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Representative image. GUWAHATI: Assam Congress on Saturday staged protests against alleged electoral manipulation by BJP. Senior Congress leaders, including AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh, former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid, Assam PCC president Ripun Bora and All India Mahila Congress Committee president Sushmita Dev, took part in the protest against “blatant deterioration of the respect for public mandate”. The Election Commission has ordered a repoll in a polling st...

After EVM found in car of Assam BJP MLA’s wife, EC suspends four and orders repoll The poll party was attacked and held hostage along with the EVM in the vehicle by a mob alleging that it was being taken to be tampered with. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service GUWAHATI: Amidst the brouhaha after an EVM was found in a car registered in the name of the wife of Assam BJP MLA Krishnendu Paul, the Election Commission has suspended the Presiding Officer and three other offic...

The situation in Assam was peaceful with a significant number of voters turning up during the morning hours to exercise their franchise in the 39 seats where voting was underway in the second phase on Thursday. There were reports of EVM glitches from some polling stations and upon their immediate replacement voting continued uninterrupted, an election official said. Long queues were seen outside most of the 10,592 polling stations across the 13 districts in the Barak Valley, the Hill region ...

Kolkata / New Delhi: West Bengal saw over 80 per cent polling in the second phase of assembly polls in the state. Addressing a press conference here, state Chief Electoral officer Aariz Aftab said that the polling was peaceful apart from a few stray incidents. "The turnout was 80.43 per cent polling till 5 pm," he said. The second phase of polling was held on 30 seats in West Bengal. Nandigram, where the high-profile contest is between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former ministerial c...

Silchar (Assam)[India], April 1 (ANI): Assam recorded a voter turnout of 38.08 per cent till 1.10 pm across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Congress leader Sushmita Dev, All India United Democratic Front president Badruddin Ajmal and former Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Rajen Gohain were among those who cast their ballot in the second phase of polls.

The Nowgowg constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 54.10 per cent till 1.10 pm, while the Jagiroad constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage with a voter turnout of just 18.20 per cent.

Assam sees peaceful polling in phase two SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 01:45 PM IST Share Synopsis The situation in Assam was peaceful with a significant number of voters turning up during the morning hours to exercise their franchise in the 39 seats where voting was underway in the second phase on Thursday. Agencies The situation in Assam was peaceful with a significant number of voters turning up during the morning hours to exercise their franchise in the 39 seats where voting was unde...

List of campaigners includes Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. New Delhi: Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit has taken potshots at his party for not including infamous G-23 in the partys star campaigners list for ensuing West Bengal and Assam Assembly elections, saying if the high command thinks that 30 leaders selected for campaigning are enough to win the polls then its good, whats the need for other leaders. "Its up to the high command to include leader...

Updated: March 16, 2021 00:41 IST The ruling party has not implemented any of its poll promises made five years ago, says Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Share Article AAA The ruling party has not implemented any of its poll promises made five years ago, says Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Congress leader , who is an observer for the election-bound Assam, speaks about the party’s poll prospects in the State, discomfort within cadre about the alliance with Badruddin Ajmal’s All India United Dem...