NOIDA: After a month of rigorous campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections, candidates finally found the much-needed time to unwind and relax on Saturday.
BJP’s Mahesh Sharma, who is vying for a third term from Gautam Budh Nagar, said he had been crisscrossing the urban and rural areas of the constituency over the last few weeks and finally took out some time on Saturday to catch up with friends and well-wishers.
Sharma said he was confident that there would be “no upsets” despite low turnout “due to hot weather and the ongoing harvesting season”.
SP’s Mahendra Nagar also spent the day with family members at his residence in Greater Noida’s Milak Lachchi. Nagar said the poll percentage had dipped across the constituency, but it was lowest in Noida (47%) as compared to the rural assembly segments of Khurja (59.4) and Sikandrabad (60.9). “These rural segments are a party stronghold. The situation will work in my favour,” he said.
BSP’s Rajendra Solanki said he had been on a hurricane campaign tour for 25 days and finally could catch his breath now. “I am confident as I received an overwhelming response in Khurja and Sikandrabad,” he said.
Party’s candidate from Ghaziabad, Nand Kishor Pundir, said he was “sleep-deprived”. “The heat, dust, and the hectic campaign trail had left me with low energy. On Saturday, the first thing I did was to get some good sleep and then catch up with my family. Homemade food was another thing I missed during the campaign, and on Saturday, I felt so content devouring some,” he said. Asked whether election results played in the back of his mind, he said, “There is time to think about that. As of now, I just want to get back to my routine.”
BJP candidate Atul Garg, too, stayed home and spent time with his grandchildren. “I hardly spent any time with them in the past few weeks. On Saturday, I tried to make up for the loss,” he said.
Congress candidate Dolly Sharma's son was not well for the past few days, and admittedly, she had a corner of her mind occupied with the thought of her son. “I missed my children as much as they missed me, and after a long time, it was good spending time with them,” said Sharma.
Campaign for the 2nd phase of the Lok Sabha polls concluded on April 25.
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