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An excruciatingly long election campaign, coupled with the scorching summer heat, invariably results in fatigue and weariness.

A day ahead of the crucial polling, Congress and BJP members held several meetings deliberating upon the booth management strategies.  The main election office of Congress and BJP wore a deserted look with the party workers returning to their native districts as high-octane poll campaigning came to an end on Friday.

The fate of several Union ministers including Radha Mohan Singh, Harshvardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia will be decided on Sunday in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi.

The Sangh Parivar’s support base in Bhopal will be put to the test on Sunday when BJP’s Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur — a political novice — take on Congress stalwart Digvijay Singh in what is billed as one of the most interesting fights of this Lok Sabha election.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Bhopal, in a veiled dig at her rival Congress leader Digvijay Singh, said on Thursday that everyone knows the difference between a saint and the devil.

The Election Commission’s (EC) credibility is at an all-time low. It is obvious, it is unable to enforce the Moral Code of Conduct (MCC) when it comes to PM Narendra Modi.

Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Randeep Singh Surjewala “have received cuts from the loot” that took place in Madhya Pradesh under CM Kamal Nath government the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged on Friday.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister Kamal Nath, BJP national president Amit Shah said that Kamal Nath started tabadla-udyog (transfer industries) and one officer was transferred thrice. He was addressing a public rally at Rajgarh in favour of BJP candidate Rodmal Nagar.

Fielding Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur in the Lok Sabha elections is a “tactical mistake” of the BJP, NCP general secretary Jitendra Awhad said here on Saturday.

After completion of polling in 303 Lok Sabha constMaharashtra,ituencies, 71 seats spread across nine states, mostly in the Hindi heartland, will be up for grabs in the fourth phase on April 29, of which the ruling BJP will have to defend 45.