Porni Banerjee | ৩০ মে ২০২৪ ১২ : ৫৬Porni Banerjee

The curtains of high-octane poll campaign of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will come down today at 5 pm ahead of the seventh and final phase of polling on June 1. Multiple leaders of various political parties have therefore intensified their last-minute rallies.

The end of election rallies marks the beginning of a ‘silence period’ – a term used by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to describe a 48-hour period until the next phase of polling is over. Leaders are not permitted to hold campaigns during this period.

Voters for the remaining 57 seats across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh will exercise their franchise on Saturday, marking an end to the 44-day long Lok Sabha polling exercise.

A total of 904 candidates are in the fray in the final phase for thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, 9 in West Bengal, 8 seats in Bihar, 6 in Odisha, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Jharkhand, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The result of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be released on June 4.

Ahead of the wrap-up of the tough rallies today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur before his two-day visit to Kanyakumari for his spiritual sojourn. He campaigned in West Bengal and Odisha yesterday.

BJP president JP Nadda is ready to campaign in Amritsar, Faridkot and Rupnagar of Punjab today.

On the other hand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address rallies in Balasore, Odisha, and Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. Whereas his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Thursday. 

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will, on Thursday, address a public meeting at Rath Maidan in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.