New Delhi, Nov 29 : Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit cast their votes on Saturday.

Over 10 million voters will elect their legislators from 863 candidates contesting the polls.

It seems that the recent terror strike in Mumbai has had an impact on voters as well as the politicians.

"There is a sense of great relief that the operation is over. It has been conducted in a very determined manner, avoiding as much loss as possible. In spite of that many of our officers have been killed and we salute them for their great sacrifice. Also, those civilians, who have died in this event, all our sympathy goes to them, and our heart goes out to them," said Dikshit.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has accused that BJP is trying to divide the country on the issue of terrorism.

Addressing an election rally in Bhiteba village in Behror of Rajasthan she said that, "The opposition has no social issue to raise in the polls except terror, terror. They have always tried to divide and rule. They are disturbing the communal harmony and national unity."

New Delhi, Nov. 27: The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has described the Mumbai terrorist attacks as an act of cowardice, which deserves the strongest possible condemnation.

“The dastardly terrorist attack in Mumbai is an act of cowardice and deserves the strongest condemnation,” said Sonia Gandhi, the Congress President and Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Congress president and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi extended her support to calibrated liberalization of economy and said that government is committed to galvanize country from the impact of global slowdown. She called for such economic policies which don't affect the vulnerable sections of society and do not compromise with social justice.

New Delhi, Nov. 21: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Sonia Gandhi, on Friday said that India had the capability to minimise the negative impact of the global financial meltdown.

Addressing participants at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here this morning, both described the global economic crisis as a major issue, but added that its impact could be contained to allow new opportunities to surface.

Guwahati, Nov 1 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited the victims of Assam blasts at a hospital in Guwahati on Saturday.

Dr. Singh and Sonia arrived in Guwahati this afternoon and drove straight to the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital to meet the injured in the serial blasts of October 30.

There was tight security around the hospital.

They will also visit Guwahati Medical College Hospital to know the well being of the injured admitted there.