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Old and young voters feel proud after casting their votes while some youth dance their way to polling station displaying their voter cards in Hiranagar on Thursday. —Excelsior/Rakesh Several BJP leaders contacted me to prevent BJP attacks Rahul is like Idi Amin, on ‘fools’ remark Modi from becoming PM: Mulayam NEW , Apr 17: is the fear of losing power and Hitler, Mussolini: Singhvi ETAWAH (UP), Apr 17: was no wave in the favour of the interactions and after long delib- the governance of the country, , Apr 17: never apologise as they feel that talking about the decision of party. erations it was decided that the BJP today hit back at Rahul the Congress leadership should they are infallible. people's courts regarding 2002 chief Mulayam claimed that after leader of the Third Front would Gandhi for asking Narendra not lose their graciousness, Congress today put He said that the issues of riots but the fact is that even the Mulayam Singh Yadav today 2002 Gujarat riots, the then be decided after the Modi to “stop fooling” people because we in BJP have com- Narendra Modi in the rogue's brotherhood, secularism and real courts in the country "have claimed that several BJP leaders Prime Minister Atal Bihari elections. and said terming as plete faith in the wisdom of the gallery with the likes of "dicta- inclusion overshadow the devel- not opined finally on clean chit have "contacted" him to prevent Vajpayee wanted to remove Mulayam said Modi, the “ullus”(fools) angry electorate voters of this country. tors" Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin opment claims in Gujarat. by SIT" to him. Narendra Modi from becoming Modi, but party veteran L K BJP's Prime Ministerial candi- seeking ouster of Congress is “We know the angry voter of and Zia-ul-Haq. "What is the connect He said that there are laws in the Prime Minister. Advani saved him. date, is no threat to SP and that against all democratic norms. this country has decided to "All these dictators were between and electoral victory the country and the BJP leader Addressing an election rally Talking to PTI in Mainpuri, he is only a "media creation". BJP leader Arun Jaitley said change the discourse towards the popularly elected but their elec- and what happened in 2002 in should wait for the day of his in Etawah, Mulayam claimed Mulayam claimed that Third Earlier, at an election rally in Rahul Gandhi must accept that symbol of Lotus and that angered tion did not mean their exonera- Gujarat. Is it a Parkinson's reckoning. that Modi would never become Front would form the Mainpuri, he said poor Muslims people are angry with the the ‘Shehzaada’ and he uses a tion from charges of genocide logic," he said, adding there was "No final decision has yet the Prime Minister "as several Government at the Centre, with would get reservation like the Congress. four-letter word to describe the and human rights violations," no hope in hell that BJP was come either from High Court or top BJP leaders were not in his SP as its largest component, and backward community and loan “They are not ‘ullus’ when angry voter by losing its gracious- party spokesman Abhishek winning" when pointed about the Supreme Court. You can not favour". said he would stake claim for of weavers would be waived they vote against the Congress. ness is not called for. It is against Singhvi told reporters, at a time Modi's remarks that the issue of run away from courts on the pre- The SP supremo claimed the Prime Minister's post. like that of farmers. The prospects of defeat should the democratic norm of this coun- when parties are busy in a high- apology would not have arisen if text of popularity," Singhvi said. that several BJP leaders have The former He said that free higher edu- not make a leader lose his gra- try,” she told reporters. decibel poll campaign. he had lost the elections in 2002 He said that compassion and "contacted" him to say that only Chief Minister replied in the cation would be ensured to all ciousness. Those who vote The party said 122 parlia- Singhvi was reacting to the or 2007. apology have to start with he could prevent Modi from affirmative when asked whether irrespective of caste, class or against the Congress may have mentary constituencies are BJP PM candidate repeatedly Singhvi also refused to haz- acknowledgement and, contri- becoming the Prime Minister. he would stake claim for the religion. good reasons to do so. The going for elections today, with ruling out in various interviews ard a guess about Modi's tion after acknowledgement, the "I want to assure those BJP Prime Minister's post. Attacking Congress, the SP angry voter is not a four letter almost half of voting, the that he will not apologise for the remarks on 2014 Lok Sabha words which are alien to BJP leaders that we will prevent Modi But, it would be decided by supremo said it was a "dead word that Rahul Gandhi has direction in which this election 2002 Gujarat riots as "people's polls saying