Elections in these states will be held on November 17 and their results will be announced on December 3, just like elections in Mizoram and the first phase in Chhattisgarh, which will be held on Tuesday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in Madhya Pradesh for three days to encourage supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and key Indian National Congress (Congress) leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi are also making appearances, according to All News India Radio had presentations in several districts of this area.
Likewise, Aam Aadmi leaders like Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann are occupying other cities in Madhya Pradesh in search of votes for the party’s candidates, as is Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav, the news agency said.
The top representatives of the Bahujan Samaj Party are also sparing no effort in their election campaign.
In Chhattisgarh, however, the campaign for the second phase of the parliamentary elections, which covers 70 seats, is in full swing.
Senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah and Bahujan Samaj president Mayawati are touring the state where voting on 20 assembly seats was held amid tight security on Tuesday.
On this day, the fate of 174 candidates contesting for 40 parliamentary seats, representing the ruling Mizo National Front, the Indian National Congress, the Zoram People’s Movement, the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party and 27 independents, was decided in Mizoram.
After the elections in Madhya Pradesh and the second phase in Chhattisgarh on November 17, elections in Rajasthan remain on the 25th and in Telangana on the 30th.
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