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Some of the exit polls indi- cated that BJP on its own may reach the majority figure of 145 in Maharashtra on its own with CNN-News18-IPSOS pre- dicting 243 seats for the BJP- Shiv Sena alliance with the BJP winning 141 and Shiv Sena 102 seats in the 288-member Assembly. India Today-Axis predicted between 166 and 194 seats for the alliance in Maharashtra. CNN-News18-IPSOS has restricted political rivals the ! " ! # # ! $%& Congress-NCP combine in Maharashtra to 41 seats, while CNN-News 18-IPSOS pre- suggest the BJP’s facile success emerging as the single largest Chief Minister (Manohar Lal India Today-Axis exit poll pro- dicted 75 seats for the BJP, 10 in Maharashtra may whittle party with 122 seats and 27.8 Khattar) in the Jat land of jected Congress-NCP alliance for the Congress, and zero for down the influence of its taci- per cent vote share. The Shiv Haryana is likely to pay divi- to win 72-90 seats in the State. the INLD. Other parties in turn ally Shiv Sena which until Sena came second with 63 dends. Fadnavis was the only counter the criticism of dom- strategies of cultivating the Abhay Chautala. Dushyant The ABP-C Voter predicted Haryana are projected to win the fag-end of the campaign seats and 19.3 per cent votes. Brahmin in his Cabinet and inant Maratha political lobbies, dominant communities. floated his own party, the 204 seats for the BJP-Shiv Sena anywhere from 8 to 12 seats, was questioning the confi- The Congress and the NCP only the second Brahmin to Fadnavis and his party roped in The meteoric rise of the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), and 69 for the Congress-NCP according to various exit-polls. dence of Chief Minister came third and fourth with 42 occupy the CM post in a scion of Chhatrapati Shivaji BJP in Haryana also coincides which managed to win 4.9 per in Maharashtra. The ABP-C Voter fore- Devendra Fadnavis vis-à-vis and 41 seats respectively. Maharashtra. The first was late by nominating Sambhaji Raje with the fall of the INLD and cent of the votes in the 2019 In the 90-member Haryana casted that the BJP will improve the Congress-NCP alliance. It is the first time that the Manohar Joshi of the Sena. to the Rajya Sabha in 2016. its subsequent breakup. Before Lok Sabha elections, and is Assembly, the BJP is predicted its 2014 results by winning 72 The BJP and the Shiv Sena BJP’s strategy of projecting a Of the total 18 Chief Therefore, the successive 2019 Lok Sabha elections, contesting Assembly poll sep- to win maximum 80 seats seats, while the Congress will had fought the 2014 Brahmin Chief Minister Ministers that Maharashtra has victory of the BJP in the two INLD leader Dushyant arately. Exit poll of Republic TV while an average of all exit polls bag only 8 seats in Haryana. Maharashtra Assembly elec- (Fadnavis) in the Maratha land had till date, 12 were from the caste-conscious States may Chautala was expelled from the projects the JJP to win 5 to 9 indicated 66 seats for the party. A majority of exit polls tions separately with the BJP of Maharashtra, and a non-Jat Maratha community. As to change conventional poll party after a fight with his uncle seats in Haryana. # !$$ /012" 3$ " % &' # 245.61 Election Commission sources said that polling com- n estimated 47.05 per cent menced on a dull note in the a ticket” on visiting the historic Aof the 41 lakh voters exer- morning but as the sun bright- gurdwara. Pakistan is expected # .01%02#3 cised their franchise in the ened, voters were seen queuing to earn up to 258 crore — bypolls to 11 assembly seats in up outside polling booths. about Pakistani 571 crore — he Delhi Government has Uttar Pradesh on Monday, seal- Central para-military per annum from pilgrims vis- Tnotified the proposal of ing the fate of 109 candidates forces were deployed in all 11 R iting Darbar Sahib in the Delhi Police to raise the in the fray. assembly constituencies that !" Kartarpur, the final resting maximum speed limit on the As compared to March, had 109 candidates in the fray. " ! " place of founder of Sikhism National Highway (NH-9) 2017 assembly elections, the All prominent political # $ Guru Nanak Dev, officials said (earlier NH-24) from voter turnout was less by 13 per