According to the Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat, all preparations were completed in accordance with the Election Commission's guidelines. There were 25,430 polling places open for voting in the first round, with 13,065 of them offering live webcasts of the election.
Covering over 50 kms, PM Modi is on his three-hour-long mega roadshow, spanning across 16 assembly constituencies for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly election.
Amid the slugfest over his Ravana jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the Bhratiya Janata Party (BJP) is making it an issue to divert people s attention from real problems.