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

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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.

A visual from his temple run showed the Congress candidate praying with his eyes closed and hands folded as he sat facing Mahakal (Lord Shiva).

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

In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited several religious sites in the run-up to the results.

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• On the eve of counting day, Chouhan, on Saturday, took out time to water some plants in Bhopal.
  
  BJP leader Vasundhara Raje on Saturday visited the Moti Doongri temple in Jaipur and the Mehandipur Balaji temple in Dausa, as has been her tradition ahead of important days.
  
  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