the BJP leader may and Modi. from being the PM," he said. all partners of the front, he said. force" and widespread corrup- chosen to describe them”, he is going is being determined by court has already judged him". be a soothsayer and prophets "Even BJP's senior leaders He also said BJP was not The SP leader said that at the tion and high prices of essential said. voters of this country. Insisting that electoral ver- and will not predict what will are using the word dictator for going to get majority in the Lok initial stage leaders of like- commodities would put the BJP Spokesperson The opposition party also dicts in any way does not vali- happen. him," he said. Sabha elections and that there minded political parties had held party in its proper place. (PTI) Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Let me said the Third Front is a non- date either genocide or commu- To drive home the point that Singhvi also said that even remind him (Rahul) that when it starter. (PTI) nalism, Singhvi said both Hitler Modi was a "dictator", he ran a Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J From page 1 and Mussolini had won elec- CD of Uma Bharati at the AICC Jayalalitha said that there was tions with wide margins and so briefing in which the firebrand more marketing and less devel- 10.43 lakh votes cast in massive 72 pc turnout on Doda LS seat Fin Min detects over Rs 1800 cr was the situation with Idi Amin leader had come down heavily opment in Gujarat. 1,28,396 votes were polled from a polling station by 6 pm, are lar voter awareness campaign, and Zia-ul-Haq. against Modi, dubbing him as a Maintaining that electoral total of 1,82,694 while in Kishtwar allowed to cast their votes. which they had done in Jammu excise duty evasion in 2013-14 "Popularly elected dictators-- "vinashpurush" (man of destruc- victories never legitimise com- district, 1,03,978 votes were cast Today’s voting sealed the fate seats to ensure that the people Modi in Gujarat...And Idi Amin tion) whose rule has turned munalism, he said that he knows from out of a total of 1,54,374. In of 13 candidates in the Electronic turned out to cast their votes. NEW DELHI, Apr 17: central excise commissionerates in Uganda... One thing is com- Gujarat into a "land of fear" and that talks of development by Ramban district, the votes polled Voting Machines (EVMs). The On security arrangements for spread across the country. mon: they are judge, jury and his development claims were Modi were not true "even if true, were 1,03,147 out of 1,59,872. candidates included Union the elections in Kashmir, he said it Increased efforts in checking Manufacturers of pan masala, prosecutor, all rolled into one. like "baloons". such claims cannot negate the The erstwhile Doda district Minister for Health and Family would be based in accordance with revenue leakage have resulted in cigarettes, iron and steel, vehicles They have no compassion, no The CD was about two-three basic issues of communal comprising Doda, Ramban and Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad the needs. “The deployment of detection of over Rs 1,800 crore parts and accessories, malted 'karuna'. They never apologise as year old when she was not in amity". Kishtwar districts with six (Congress), Dr Jitendra Singh security personnel would be ade- central excise duty evasion across foods and chocolates are most they are convinced of their infal- BJP and had floated her own Meanwhile a party leader, the country during 2013-14. prone to evade excise duty, the Assembly segments accounted for (BJP), Mohammad Arshad Malik quate,’’ he added. libility. They look at the letter outfit-Bhartiya Janshakti Party. speaking on the condition of As many as 379 cases of cen- official said. a total of 3,35,521 votes. Kathua (PDP), Prof Bhim Singh (NPP), The voter turnout figures and never at the spirit," he said. Singhvi said the fact was rel- anonymity, said that if victories tral excise duty evasion were reg- Finance Ministry is taking Noting that pride and arro- evant today as Bharti has not in election could exonerate and Udhampur districts having Dharam Pal Balgotra (BSP), Anil revealed that more male voters istered by the Directorate General stringent action against any tax eight Assembly seats accounted for Gupta (JKDF-Independent), Amrit turned up to cast their votes in all gance also come to dictators, he denied it till this day. somebody from criminal of Central Excise Intelligence defaulter or evader in order to suggested that they fail to under- Asked about Modi's remark charges then cases against 5,19,724 votes. Reasi district with Barsha (Samajwadi Party), Jagdish but one Assembly segments of (DGCEI) during the last fiscal. check any loss of the government three Assembly constituencies Kumar (Jai Mahabharath Party), Udhampur-Doda district. Basohli stand that certain issues were that BJP government will not Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar, These cases involved central revenue, he added. not