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Polling for the third phase of elections in 69 Assembly seats ended peacefully today barring some minor incidents. Initial reports say, around 65 per cent of the 2.4 crore voters exercised their franchise. Polling, which began at 7 AM, concluded at 5 PM.
The fate of 826 candidates in this phase has been sealed. The districts where polling was held today are Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Etawah, Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Auraiya, Lucknow, Unnao, Sitapur and Barabanki.
Meanwhile all senior leaders and party chiefs are now campaigning in assembly areas going to be covered in the fourth phase election. Beside Prime Minister, many other leaders from various parties addressed public meetings in different areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed voters to vote for development of the state .Addressing a rally in Fatehpur today Prime Minister criticized Akhilesh government for poor performance in all developmental works including law and order. He also attack on Samajwadi party -Congress alliance and said earlier they crticesd each other and after the alliance they started behaving otherwise.
Addressing joint public meeting In Jhansi both Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi made counter attacks on Modi government. Both the leaders criticized Prime Minister on demonetization and said common people made to suffer a lot.
In another meeting in Hamirpur BSP Chief Mayawati reiterated her criticism against Samajwadi government and said Jangalraj is still prevailing in the state. She left no chance to pull Modi government, the BSP chief said they unable to fulfill their promises. In Chitrakut, Uma Bharti addressed public meeting in rural area and said through demonetization the government brought most of the black money back.