Bharat Express

assembly elections

The BJP and the Congress will square off in Madhya Pradesh, the largest of the five states that cast ballots in the current elections.

The announcement of the voting dates has only heightened the election fervor among the parties.

With the assembly elections knocking in the door, both the Congress and BJP are going all out to woo the voters in the state

Vijay Baghel, who is in charge of the BJP's 31-member "Ghoshna Patra Samiti" or electoral manifesto committee, defeated Bhupesh Baghel from the same seat in the 2008 assembly elections.

Security forces are intensifying efforts in Abujmarh, a Maoist-controlled region as the assembly elections are near.

In the first six hours of polling, which began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the BJP does not want assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as it will lose the polls.