Counting of votes has begun for 542 Lok Sabha seats. The final results are expected in the evening. The fate of 8,040 candidates will be decided today when the counting of votes polled for the 17th Lok Sabha elections is done. Before their political fate comes out of electronic voting machines, leaders from parties across the political spectrum visited temples and offered prayers in cities across the country on Thursday morning.
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Former Mizoram Governor and Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan offered prayers at Ayya Guru Ashram in Thycaud, Kerala.Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy offered prayers at Lord Ganesha Temple in Jayanagar in Bengaluru, while his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is debuting as JD(S) candidate from Mandya, visited Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysore. Bengaluru South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya offered his prayers at a temple here in Karnataka.
Actor-turned-politician Ravi Kishan, who is fighting for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, performed puja at his residence in the city. Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh also visited a temple in a city in Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Congress supporters performed 'havan' outside the Rahul Gandhi’s house in New Delhi.
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