Incidents of damaging of EVMs and VVPATs before the completion of voting led to this development.

Surya is contesting against Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy. 

Three generations of a family, including grooms and brides, people in bullock carts, and centenarians in wheelchairs, reached polling stations to vote in today's elections.

Besides them, Congress stalwart A K Antony, KPCC president K Sudhakaran, LDF convener E P Jayarajan, and CPI(M)'s Thomas Isaac also came in the morning to exercise their democratic right.

Citing that in the previous Lok Sabha polls, the voter turnout in Bengaluru was only 54% (much below average), BBHA President PC Rao said that though the city had a good number of educated and young voters, it had posted "very less percentage".

Addressing an election rally in Malda, the PM highlighted that the youths, who had taken loans to pay bribes to TMC leaders, are burdened by this situation.

Polling has commenced for 13 Lok Sabha seats and one Assembly constituency in Rajasthan, marking the final phase of voting in the state.

Polling begins on 88 constituencies in Phase 2 at 7 a.m on April 26. Read all live update for phase 2 of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections here.