parties have claimed their stake % Wednesday,” the MEA said. on Monday. Millennium Park to Ghazipur cent. Average polling in these on all 11 assembly seats which L " # .01%02#3 Union Minister Harsimrat The Government has taken Border from 60 kmph to 70 11 constituencies in the 2017 witnessed a four-cornered con- M " " Kaur Badal has slammed the initiative to put in place kmph for light vehicles such as polls was 60 per cent. test, giving an edge to the rul- ndia on Monday said it is Pakistan for its insistence on state-of-the-art infrastructure car, jeep and two-wheelers. Election Commission Gangoh had witnessed 71.92 ing Bharatiya Janata Party. % ( Iready to sign an agreement charging devotees for visiting and open the Kartarpur Sahib However, the speed limit sources said in Lucknow that per cent polling while in Though the BJP candi- )*O with Pakistan on October 23 Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, Corridor on the auspicious for the heavy motor vehicles the polling in all the 11 con- Lucknow Cantonment, the dates were sitting comfortably " " for the operationalisation of the saying the neighbouring occasion of the 550th birth such as goods carriage remains stituencies was peaceful and no voter turnout was 50.77 per in most of seats that went to L M Kartarpur corridor, even as it country has made a “business anniversary of Guru Nanak so the same, 40 kmph. untoward incident was report- cent. bypolls, in Ghosi, Rampur and expressed “disappointment” out of faith”. that pilgrims from India and The notification comes ed from anywhere. Voter turnout in Rampur Jalalpur it faced tough contest. over Islamabad’s insistence on “The $20 fee charged by those holding overseas citizen days after the decision of the Polling ended with 47.05 was 44 per cent, in Iglas 36.20 The BJP party deployed its # $ % % levying $20 service fee per pil- Pak for Kartarpur Sahib dar- of India card can undertake traffic police to cancel the 1.4 per of voters exercising their per cent, in Govindnagar 32.60 might for winning all seats and !" , grim and asked it to reconsid- shan is atrocious. How will a visit to the holy Gurudwara lakh challans issued for “speed- franchise till 6 pm. per cent, Manikpur 52.10 per organised several public meet- er its decision. poor devotee pay this amount? Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan, ing” on NH-9 — between In Rampur however, fracas cent, Pratapgarh 44 per cent, ings, conclaves for women and “In view of the long pend- Pakistan has made a business the Ministry of External Affairs Millennium Park and Ghazipur between Bharatiya Janata Party Zaidpur per cent, Jalalpur 58.80 meetings with farmers, OBC, " ing demand of the pilgrims to out of faith. @ImranKhanPTI’s said in a statement. — since August as the speed and Samajwadi Party workers per cent, Balha 52 per cent, and ST among others. have visa-free access to statement that this fee will “It is a matter of disap- cameras on the stretch were not was reported and around 20 Ghosi 52 per cent. The assembly seats where - "" Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib boost Pak’s economy & result pointment that while under- calibrated to allow 60kmph as people were detained for using In the 2017 assembly polls, polling was held on Monday and in the interest of opera- in earning foreign exchange is standing has been reached on maximum limit. fake identity proofs for becom- Rampur had polled 56.16 per are Ghosi, Rampur, Jalalpur, tionalisation of the corridor in highly shameful,” Harsimrat most of the elements for facil- As per the officials, the ing polling agents of parties. cent votes, Iglas 64.88 per cent, Pratapgarh, Lucknow # & time before the Guru Nanak’s said a tweet. itating the visit of pilgrims Delhi Traffic Oolice is also in Gangoh in Saharanpur Govindnagar 52.48 per cent, Cantonment, Iglas, Gangoh, '# birth anniversary on November Earlier, Punjab Chief from India, Pakistan continues discussion with the Transport recorded the highest 60.30 per Manikpur 59.44 per cent, Zaidpur, Balha, Govindnagar $( ) ( . 12, the Government on Minister Amarinder Singh had to insist on levying a service fee Department to explore ways to cent polling, In Lucknow Pratapgarh 55.56 per cent, and Manikpur assembly seats.