Congress will get 140 seats in MP, says Kamal Nath; Sushma sure of BJP's 'huge win'
Chinaware (Shikarpur): Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Monday cast his vote and said the Congress will get 140 seats in Madhya Pradesh.
He took a dig at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying, "The BJP doesn't have any other prominent face in their ranks, other than the Chief Minister. That's why they have been showing his picture everywhere. And people have seen this face and know the artistry of the BJP,"
He also said the BJP claims to come in power everywhere, but still they lost elections in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. " In MP Congress will get minimum 140 seats," he said.
Polling in 227 assembly segments began at 8 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m., while for three constituencies in naxal affected Balaghat district, it began at 7 a.m. and will end at 3 p.m. in the afternoon.
More than four crore sixty-four lakh voters will decide the fate of 2,583 candidates, including 200 women candidates.
Meanwhile, 552 companies of security forces and more than 40,000 home guard jawans have been deployed for smooth conduct of polls.
Two helicopters are keeping vigil in the naxal affected Balaghat and Singrauli districts.
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'BJP will win with huge margin in MP', says Sushma
Bhopal: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday expressed confidence that her party will win with a huge margin in Madhya Pradesh.
"I am sure BJP will win with a huge margin in Madhya Pradesh, bigger than last time," Sushma told media after casting her vote.
Voting for the 230-member assembly polls that will also decide Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan 's electoral fate is presently underway in Madhya Pradesh.
The BJP-government led by Chouhan fighting for an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the state where Congress was ousted ten years ago.
Polling in 227 assembly segments began at 8 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m., while for 3 constituencies in naxal affected Balaghat district, it began at 7 am and will end at 3 in the afternoon.
More than four crore 64 lakh voters will decide the fate of 2,583 candidates, including 200 women candidates.
Meanwhile, 552 companies of security forces and more than forty thousand home guard jawans have been deployed for smooth conduct of polls.
Two helicopters are keeping vigil in the Naxal affected Balaghat and Singrauli districts.
