The second phase of the much expected Gujarat polls began at 8 am IST Today. The election campaigns saw a battle of the parties as leaders from both ends indulged in a war of words, as PM Narendra Modi accusing former PM Manmohan Singh and Mani Shankar Aiyer from Congress of discussing Gujarat polls with Pakistan officials.
Manmohan Singh retaliating with an unexpected counter that it was shameful and silly to come up with baseless allegations, and that the meeting wasn't about Gujarat elections, but on India- Pakistan relationship and further Manmohan asserted that Modi should apologize to the nation for misleading people with wrong information, just to gain political mileage.
PAAS leader Hardik Patel was focused more on influencing people not to vote for BJP than campaigning to vote for Congress. Former CM Anandiben, PM Narendra Modi's 95-year-old mother Heeraben had cast their votes earlier today. With 851 candidates for 93 seats and 14 districts, this final phase of polling has 2.22 crores, eligible voters.
PM Narendra Modi will cast his vote in Nishan high school, located at Sabarmati, while LK And Arun Jaitley are also among BJP biggies expected to cast vote. As Rahul Gandhi said, it is expected that the Congress might spring a surprise in Gujarat elections.
