Published 11:01 IST, April 18th 2019

Richa Chadha takes a stand on BJP fielding Sadhvi Pragya in Bhopal, gives new 'Ab Ki Baar...' slogan. Read here

Brimming with controversies of communal calls to coalition tears, cash for votes, dopplegangers and even ushering terror accused into politics, the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday walked into its second phase of voting. 

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Brimming with controversies of communal calls to coalition tears, cash for votes, and even ushering terror accused into politics, Lok Sabha elections on Thursday walked into its second phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections 2019. 

As 95 seats, 1619 candidates go to polls on April 18, actor Richa Chadha adding on to topical mood of Parliamentary elections, spoke against 'fielding terror suspect, garlanding a lyncher and draping Indian flag on murderers' 

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In a tweet, politically vocal actress furr gave a new slogan to Madhya Pradesh's capital city saying, 'Ab ki baar, pyaar hi pyaar', asking people to 'vote wisely'  

Her tweet comes a day after BJP fielded Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, an accused in Malegaon blast case on ir ticket against Congress veteran Digvijay Singh from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.

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Furrmore, her tweet referred to Union Minister Jayant Sinha's controversy wherein he found himself at recieving end of massive outr after he garlanded men convicted in a lynching case, back in July 2018. 

Although, Bhopal will t be going to polls on Thursday, here are states to watch out for-

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Assam (5 seats), Bihar (5 seats), Chhattisgarh (3 seats), Jammu and Kashmir (2 seats), Karnataka (14 seats), Maharashtra (10 seats), Manipur (1 seat), Odisha (5 seats), Tamil Nadu (38 seats), Uttar Pradesh (8 seats), West Bengal(3 seats) and Puducherry (1 seat).

polls will see seats from where high profile candidates are contending: 

Deve Gowda (JD), BK Hariprasad (Congress), PC Mohan (BJP), Yashwant Singh (BJP), Raj Babbar (Congress), Hema Malini (BJP), SP Singh Baghel (BJP), Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debburman (Congress), Farooq Abdullah (NC), Syed Mohsin (PDP), Mohammad Salim (CPM), Ashok Chavan (Congress)

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turut for first phase of elections as anunced by Election Commission was: 

  • Andaman and Nicobar: 70.67%
  • Chhattisgarh: 56%
  • Andhra Pradesh: 56% 
  • Telangana: 60%
  • Maharashtra: 55.78%
  • Sikkim: 69%
  • Mizoram: 60%
  • Nagaland: 78%
  • Manipur: 78.2%
  • Tripura: 81.8%
  • West Bengal: 81%

READ| Arnab Goswami confronts Jayant Sinha

10:42 IST, April 18th 2019