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( ) 8 &+ "9 ' "9 9 VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( ,-$ ,!./012 ././0 *#+',- ! #1,2 + = &0#$/%1$2 63:+4*2$/#;6#&0&0#/41 2#:$4/1$/+#/$2 &02$3*/41 724+#7237#/01#6 6#/*2$6#$+36 *2#/&$%#62 0:$$4/ 46$1$70N=#61460>#=06?@?@ %6#/&+6$A &026#&3/ 25&06#7#&E$#51#&# B * &* +?C ,," D(D B# ' 0 # 3 ))/34/56 /1 ' () * +, - /01&02$ mid reports of large-scale Aviolence in West Bengal and sporadic cases of EVM malfunctioning in several parts of the country, 63.48 per cent voters exercised their fran- was then taken to the Keshpur eter Kirti Azad, boxer Vijender chise in 59 parliamentary con- police station to protect her Singh, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, stituencies in six States and one from the wrath of the mob. Manoj Tiwari, Virender Singh Union Territory on Sunday. BJP’s candidate and State and others. The highest voter turnout of 80 party president Dilip Ghosh The elections in this phase per cent was recorded in West too faced protests from locals are seen as a big test for the BJP Bengal, and the lowest of of 55 when he tried to visit a polling which had won 45 of these 59 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. booth in his constituency, seats in 2014, with the According to the Election Medinipur. Trinamool Congress bagging 8, Commission, West Bengal Tamluk seat recorded the the Congress two and the recorded 80.35 per cent polling; highest voter turnout at 82.99 Samajwadi Party and the LJP Delhi 60.21 per cent, Haryana per cent, followed by one seat each. 65 per cent, Uttar Pradesh 55 Bishnupur (SC) at 81.90 per In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP per cent, Bihar 59.29 per cent, cent, Jhargram (ST) at 81.68 had won 13 of the 14 con- Jharkhand 64.50 per cent and per cent, Ghatal at 80.350 per stituencies in 2014, the only Madhya Pradesh 61.36 per cent, Kanthi at 80.06 per cent, exception being Azamgarh, cent. Delhi and Haryana Purulia at 78.64 per cent, won then by SP founder recorded significant decline in Medinipur at 78.17 per cent Mulayam Singh Yadav. Even turnout this time around as ! #$% and Bankura at 75.68 per cent though Delhi only sends seven compared to 2014. Delhi’s had !&' in West Bengal. The eight con- MPs to the 545-seat Lok Sabha, clocked 65 per cent polling in stituencies are spread across it is considered a crucial indi- 2014 and Haryana 71 per cent. The trouble started when Central force personnel who area intervened and her vehi- five districts. cator to who will form the EC officials said that some Bharati Ghosh tried to enter a were with the BJP candidate cle was seized. “Her vehicle has BJP candidate from West Government at the Centre. It EVM-related glitches were polling booth in Keshpur. who, however, denied the no valid pass to move through Champaran Dr Sanjay Jaiswal has been observed that since reported from Uttar Pradesh Following it, bombs were charge. The official said, “So far the area on the polling day. We too was attacked with sticks by 1998, whichever party has got and Delhi. Samajwadi Party hurled and stones were pelted we have not received reports of cannot allow her to move unidentified people in Bettiah. the higher number of seats in (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav filed towards her convoy when she any firing. We are looking into around like this. This is a mat- Jaiswal suffered some serious Delhi has also gone ahead to a complaint about EVM mal- tried to visit another booth in it. Our officials in the districts ter of security,” a Bengal Police injuries. win the overall general election. functioning in Azamgarh. Keshpur after receiving com- have been asked to send details officer said. The sixth phase of polling In 2014, all 7 seats were A BJP worker was killed in plaints of poll rigging. of the incidents of attacks on After the seizure, a large will decide the fate of former won by the BJP. However, the West Bengal’s Jhargram district One of her security guards Bharati Ghosh quickly.” number of protesters gathered Chief Ministers Akhilesh BJP had to face defeat in the amid widespread violence in was injured and a vehicle of her The CEO also sought a there and she took shelter Yadav, Bhupinder Singh bypolls in Phulpur and the sixth phase of polling which convoy was damaged in the report after Ghosh was seen inside a temple in Keshpur Hooda, Sheila Dikshit, Digvijay Gorakhpur constituencies last saw the saffron party’s candi- stone-pelting following which videographing inside a polling market area with her security Singh, Union Agriculture year. While, the anti-BJP date from Ghatal and former the security officers restored to booth at Pikurda in Keshpur. officers guarding her. Ministers Radha Mohan Singh, alliance would like to retain its IPS officer Bharati Ghosh seek- lathicharge. Ghosh’s vehicle was again The mob also pelted stones Harshvardhan, former Union grip over both the seats, the saf- ing refuge inside a temple after It was also alleged a blocked by locals when she at policemen who resorted to Minister Ajay Maken, cricketer fron party is looking to wrest being chased by Trinamool Trinamool Congress worker tried to enter Keshpur market. lathicharge. Shop owners Gautam Gambhir, sufi singer them from the Opposition. Congress supporters. was injured in the firing by the The Bengal Police posted in the downed their shutters. Ghosh Hans Raj Hans, former crick- Continued on Page 4 P )!