High decibel campaign ends in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
The Hindu
Campaigning for MP & CG Assembly polls ends; PM Modi appeals to voters in MP to elect BJP for development; Congress & BJP locked in a keen battle; Kharge & Vadra attack Modi & Scindia respectively. PM Modi & Congress accuse each other of dynastic & negative politics.
New Delhi:
The high voltage campaign for elections to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly and 70 seats of the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly came to a close on Wednesday ahead of voting on Friday.
While Madhya Pradesh will vote in a single phase on November 17, voting in 20 seats of Chhattisgarh took place on November 7 in the first phase polling in the State.
On the last day of campaigning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media platform X to appeal to voters in Madhya Pradesh to elect the BJP for the State’s development and claimed that people are very angry with the “dynastic and negative” politics of the Congress.
In a separate post, Mr. Modi said the Congress was headed for a rout in Chhattisgarh and assured the voters that the BJP would fulfil all its pledges.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led the charge against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh, while Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda and former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi were the star campaigners in neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
The Congress and the BJP are locked in a keen battle in the two States, with both parties claiming the pole position.
After being repeatedly disrupted for three consecutive days over issues ranging from the Governor’s address and alleged disrespect to the national anthem to demands for the resignation of the Excise Minister, among others, normalcy finally returned to the Legislative Council on Friday, with proceedings commencing.
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