politics, but principles. vindictive if voted to power, Jagdish Tytler would have polled 1,88,751 votes. Sham Lal (All J&K Kissan Assembly constituency in Kathua excise duty evasion of Rs 1,879.69 About Rs 1.75 lakh crore was "Compassion and apology Shingvi said "it is like cat going ceased to exist after their victo- The highest number of votes in Mazdoor Party), Girdhari Lal district was the only segments, crore, Finance Ministry officials collected as central excise revenue an Assembly segment were polled (Bharatiya Bahujan Party), Anil where more female voters (24,403) said. during 2012-13 as against Rs 1.44 are ....Alien to BJP and Modi," to Haj after killing 1000 mice." ries in elections after 1984 anti- in Kathua Main (91,384). Khajuria, Bansi Lal and Nazakat cast their votes as against male Various private entities were lakh crore in 2011-12. (PTI) he said noting that dictators He said that Modi keeps Sikh riots. (PTI) One of the 13 contestants for Hussain, all Independents. (24015). In rest all 16 Assembly evading the central levy through Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat Mr Azad was fighting first Lok constituencies, the more male votes misrepresenting the quantity of and NPP supremo Prof Bhim Sabha election from his home State were polled. goods being produced by them Ajay Rai, Beni Verma, Khanduri, Pokhariyal file nominations Singh was admitted to Chopra though he had been a member of Authorities had made tight and misuse of government incen- NEW DELHI, Apr 17: Aadmi Party’s Arvind Khanduri and Nishank, former Pulivendula in the outgoing Nursing Home this afternoon about Lok Sabha from Washim con- security arrangements along the tives or abatements among others, Kejriwal, who are expected to chief minister Vijay Andhra Pradesh Assembly, two hours before the polling was stituency of Maharashtra in 1980 International Border in Hiranagar they said. Congress’ Ajay Rai who file their nominations next Bahuguna’s son Saket and filed her nomination papers for scheduled to conclude. Doctors and 1984. His main rival Dr sector to ensure peaceful polling as However, DGCEI officials will take on Narendra Modi in week. daughter-in-law of erstwhile Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha con- said Prof Singh was feeling rest- Jitendra Singh was also fighting the area had witnessed two fiday- could realise only Rs 362.80 crore , Union Minister Beni A total of four candidates Tehri royal family Mala Rajya stituency. from these detections, the officials lessness but his condition was sta- first election of his political career. een attacks on March 28, 2014 and Prasad Verma, two former filed papers for May 12 Lok Laxmi Shah. In Amethi, as many as eight said. ble. Prof Singh has contested a Mr Narula told the reporters September 26, 2014 in which 13 Uttarakhand Chief Ministers B Sabha polls in Varanasi. Khanduri and Nishank filed aspirants including six inde- In 2012-13, as many as 458 C Khanduri and Ramesh Union Minister and their nominations from Pauri pendents and two candidates of number of Lok Sabha elections but that the Election Commission persons including Army and police cases involving evasion of about Pokhariyal were among the Congress leader Beni Prasad and Haridwar seats respective- local parties filed nomination never won. had installed 337 digital and 132 personnel and civilians were killed. Rs 2,940 crore were detected by In Kishtwar Assembly seg- video cameras for web casting in Six fidayeens were killed in two the excise intelligence officials. prominent candidates who filed Verma filed nomination for ly. papers. ment 49052 votes were polled in 68 polling stations of Udhampur- attacks. The realisation was about Rs nominations today for the last Gonda Lok Sabha seat and Chief In , Aam Aadmi a total of 75062 while in Doda Lok Sabha seat. The However, the attacks failed to 1,018 crore. two phases of Lok Sabha polls. claimed that Modi would be Minister Virbhadra Singh’s Party candidate Adarsh Shastri, Inderwal, 54926 votes were cast polling stations connected with deter the villagers living in the bor- An excise duty is applicable at In Varanasi, Ajay Rai filed “sent to jail for his entire life” wife Pratibha Singh filed her the grandson of former Prime from out of a total of 79,312. In web cam can be watched live by der areas in Hiranagar sector and the rate of 12.36 per cent on the his papers after offering liquor after Congress-led Government nomination from Mandi Minister , Doda segment, 57,845 votes were the Election Commission’s surroundings. The people unafraid total quantity of goods produced to Lord Kaal Bhairav as per is formed at the Centre. Parliamentary seat, from where filed his nomination for the Lok polled out of 80,917 while in Control Room. The process of of the terror attacks had turned up by a company. local tradition. In Uttarakhand, prominent she is seeking re-election for Sabha elections while Shimla Bhaderwah, 70,551 votes were polling from some of the polling in large number in the