Blog | Lok Sabha Elections: Hopes, Aspirations And Rivalries In Aligarh

While Banias remain firmly with the BJP, Brahmins are divided between the two candidates from their community.

Videos widely circulated online show polling officials in remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh, not far from the Line of Actual Control with China, carrying bulky EVMs and other election materials, on their way to carry out repolling in eight areas.

Bollywood actor Neha Sharma's recent participation in a roadshow in Bihar has taken the internet by storm.

Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, and actor-politician Arun Govil are among the key candidates in the fray for the 2nd phase of polls with Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat seeking a hat-trick of wins from their constituencies.

The voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will take place across 89 seats in 13 states on Friday.

The stage is set for a three-cornered contest in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh going to polls in the second phase tomorrow.