Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congress and the AIUDF of hankering for power in Assam to open the borders for infiltrators and said emphatically that the BJP will not allow the state to become a hub for illegal immigrants again after freeing the land encroached by them during last five years.
Taking a swipe at All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal for claiming that the “lock and key” (AIUDF symbol) of forming the next government in the state is in his hands, Shah said the people would decide who will run Assam. “Kaan khol kar sunlo Ajmal, Assam ko ghuspetiyo ke adda phir se nahin banne denge (Ajmal listen carefully we will not allow Assam to become a hub for infiltrators again),” Shah said.
Over 73 per cent of the 73,44,631 voters exercised their franchise till 5 p.m. in the second phase of polling in Assam on Thursday, election officials said, adding that no untoward incident was reported from the 39 constituencies, where balloting would officially end at 6 p.m. Senior election officials and police officers said that no incident of violence was reported so far from the 13 districts where the voting was underway. In a few polling stations, voting was halted for some time due to technical snags in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which were soon rectified. Men, women and first-time voters queued up in front of the polling stations in large numbers well before the voting began at 7 a.m. Polling time has been in creased by an hour till 6 p.m. by the election officials in view of the Covid-19 situation.
Voting begins for second phase of Assam assembly election ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 07:04 IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Polling for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly polls began at 7 am on Thursday to decide the fate of 345 candidates in 39 constituencies across 13 districts.
The high-octane poll campaign for the second phase ended on Tuesday with all the players including the ruling NDA, Congress-led Mahajath making hard efforts to woo voters. The polling began at 7 am.
The main contest is seen to be between the alliances led by BJP and Congress.
The BJP-led alliance also includes the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People s Party Liberal (UPPL).
Polling is underway in Assam for the second phase of assembly elections and COVID-19 safety protocols are being followed at various polling booths. At a polling centre in Nagaon voters are being screened with a temperature gun when they arrive at the polling booths. The voters are also being provided hand gloves and sanitisers. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Thursday appealed to the voters to exercise their right to vote in record numbers in the second phase of assembly elections and to follow COVID-19 norms. Today is the second round of voting for the Assam assembly elections. I request all voters to cast their vote and participate in this festival of democracy. During this, please wear masks while maintaining social distancing, he said in a tweet.
BJP s rivals carry secular tag on communal bag , says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 05:18 PM IST
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He said the Congress has formed a new secular syndicate by allying with All India United Democratic Front in Assam, Indian Secular Front in West Bengal and Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala.
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Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Thursday campaigned intensively for the BJP in Kerala and hit out at its rivals, saying they carry secular tag on communal bag as a new political experiment of the Modi-bashing brigade . Addressing various public meetings and road shows at Piravam, Ettumanoor and Vaikom in favour of the BJP-led NDA candidates for the state assembly election, which is scheduled for April 6, he said for the BJP, secularism is a constitutional mission and for pseudo secularists it s a vote grabbing gimmick.