Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi interacts with a voter near a polling booth in Amethi on the voting day on Wednesday.
today complained to the Election Commission after spotting a lotus, the BJP's poll symbol, sketched inside a polling booth in Amethi, from where he is contesting for the third time. And the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP complained against the Congress leader for travelling with 24 cars on polling day. (
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At a polling station set up inside a school in Phula village, Mr Gandhi raised objections at a lotus flower drawn with chalk on a blackboard and pointed it out to Election Commission officials. (
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The 43-year-old is touring Amethi extensively on polling day for the first time in 10 years. (
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As he landed in the Fursatganj airport, he faced protests by the AAP, which has written to the Uttar Pradesh Election Office that he has violated the model code of conduct by travelling with a large motorcade and supporters.
The 43-year-old is widely seen as fighting a prestige battle in the seat previously held by his mother, Sonia Gandhi, and father, Rajiv.
This time, he is in a three-cornered contest against the BJP's
Smriti Irani and Aam Aadmi Party's Kumar Vishwas.
On Monday, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi visited Amethi during the final hours of campaigning and pitched for his party candidate, escalating his war with the Gandhis - Rahul, his mother Sonia and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - in perhaps the most bitterly fought national election.
Last week, the Congress had complained against Mr Modi after he flashed a lotus at the booth where he cast his vote in Gandhinagar, and spoke to the media. (
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On the orders of the Election Commission, an FIR or First Information Report was filed against Mr Modi in Gujarat, where he is Chief Minister.