"Voted for those who talk about 'Vishwa-Bandhutva": Former Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal casts vote in Haryana polls
Oct 05, 2024
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], October 5 : Former Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal cast his vote for the Haryana Assembly Elections on Saturday.
Ganeshi Lal said that he had voted for those who talk about 'Vishwa-Bandhutva', who talk about one earth, one family, and one future.
"We have voted for those who talk about 'Vishwa-Bandhutva', who talk about one earth, one family, and one future," former Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal said.
Meanwhile, a voter turnout of 36.69 per cent was recorded across 90 assembly seats in Haryana till 1 PM.
As per the data shared by the ECI, Mewat recorded the highest poll percentage of 42.64 per cent, followed by Yamunanagar 42.08 per cent, Jind 41.93 per cent, Palwal 41.85 per cent till 1 PM.
In Ambala 39.47 per cent Bhiwani 38.27 per cent, 40 percent in Fatehabad , 38.34 per cent in Hisar, 39.74 per cent in Karnal, 36.19 per cent in Rohtak, 33.64 per cent in Sonipat till1 PM.The lowest voter turnout was witnessed in Panchkula with 25.89 per cent of people casting their vote till 1.00 PM.
Voting in Haryana started at 7 AM in the morning and will go till 6 pm. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting in all 90 assembly constituencies, and 20,632 polling booths have been set up for voting.
Multiple political parties are in the fray in the 90-member assembly constituency. With BJP and Congress going head to head, Chautala brothers are also looking to leave their mark in the polls by forging pre-poll alliances with other small parties.
According to Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer, Pankaj Agarwal, 2,03,54,350 voters, including 1,07,75,957 males, 95,77,926 females, and 467 third-gender voters, will cast their votes in the Assembly Elections on October 5.
The results for the Haryana Assembly elections will be declared along with those of Jammu and Kashmir on October 8.
