BJP, Congress and IND and others have escalated their campaign in the state.
In Maharashtra, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani and Yogi Adityanath are among the top campaigners for the party. On the other hand, Congress Spokesman Jaiveer Shergil and former Minister RPN Singh are among the leading campaigners today for the party in the state.
Maharashtra’s Legislative Assembly is the third largest, after Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The tenure of the sitting Assembly is scheduled to end on November 9.
Voters in Maharashtra will head for polling in a single phase on October 21. On the same day, voters in Haryana will also cast their ballots. Counting of votes will happen on October 24.
There are a total of over 8.9 crore eligible voters in the state. The Election Commission (EC) is setting up 95,473 polling stations in Maharashtra.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to retain power in the heavily-industrialised state, along with its traditional ally – the Shiv Sena.
This National Democratic Alliance (NDA), locally known as ‘Maha-Yuti’, is being challenged by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that mainly comprises the Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The Congress-NCP alliance is locally known as ‘Maha-Aghadi’. Congress is being led by its Interim President Sonia Gandhi. Both alliances include other smaller partners.