Shiv Khera approaches SC, seeks publicity to NOTA as fictional candidate
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued the notice to the poll panel.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued the notice to the poll panel.
The by-polls in six Assembly constituencies in the state are scheduled to be held on June 1 along with the Lok Sabha elections.
Polling was scheduled to continue till 6 pm but long queues of voters were still there outside the booths. The constituency recorded 67.22 per cent voting till 5 pm and the final figure was expected later in the evening.
Rahul Gandhi is losing the elections from Wayanad and may file nomination from some other place soon, he claimed.
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday directed officials to ensure adequate safety norms and means for the mules are put in place before the start of Chardham pilgrimage on May 10.
Congress president Mallikarjun on Friday said 2024 Lok Sabha polls are not an ordinary election but a step to ''protect the democracy from the clutches of dictatorship" as voting for the second phase of General Elections gets underway.
There were reports of malfunctioning of EVMs at several booths at the start but machines were either rectified or replaced by the authorities immediately.
Voting commenced at 28,758 polling booths at 7 am with great enthusiasm in 13 LS seats of Ajmer, Tonk-Sawaimadhopur, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Banswara, Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran.
Appeasement politics of the opposition is evident in the Congress Manifesto, the BJP president said.
Congress leader KC Venugopal on Friday singled out his INDIA Bloc partner, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), for having a deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party.