Campaign ends for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls

A vitriol-filled campaign ended Friday for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi with barbs flying thick and fast as leaders made every effort to sway voters in their favour.

 On Sunday, electionswill be held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eightsconstituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats inDelhi and four in Jharkhand.

   

All seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi will go topolls on Sunday.

As many as 164 candidates are in fray in the polls, whichare largely been seen as a three-way contest among the BJP, Congress and AAP.

Prominent candidates in the contest include, veteranCongress leader Sheila Dikshit, Olympian boxer Vijender Singh, Union ministerHarsh Vardhan, cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and Atishi fromAAP. 

In Uttar Pradesh, the candidates whose electoral fate willbe decided include SP president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi.

Of the 14 constituencies going to polls in the state, theBJP had won 13 in 2014 with Azamgarh being the only exception from where SPpatron Mulayam Singh Yadav had been victorious.

In Haryana, Union ministers Krishan Pal Gurjar and RaoInderjit Singh are seeking re-election while former chief minister BhupinderSingh Hooda is once again entering the race to the lower house.

The high-voltage electioneering saw a galaxy of leaders fromthe ruling BJP and Congress campaign for their respective parties in Haryana.Modi and Amit Shah also campaigned in the stateon Friday, with the prime minister addressing a rally in Rohtak, considered asstronghold of the Hooda family, where he raked up the 1984 anti-Sikh riotsissue.

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