66.14% voting in first phase, 66.71% in second phase: EC
Voting for the first phase was held on 19th April and second phase on 26th April.
Voting for the first phase was held on 19th April and second phase on 26th April.
In one of its complaints, the Congress alleged Adityanath of "making false statements about the Congress imposing Sharia Law in country as per its manifesto.
The poll panel forwarded the complaints to BJP President JP Nadda and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge seeking their response by 11 am on April 29.
“We have asked the Election Commission to state that this is the position in law, we will do in his respect, whatever we do with others,’’ he said.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) defended the integrity of the electronic voting system, asserting that it was not prone to any external interference or manipulations.
On the political issues he will prioritize in the elections, the former CM said a manifesto committee would finalise the same. Issues keep changing, he noted.
The 27 companies comprised eight of CRPF, nine of BSF and five each of CISF and SSB while 53 companies would comprise 10 of CRPF, 25 of BSF, five each of CISF and SSB and eight of ITBP.
The Election Commission has already communicated to the political parties that stringent action would be taken if they are using the method of buying votes and subverting the process of democracy.
Over 2.29 lakh voters will exercise their franchise at 348 booths in the constituency between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines.
The BJP demanded deployment of micro-observers to ensure that every single booth is supervised by officials from organizations other than those of state government and deployment of at least 40 CAPF companies or more in the Bhabanipur assembly constituency to ensure that every booth is covered by central forces.
