Patna (Bihar) [India], June 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib exudes his confidence in the BJP and its allies securing the majority and achieving the target of 'Abki Baar 400 Paar'.
While heading towards his way to cast his vote, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said, "I am going to cast my vote for Vikshit Bharat (developed India) and Vikshit Bihar (developed Bihar), for stable government and in the honour of Sanatana Dharma and the poor.
In response to the question about Bharatiya Janata Party's winning chances, he remarked that the party is going to win the elections with over 400 seats across the country and with over 4 lakh votes in Patna Sahib, by quoting, "400 paar waha bhi (seats for NDA across the country) aur 4 lakh paar (votes for the party) Patna Sahib mein bhi."
Taking a potshot on the opposition's statements about Rahul Gandhi becoming the Prime Minister, he said, "Dreaming is for everyone and nobody is stopping them from dreaming."
Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has fielded Ravi Shankar Prasad from this seat who is seeking his second term while Congress from the INDIA alliance has fielded former speaker Meira Kumar's son Anshul Avijit.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Ravi Shankar Prasad of the BJP emerged victorious against Shatrughan Sinha of Congress, by receiving 61.85% of the votes polled.
The seventh phase marks a grand finish to the world's largest polling marathon that began on the 19th of last month and has already covered six phases and 486 Lok Sabha seats.
Voting started in the last 57 parliamentary constituencies at 7 am today across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
According to the Election Commission of India, over 10.06 crore electors including approximately 5.24 crore male, 4.82 crore female and 3574 third gender electors are expected to exercise their franchise.
The seven States in which polling is scheduled include Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Polling for the remaining 42 Assembly constituencies of the Odisha State Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously.
A total of 904 candidates are in the fray for the final phase of polling. The prominent candidates in the fray in this phase include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nishikant Dubey, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Congress leaders Manish Tewari, Charanjit Singh Channi, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti.
Polling for the earlier six phases of Lok Sabha elections was held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20 and May 25. Assembly polls have also been held in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Odisha is seeing simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and assembly in the last four phases. (ANI)
