Uttar Pradesh: Mahagathbandhan candidate sits on Dharna, alleges EVM tampering
India | May 21, 2019 12:41 ISTBSP candidate Afzal Ansari sits on dharna as he claims to have no trust on the administration to protect EVM tampering
BSP candidate Afzal Ansari sits on dharna as he claims to have no trust on the administration to protect EVM tampering
Speaking at a book launch event here, he said that right from the first election commissioner Sukumar Sen to the present election commissioners, the institution is working very well.
The meeting of the 21 opposition parties will be held at the Constitution Club here at 1.30 p.m., Telugu Desam Party (TDP) sources said on Monday.
The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, leaders of 21 Opposition parties met in Delhi earlier today, over the possibilities of an alliance ahead of poll results.
Two days ahead of the counting of votes for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 21 Opposition parties will meet today, to discuss the possibilities of a non-NDA alliance. The meeting of the 21 opposition parties will be held at the Constitution Club here at 1.30 p.m., Telugu Desam Party (TDP) sources said on Monday.
Violence was witnessed in Bhatpara on Sunday, while the by-election was underway. The incident was reported after BJP and TMC activists allegedly clashed with each other in Kankinara under the Bhatpara Assembly constituency.
"Well if NDA is coming back to power, I humbly appeal to Muslim brothers to learn to compromise with the situation," senior Congress leader Roshan Baig told a section of media.
As the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were stored in a strong room in nearby building, the incident sent panic among officials.
Issuing a recorded audio message for Congress workers, she said they should not fall prey to "rumours and exit poll trends which are being promoted to undermine the spirits of Congress persons."
Shatrughan Sinha, a former cabinet minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, was denied ticket by the BJP this time around. He is fighting on a Congress ticket. India TV-CNX Exit Poll has revealed that Ravi Shankar Prasad may register a victory against Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib.
India TV-CNX Exit Poll shows that Rahul Gandhi will win in Amethi and Wayanad. However, he may have to fight hard in Amethi.
In an unprecedented development, 2019 recorded the highest ever voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election at 67.11 per cent. But it is also pertinent to mention that the Election Commission figures are provisional and are subject to change.
As many as 20 lakh security personnel were deployed in the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, rendering the exercise bigger than India's well known 'Operation Brasstacks' in the 1980s, which was larger than any NATO exercise since World War-II, officials said Monday.
Congress leader Chennithala has alleged that a serious postal-vote fraud has been committed at the behest of top-level government functionaries and has demanded a probe by an independent panel appointed by the Election Commission (EC).
As many as three lakh paramilitary personnel along with over 20 lakh state police officials and home guards were deployed for the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in the country, officials said Monday.
Most exit polls Sunday forecast another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with some of them projecting that BJP-led NDA will get more than 300 seats to comfortably cross the majority mark of 272 in the Lok Sabha.
The usual commotion at the Congress headquarters was missing Monday morning, which party workers said was due to a "false atmosphere" created by the exit polls.
"The community's leaders have pledged to launch a sustained struggle for restoration of the lost identity of the community and its political, social, economic and cultural rights in the state," the organiser's of the convention Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj (YAIKS) said in a statement.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday held a meeting with Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati to discuss the political situation in view of the exit polls results.
The poll survey has projected a victory for Manoj Agarwal -- without even a close fight -- in the battle.
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