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After almost 80 days of campaigning, voting in the Lok Sabha elections concludes on Saturday with 57 seats across eight states and Union Territories going to polls. This has been the second-longest parliamentary election since the first Lok Sabha election in 1951-’52.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third Lok Sabha campaign saw some new themes being deployed, even as much of the hectic campaign style of the BJP under him remained the same throughout the gruelling 40-day-long cycle. As always, he led from the front.
As Jharkhand’s Dumka Lok Sabha seat gets set to vote in the seventh and final phase of polling on June 1, there would be several “missing” electors in the families of migrant labourers across the constituency – including Maikil Marandi, Ravinder Rai, Bhairo Mirdha, Mahtab Ansari and Salamat Ansari, who died while working in different parts of the country in recent years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim at public rallies in Nahan and Mandi last week that hundreds of crores of rupees in flood relief funds allocated to Himachal Pradesh were disbursed indiscriminately by the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led state government, has triggered a flurry of counter accusations by Congress leaders.
As Ballia gears up to vote in the final phase on June 1, the BJP candidate is out to reclaim his family legacy while the Samajwadi Party (SP) has reposed its faith in a leader who narrowly lost the 2019 polls.
At 7.45 pm, a motorcade of 10-12 cars enters Karaun area, which falls under the Godda Lok Sabha seat, as a loudspeaker blares the BJP’s “Ab ki baar, 400 paar” slogan. Seated in a white luxury car is sitting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who is surrounded by supporters as soon as he alights from the vehicle.
The Lok Sabha elections are winding down, with the remaining 57 seats set to vote in the seventh and final phase on June 1. Keeping the eye on the ball over the last two months in the peak of summer, the Urdu dailies have started turning their focus to June 4, when the votes will be counted and results declared. What lies in store on the other side of the D-Day for the country and its diverse people — this is the key theme being flagged by the dailies for coverage and analysis.
The first Adivasi to become the President of India, the BJP has been citing Droupadi Murmu as an example of its commitment to ensuring greater representation for women and the marginalised. President Murmu’s appointment often found a mention in BJP leaders’ speeches during the Assembly elections last year and this time too, while campaigning in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken several times about his government’s decision to nominate “Odisha’s daughter” to the country’s highest constitutional post.