## ! #$ % ' R & ' 3*/41 O ! " rime Minister Narendra PModi and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati were locked in a bitter war of words ! ! # on Sunday as the PM tried to push the BSP chief in the cor- ( Many prominent people, $%$# & ' ner for continuing to support () including President Ram Nath ''' the Rajasthan Congress /01&02$ Kovind, Vice President (( ' "# Government despite gangrape Venkaiah Naidu, UPA chair- ''' of a Dalit woman in Alwar. he national Capital wit- person Sonia Gandhi and ' Addressing election meet- Tnessed a huge number of Congress president Rahul (( ' ings in Kushinagar and Deoria first-timers, elders differently- Gandhi were among those who (( ! in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Modi abled, and transgenders exer- voted in Delhi on Sunday. said, “Please do not shed croc- cising their franchise in the Lok External Affairs Minister " odile tears. If you are serious, Sabha elections on Sunday. Sushma Swaraj, Congress gen- why don’t you withdraw support However, at 60.21 per cent, eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi to the Congress Government in Delhi recorded about 5 per cent Vadra, Delhi Chief Minister Rajasthan.” less polling in comparison to Arvind Kejriwal, former CM "#$ * Mayawati hit back at the the last LS polls. But the figure and Congress’s North-East +' PM accusing him of trying to ! # # %!# may go up slightly as polling Delhi candidate Sheila Dikshit politicise the gangrape case and !&' !&' continued at several places way and Airtel managing director " also hinted that she could with- beyond the deadline. Sunil Bharti Mittal too cast draw support to the Congress “Why does he not take the Congress. “The Congress about a Dalit woman — trav- ties is on. “In 2014, it was around 65 their vote in Delhi. Government in Rajasthan if moral responsibility for the Government suppressed the elling with her husband — While addressing election per cent, but this time it might Several students of Delhi % strict action is not taken against attacks on Dalits in BJP-gov- matter of gangrape for their being waylaid by five youths rally in Kushinagar on Sunday, turn out to be around 61 per Government schools volun- ! & *' the perpetrators. Mayawati erned States and tender his res- politics. They didn’t let it come who then took turns to rape her the PM hit out at the Congress cent, which is a disappoint- tarily greeted voters at polling & alleged that the PM remained ignation,” she asked. The BSP, to fore till elections were over in Alwar earlier last week. The Government over the Alwar ment,” said Delhi Chief stations with rose and candies ' silent on alleged atrocities com- contesting the Lok Sabha polls and even threatened the vic- incident was reportedly also incident and also shredded Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh. on the polling day with the city L M mitted against Dalits in BJP- in alliance with the Samajwadi tim’s family. Our party had to recorded by the accused men. Mayawati over her comments Singh said the turnout was sizzling at 41 degrees Celsius. governed States and suicide by Party, has been at loggerheads struggle given the very little While the Rajasthan condemning it. Pointing out not as per the poll body’s Proving “age is just a num- O a Dalit student in Central with the BJP in UP. action the Congress Government has assured that that Mayawati is supporting the expectations considering the ber”, several women in rural ' University Hyderabad while The Alwar gangrape inci- Government took in the case,” the guilty will be caught and Congress Government led by number of campaigns it had areas shun hookah to walk to choosing to highlight only the dent, however, has also led said Mayawati. punished as per law, the blame Ashok Gehlot, the PM accused undertaken to draw the voters polling booths in Delhi. * " Alwar incident. Mayawati to target the The gruesome incident is game among the political par- her of shedding crocodile tears. to polling booths. Continued on Page 4 Q %& $$ $$ R ( 25&06#7#& seemed to lose the plot but the batsman returned to pavilion n a nail-biting finish in the after a runout.

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