Campaign ends on Sunday for Maharashtra,Haryana,Arunachal assembly polls

Campaigning will end on Sunday for the October 13 Assembly polls in Maharashtra,Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.

Campaigning will end on Sunday for the October 13 Assembly polls in Maharashtra,Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh,which is considered the first major test of popularity for major political parties after the Lok Sabha elections.

The over month-long canvassing saw top leaders of Congress,BJP and other key players of regional parties hitting the campaign trail. The electioneering was occasionally marked by personal attacks.

While the campaign was generally peaceful,naxalites struck in a big way in Maharashtra claiming the lives of 17 policemen,causing concern in the Election Commission on ensuring peaceful elections.

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi,Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook whirlwind tours of the three states,where the party is making earnest efforts to retain power.

Senior BJP leaders L K Advani,Rajnath Singh,Sushma Swaraj,Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu were the opposition stalwarts who campaigned vigorously. Advani raised the Ram temple issue while seeking votes.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray,seeking to challenge the BJP-Shiv Sena combine in Maharashtra,was dubbed as a “frog” by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan while Raj projected Shiv Sena Working President Uddhav Thackeray as a “snake”.

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