Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial speech on the Congress party’s plans to “redistribute wealth” was the highlight of the high-voltage campaign for the second phase of the Lok Sabha election which ended on April 24.
A total of 88 seats across 13 States are up for grabs on April 26. All 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, six seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir would go to polls.
Voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul seat, which was also scheduled on April 26, was shifted to the third phase on May 7 following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Ashok Balawi.