border areas The detection of excise duty Rai is fighting against BJP’s among those who filed their the third time. Shri filed her papers as the cast in a total of 1,01,777 votes. In stations can be watched live by to cast their votes. Some of the evasion cases was excluding of Prime Ministerial candidate nomination papers for the May Jaganmohan Reddy’s moth- party’s nominee from the Ramban segment, 56,405 votes the people as well. polling stations in the border areas such cases registered by various Narendra Modi and Aam 7 polling were BJP leaders er Vijayamma, who represented adjoining Phulpur. (PTI) were polled from a total of 83,856 He said the Commission had recorded 80 per cent turnout. while votes polled in Banihal set up 53 model polling stations in The polling also passed off were 46,742 in a total of 76016. the constituency. peacefully in the militancy infested In Gulabgarh, 56111 votes The CEO said 2051 polling sta- districts of Doda, Kishtwar and were cast in a total of 68,815, in tions had been set up at 1798 loca- Ramban with no untoward incident Reasi, 86039 votes were polled out tions of the Lok Sabha seat and, of reported from any area, sources of 1,08,560 while in Gool-Arnas, them, 198 polling stations at 187 said. 46601 votes were cast from a total locations had been declared as crit- “There was no report of any of 60,738. ical and hyper sensitive. untoward incident from anywhere In Udhampur, 78,681 votes Asserting that Udhampur- in the constituency,” DGP Jammu were polled from a total of Doda Lok Sabha seat was logisti- and Kashmir, Ashok Prasad told 1,04,642, in Chenani, the votes cally tough with huge area, Mr reporters in Udhampur. polled were 60029 out of 85131 Narula said it required 45 sorties of When asked about the protests while in Ramnagar, 70676 votes MI 17 to airlift 445 personnel at from Special Police officers, the were cast out of 1,05,914. Inshan, Warwan and Dachchan in DGP said some SPOs had request- In Bani, 25486 votes were Kishtwar district to inaccessible ed for voting in their respective polled from out of 38738 while in polling stations. areas and the issue was resolved. Basohli, 48,418 votes were cast He said a total of 6 EVMs out In areas spread over Reasi dis- out of 73,697. In Kathua proper, of a total of 2772 EVMs used for trict, nomadic voters registered a the highest number of 91384 today’s voting had to be replaced turnout of 80 per cent compared to votes were polled out of a total of due to technical snag. Three EVMs 23 per cent in 2009 Lok Sabha 1,16,728 while in Billawar, 65,639 were replaced in Kathua district polls, officials said, adding that out votes were cast out of 92,182. In and one each in Kishtwar, of 1,92,984 voters in the district Hiranagar, 79411 votes were Udhampur and Reasi districts. nearly 58,000 are nomadic polled out of 1,03,621. To a question, Mr Narula said Bakerwals and Gujjars who As against 10,43,996 votes the people boycotted elections at migrate to highland pastures in polled on Udhampur-Doda Lok Vikar polling station in Basohli due March every year. Sabha seat this time, only 6,11,725 to local grievances. As per figures, the tribal votes were cast on the seat in 2009 Hailing the voters for huge turnout went up to 78 per cent and Parliamentary elections. turnout in both Jammu-Poonch and was expected to cross 85 per cent, Congress leader Lal Singh had Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha con- he said adding that more than won the seat in 2009 polling stituencies, which have gone to 47,816 nomadic voters turned out 2,18,459 votes as against BJP’s Dr polls so far in first two phases of at respective polling stations to Nirmal Singh’s 2,18,459. Jammu and Kashmir, the CEO exercise their franchise. Bumper voting in Udhampur- hoped for good response of elec- The official termed it as an out- Doda Lok Sabha seat can be well torates in remaining four seats of come of awareness and enrolment gauged from the fact than during Lok Sabha including all three seats campaign “Jirga” which was 2009 elections, only 45 per cent of the Kashmir Valley. organised at 94 tribal dominated votes were cast on this seat while He attributed the huge turnout polling stations. Around 8,000 new the turnout this time jumped to 72, to massive awareness campaign nomads enrolled and 134 camps an increase of 27 per cent. Such launched by the Election organised by district administration was the enthusiasm among the Commission. as run up to Lok Sabha elections, electorates that a large number of On steps taken by the he said. people were seen casting their Election Commission for good “Migration of nomads will start votes even till 7 pm i.e. an hour turnout in the Kashmir Valley, from tomorrow, which was after the polling was closed. Under where boycott threat looms large delayed by more than a month on the Election Commission’s guide- in some areas, Mr Narula said the intervention of district administra- lines, the voters, who enter the Commission would launch simi- tion,” he said.