UP Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar casts his vote in Ballia, appeals to people to "vote for better future"
Ballia: As polling began for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, SBSP President and UP Minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) Chief Om Prakash Rajbhar cast his vote at a polling station in Ballia and appealed to the people to cast their vote in large numbers for a better future.
"I want to appeal to the people to come out of their houses and cast their vote for a better future. Vote for yourself and the future of your children. Use your voting power given by Baba Saheb. Vote for employment, education, and health," Rajbhar said after casting his vote.
The prominent candidates in Ballia include Lallan Singh Yadav from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Neeraj Shekhar from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Sanatan Pandey from the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Arvind Rajbhar the SBSP Chief OP Rajbhar's son also cast his vote. The SBSP chief's son is the party's sole candidate in the Lok Sabha polls. He is contesting as the NDA candidate from Ghosi. The Ghosi seat sees a contest between SBSP's Rajbhar, SP's Rajeev Kumar Rai and BSP's Bal Krishna.
After casting his vote Rajbhar said "This is the biggest festival of democracy. I have cast my vote right now for the development and progress of the country and my Ghosi constituency..."
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 underway 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.
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.
