Campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections ends, voting on June 1

Voting has been done on 486 seats in 28 states and union territories of the country. Voting in the first six phases was 66.14 percent, 66.71, 65.68, 69.16, 62.2 and 63.36 percent respectively. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.

During the election campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders led by Modi accused the Congress and the alliance of opposition parties , Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance  'INDIA'  of being corrupt, anti-Hindu, indulging in appeasement and dynastic politics.

The opposition parties are claiming that the BJP is anti-farmer, anti-youth and will change and abolish the Constitution if it wins the election.

At a rally in Odisha, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also claimed that BJP leaders are trying to project Modi as the "eleventh incarnation" of Lord Vishnu, but the people of the country will not accept it.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Modi and accused him of lowering the dignity of the post of Prime Minister as well as public discourse by making "hate speeches" during the election campaign.

Appealing to the voters of Punjab, Singh claimed that it is only the Congress that can ensure a development-oriented progressive future where democracy and the Constitution will be protected.

Modi left for Kanyakumari on Thursday evening, where he will meditate at Swami Vivekananda's memorial till June 1. Modi has carried out 206 public relations programs, including rallies and road shows, since the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections on March 16.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power in Punjab, where AAP, a part of India, and the Congress are contesting separately. From Modi to Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states and senior BJP leaders arrived for campaigning in this state.

On behalf of the Congress, Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi led the campaign. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who came out on interim bail in the excise policy case, also ran an aggressive campaign for the candidates of his party AAP along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

The Prime Minister also spoke on issues of reservation, corruption and Ram temple at the rally organised in support of party candidates Anita Som Prakash from Hoshiarpur and Subhash Sharma from Anandpur Sahib.

In West Bengal, Modi on Tuesday held a rally in Kolkata in support of Kolkata North candidate Tapas Roy. Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also held rallies for party candidates in almost all the nine Lok Sabha constituencies.

 Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held a 12-km walk from Jadavpur area in the southern part of the city to Gopalnagar. Party leader Abhishek Banerjee also participated in two rallies on the last day of campaigning.

 During the election campaign, the BJP alleged that the Mamata government was involved in several scams related to coal and cattle smuggling, as well as irregularities in school teacher recruitment under the Trinamool-led government.

 The party also alleged that the state government was not implementing the Centre's welfare schemes and depriving the common people of their benefits.

 However, the Trinamool Congress continued to insist that the Centre was not releasing funds to the state.