Gujarat polls: PM Narendra Modi casts vote amid chants of Modi, Modi in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cast his vote in the second and the final phase of Gujarat assembly elections in Ahmedabad. Amid chants of Modi, Modi by cheering crowd, PM Modi was seen walking to the polling booth at Nishan Public School, Ranip in Ahmedabad. At the booth, he stood in the queue to wait for his turn to vote.

He also greeted the people on the way to the school who were cheering Modi, Modi on the sides of the road. .

Earlier today, he urged the people of the state to vote in large numbers.



"Urging all those who are voting in Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections, particularly the young voters and women voters to vote in large numbers. I will be casting my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9 AM," PM Modi tweeted.



Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also cast his vote in the second phase in Ahmedabad today.

Yesterday, Modi met his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gandhinagar.

In a picture, PM Modi was seen touching the feet of mother Heeraben. PM also had his evening tea sitting beside his mother.

The last time Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother Heeraben was on June 18 on her 100th birthday.

Polling in the second and final phase is being conducted for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat. The voting started at 8 am today and will continue till 5 pm.

As many as 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over 2.51 crore electorates.

The 93 poll-bound seats in the second phase are spread across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravali, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda and Chhota Udaipur districts.

Among the key constituencies in the final phase are Ghatlodia, which will determine the poll fate of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel; Viramgam where Patidar leader Hardik Patel will contest as a BJP candidate, and Gandhinagar South where the saffron party has fielded Alpesh Thakor.

The Leader of the Opposition, Congress' Sukhram Rathava will contest from Chhota Udaipur, while Lakhabhai Bharwad, Jignesh Mevani and Amee Yajnik are some other prominent Congress names from Viramgam, Vadgam and Ghatlodia seats.

From the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharat Vakhala from Devgadhbaria, Bheema Chaudhary from Deodar, Dolat Patel from Gandhinagar South, Kunwarji Thakor from Viramgam and Vijay Patel from Ghatlodia will test their electoral fortunes in the second and final phase on Monday.

The results of the Gujarat Assembly election will be announced on December 8.

(Inputs from ANI)