In pictures, Madhya Pradesh goes on polls

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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh election 2018 registered over 74 percent voting on Wednesday. From Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to MP Congress president Kamal Nath, Congress’ campaign head Jyotiraditya Scindia and several other prominent names along with common voters exercised their franchisee to elect the future government of the state. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is having a direct fight against Congress in most of the seats. Along with Madhya Pradesh, four other Indian states are having their assembly polls. Rajasthan is schedule to have its assembly polls voting on December 7. Political pundits believe that the elections in five states will set the discourse for 2019 General Election.

Pictures by Raj Patidar (except Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, which has been picked from respective Facebook page)

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