Campaigning ends in Gujarat 93 constituencies go to 2nd phase of polling tomorrow: Counting of votes on Dec 8

Ahmedabad: Campaigning for the 2nd phase of elections in Gujarat ended yesterday evening. The 2nd phase of polling in 93 constituencies will be held tomorrow. Elections are being held in two phases for the total of 182 constituencies in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. In the first phase, voting for 89 constituencies including 19 districts was held on the 1st. 63.30% votes have been registered in this election. The second phase of polling will be held tomorrow in 93 constituencies. There the campaign came to an end yesterday evening.

A total of 833 candidates are in the fray in these constituencies. In particular, polling will be held tomorrow in constituencies contested by prominent figures including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s Katlodia constituency and Hardik Patel’s Viramgam constituency. Voting will be held from 8 am to 5 pm. These votes will be counted on the 8th. Who will form the government again in Gujarat by the afternoon of that day? The details will be known. Likewise, the votes cast in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections will also be counted on December 8. There has been a stir in national politics whether the BJP will regain power in these two states.

* By-election tomorrow in UP, Rajasthan
Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder of the Samajwadi Party and MP from Uttar Pradesh state Mainpuri, passed away a few weeks ago. As a result, the main memory MB volume is empty. Similarly, the by-elections for vacant Rampur and Katauli MLA constituencies, Rajasthan’s Sardarshahr MLA constituency, Bihar’s Gurhani MLA constituency and Chhattisgarh’s Bhanupradhapur MLA constituency will be held on December 5 (tomorrow).

* Not criticizing Modi: Kharge explains

Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge, who participated in the campaign in Ahmedabad, said, ‘Look at Modi and vote. You have 100 heads like Ravana.’ Modi responded to this. In this situation, Congress president Mallikarjuna Kharge told reporters, ‘For us, politics is not about individuals. It is about principles. It depends on the functions of the party. I do not express any personal opinions about any individual. Because I also have 51 years of experience in parliamentary politics,’ he said.

* Bail denied to those who threw stones at Godhra train
In 2002, the Sabarmati Express train was set on fire in Godhra, Gujarat. 59 people were killed. The case related to this came up for hearing on Friday before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. At the time, it said that the bail pleas of the accused in the stone pelting case could be considered as they had already spent 17-18 years in jail. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared on behalf of the Gujarat government, said, ‘People could not escape from the burning box as these criminals threw stones at the train. This is not just a case of stone pelting,’ he protested. It is the Gujarat government that opposes the bail of the Kalveezi protesters, who recently released on probation the 11 convicts who gang-raped a pregnant Bilgis Banu and murdered 14 members of her family, including her 3-year-old child, in the same riots. It is noteworthy that many cases have been filed against this in the Supreme Court.