Voting was underway on Wednesday in Delhi, the union territory that includes the capital of India, New Delhi, to decide the 70 members of its legislative assembly in a tight election whose results are scheduled to be declared on Saturday.

Thousands are voting in the Indian capital’s state legislature election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on Delhi voters to actively participate in the ongoing Delhi Assembly elections on Wednesday and also urged first voters to exercise their right to vote first,