Among these 112 candidates, 97 are men and 15 are women, with 92 facing serious criminal charges.

With the assistance of students from his institute, Pattnaik completed the sand art in approximately five hours.

In addition to Delhi, voting is underway in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand, and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

Voters in Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur constituencies are set to exercise their franchise until 6 pm, an official reported.

The district police have since transferred Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, the officer in charge of the City Police Station, to a non-sensitive post due to "dereliction of duty" following the violent episode, officials confirmed.

According to party sources, the BJP’s Longding-Pumao constituency will host the event, which will take place from 6 am to 9 am across polling booths in the area.

Addressing election rallies in his home state in Nurpur, Chamba and Solan in Himachal Pradesh, Nadda said Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time with 400 seats.