Anti CAA-NRC activists to plump for non-BJP/TMC candidates in WB
April 07, 2021
Launch ‘secure you citizenship’ campaign focussing on on refugee-concentrated districts With five more phases of polling remaining in the West Bengal Assembly elections, anti-NRC activists have launched a “Secure Your Citizenship Movement” making CAA and NRC as a main theme in the polls.
The activists will bring to centre stage the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens to campaign in favour of non-BJP, non-Trinamool Congress candidates, particularly in refugee-concentrated districts including the North 24 Parganas.
Supporting CPI candidates
On Wednesday, a group of activists visited Gaighatta, an SC reserved constituency. “We are supporting the CPI candidate Kapil Krishna Thakur. He is an award winning dailt writer and an active campaigner against CAA-NRC,” said economist and activist Prasenjit Bose.
Similarly, voting began for the lone Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is being held simultaneously. In Tamil Nadu a total of 3,998 candidates are in the fray seeking the 6.26 crore one day Sultan s or the voter s favour. With 77 contenstants, the Karur Assembly seat sees the highest number of Assembly aspirants. About 1.58 lakh security personnel have been deployed for security. There will be a six cornered contest for occupying Fort St.George though the main contest will be between the ruling AIADMK-led alliance and the DMK-led front. The others in the fray are actor-turned-politicians Kamal Haasan s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) alliance, Vijayakant promoted DMDK, the alliance led by Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) floated by T.T.V.Dhinakaran and movie director Seeman s Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK).
Polling for TN, Pondy Assembly begins
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Chennai/Puducherry, April 6 : Polling in the 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the 30 Assembly seats in the neighbouring Puducherry began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
Similarly, voting began for the lone Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is being held simultaneously.
In Tamil Nadu a total of 3,998 candidates are in the fray seeking the 6.26 crore one day Sultan s or the voter s favour.
With 77 contenstants, the Karur Assembly seat sees the highest number of Assembly aspirants.
About 1.58 lakh security personnel have been deployed for security.
There will be a six cornered contest for occupying Fort St.George though the main contest will be between the ruling AIADMK-led alliance and the DMK-led front.
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Assembly elections end peacefully
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Puducherry: A voter registers her name to cast vote for the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling booth in Puducherry on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Image Source: IANS News
Puducherry: Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes for the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling booth in Puducherry on April 18, 2019. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Image Source: IANS News
Chennai/Puducherry, April 6 : Curtains came down on the single-phase Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Polling was peaceful across the state and the Union Territory.
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