Madhya Pradesh: Congress candidate offers earnest prayers at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar Temple with hours left to counting

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With barely a few hours left before the counting of votes begins for four states, Congress candidate from Nagda Khachrod constituency, Dilip Gurjar, was at the divine door on Sunday morning, offering earnest prayers to the Almighty at the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in the Ujjain district...

Likewise, leaders from across four states also headed to the nearest shrines as their fates lay locked in strong rooms...

All eyes are on the outcome of the fiercely contested electoral battles in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, which have been dubbed the semi-finals ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year..

The counting of votes in the four states will start today at 8 am and the Election Commission has ensured that all arrangements are in place for the D-day...

Mizoram, which also went to polls along with the other four states last month, will have to wait till December 4 for the results as the Election Commission has extended counting in the state by a day...

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