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Campaigning for Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh polls to conclude on Sunday | The election campaigning for Thursday's State Assembly elections in Maharashtra
, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will conclude on Sunday (Oct. 11). The Assembly
elections in three states are likely to be a litmus test for all major parties
to exhibit their strength since the Lok Sabha elections. During the month long
process, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed an election rally at Pasighat
in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi had addressed rallies
at Karnal and Sirsa in Haryana, while Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi
addressed a rally in Bhopal . Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L. K. Advani,
Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley also campaigned in these poll-bound
states. It is notable that all the three States are ruled by Congress, which shares
power in Maharashtra with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) as a coalition partner.
Maharashtra has a 288-member State Assembly, Haryana; a 90-member Assembly House
and Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly has 60 members. There are 2,061 polling stations
in Arunachal Pradesh, 12,894 in Haryana and 82,028 in Maharashtra . The counting
is to held on October 22. The election process will complete on October 25. |
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