In Madhya Pradesh, star campaigners of all the major political parties are addressing several public meetings today. Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is attending election meetings in Kukshi and Sidhi while BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is addressing election rallies in Satna, Shahdol, Singrauli and Jabalpur. BSP leader Mayawati will attend public meetings in Gwalior and Indore. Union Ministers Kamlanath, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, Sushma Swaraj, and film actress Hema Malini, Smriti Irani and Raj Babbar are also campaigning in the state. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address election meetings using holographic 3-D technique from today. Our Bhopal Correspondent reports that the tribal votes play a decisive role in Mahakaushal region of the state.

There are in all 38 assembly segments in the Mahakaushal, out of which BJP had won 22 and Congress had won 16 segments in the last elections. Speaker Ishwardas Rohani and Deputy Speaker Harvansh Singh, who represented this region in the state assembly, are no more and their sons are contesting from their traditional seats in this election. Four ministers of the BJP government including Ajay Vishnoi and Gaurishankar Bisen are tryning their luck from Mahakaushal. Both BJP and congress are facing infighting within the party on some seats. BSP, SP, NCP Gaundwana Gantantra Party and some smaller parties have the potential to affect the chances of BJP and Congress on some seats. Road connectivity to remote areas, inadequate drinking water supply, lack of education facilities are some of the poll issues in the region. Some districts of the region including Balaghat are affected by the Maoism

In Mizoram, with just four days left for the upcoming polls to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly scheduled for the 25th of this month, campaigning is at its peak now. Political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters, including facebook and mobile phones apart from door to door campaigning. In the meantime, all the political parties gave a thumbs up signal to EVMs after completion of the second mock poll trial. More from our Correspondent:
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All parties are now satisfied with the use of EVMs and agreed that these machines are reliable and that there is no room for manipulation. All the Presiding Officers and Polling Officers have been trained on proper handling of EVMs and practical use of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), to be used for the first time in Mizoram general elections.

BJP President Rajnath Singh has said that there is no substantance in charges of snooping against Narendera Modi. Mr. Rajnath Singh was talking to media persons at Jaipur on the occasion of releasing the party manifesto for Assembly elections in Rajasthan. He criticized the UPA government for alleged failure on fronts of economic, diplomatic and internal and external security.
Mr. Rajnath Singh will address three election rallies in Rajasthan today. State BJP President Vasundhra Raje and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are campaigning for their candidates in different parts of the state.