All arrangements have been made for assembly elections in Haryana.
The single-phase election will be held for the 90-member assembly tomorrow. There are 1,031 candidates in the fray, including 930 males and 101 females.
Haryana Chief Electoral Officer, Pankaj Agarwal said that among these candidates, 464 are independents.
The polling, which will begin at 7 AM, will conclude at 6 PM.
The state has more than 2 crore, 3 lakh, 54 thousand eligible voters. A total of 20,632 polling booths have been set up for smooth conduct of elections.
The BJP, which is hoping for a third term in government, campaigned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the head, who addressed four rallies in the state, where he attacked the Congress.
PM Narendra Modi accused the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of entangling several issues, including the Ram temple issue.
On the last day of campaigning, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed a public meeting in Nuh, that had witnessed violence last year after a VHP procession was attacked by a mob, leading to the death of six people, including two home guards and a cleric.
In his speech, he stated that Haryana was due for a “Congress storm” that would ensure policies for the poor and farmers, He also stated that a ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ will be opened in every corner of the state.
As elections in Haryana is scheduled to be held on Saturday, schools across the state will remain closed on October 4 and 5.
Several schools are designated to be voting centres and thus will be closed on October 4 to provide time for necessary preparations before the polling begins.
The two-day closure applies to all government, semi-government and private schools in the state.