Meanwhile, BJP workers and leaders demonstrated in front of the office. The National ST Commission has sought a report from the district authorities on the death of the candidate, while the BJP raised the issue in Parliament as well.
A delegation of the Varanasi Metropolitan Congress Committee submitted a detailed memorandum to the ADM (Supply), alleging biased practices and serious lapses during the second phase of the ongoing intensive voter list revision in the City North Assembly constituency (388).
Mehbooba contended that when “attempts at EVM manipulation and voter roll tampering under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) fail, Central agencies are used as tools of intimidation”.
The attack comes a day ahead of the arrival of BNP leader Tarique Rahman from exile in London to Dhaka.
When asked about the bench's order to postpone vote counting, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said, "It is better if I don't say anything about the Election Commission and the court".
In its petition, the party pointed out that the State Election Commission has notified elections for local bodies in two phases on December 9 and 11, while the draft electoral roll under the SIR is slated for publication on December 4.
Basically, the Rs 10,000 strategy complemented Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s reputation for women-centric policymaking, scripting the historic outcome in a state where the BJP had previously played runner-up.
Polling for this constituency was held on 6 November during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections.
