Voting began in 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on Saturday after days of hectic campaigning by major political parties including the ruling Congress and BJP.
A range of factors will be at play in the Rajasthan assembly polls on Saturday with BJP seeking to oust the Congress government in the state by vociferously raising issues concerning farmers, women and youth and alleged corruption and both parties seeking to woo voters with tall promises.
A day ahead of the Assembly elections, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday reaffirmed that the Congress will return to power, putting an end to the three-decade-old alternatimg government trend in the western state.
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday hit out at Rajasthan Chief Minister over his remarks about an "undercurrent" in favour of Congress and said Ashok Gehlot held similarly underestimated support for BJP in the 2013 assembly polls when the party won 163 seats.
Expressing confidence of Congress winning the assembly polls in Rajasthan, party leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that people have made up their minds and the party will return to power in the polling to be held on Saturday
Upbeat over his party's chances of returning to power in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said there was a strong undercurrent in favour of the ruling Congress in the state.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Pilot in a video message which was posted by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on X, urged people to elect the Congress government to the power to 'maintain the progress of the state'.
The election campaigning in Rajasthan wrapped up on Thursday with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi getting the Election Commission over his derogatory remarks on Prime Minister while PM Modi getting emotional after recognizing a 95-year-old BJP leader Dharam Chand Derasariya who was sitting i