New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi cast their votes in the sixth phase of the general elections.The mother-son duo also clicked a selfie outside the polling station after casting their votes.
Voting across 58 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) in the sixth phase is underway.
Earlier the Congress sounded confident about the chances of the INDIA alliance in the polls. Congress RS MP Jairam Ramesh said, "5 phases of elections have been held..It became clear after the first 2 phases that "Dakshin mein BJP saaf aur Uttar mein half", so the INDIA alliance will get a clear and decisive mandate on 4th June and on the 4th the country will bid him (PM Modi) goodbye... I have full confidence that our alliance will win all seven seats in Delhi..."
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The sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls includes eight seats in Bihar, all 10 seats in Haryana, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, four in Jharkhand, all seven seats in Delhi, six in Odisha, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, and eight in West Bengal. A total of 889 candidates are in the fray.
Voting is underway in all parliamentary seats of Delhi and Haryana in this phase.
The riveting contest in Delhi has AAP and Congress jointly taking on the BJP, which won all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital in the last two elections.
While Congress is contesting on three seats in the national capital, AAP is contesting on four. The two parties are part of the INDIA bloc. (with Agency inputs)
