Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page 3 All arrangements in place for 2nd phase of 31 killed as rain, thunderstorm hit LS polls tomorrow Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Agency seats along with the Lok Sabha Agency New Delhi April 17, polls. New Delhi April 17, In Karnataka, over two crore 67 All arrangements are in place lakh voters will decide the fate Thirty-one people were killed for the second phase of Lok of 241 candidates in this phase. in three states as rain and Sabha elections tomorrow. The Director General and thunder storm caused by Ninety seven constituencies, Inspector General of Police, western disturbance hit parts spread over 12 States and one Neelamani N Raju has informed of north India on Tuesday Union Territory, will go to polls that Hassan, Mandya, causing damage to property in this phase. Tumkuru and Bengaluru Rural and crops, reports ANI. These include- all 39 are vulnerable constituencies While 16 people died in constituencies of Tamil Nadu, where the additional police Madhya Pradesh, six deaths 14 in Karnataka; 10 in force is deployed. were reported from Rajasthan Maharashtra; eight in Uttar In Maharashtra, A total of 179 and nine from Gujarat. Prime triggered by western in eastern parts of the state Pradesh; five each in Assam, candidates are in the fray for Minister Narendra Modi has disturbance affected normal and similar weather conditions Bihar and Odisha; 3 each in the ten seats. Preparations are In Assam, Chief Electoral stations. Around 4400 polling announced an ex-gratia of Rs. life in several areas. are most likely to prevail till Chhattisgarh and West on in full swing with both men Officer Mukesh Sahu has said personnel in all the 970 polling 2 lakh each from the Prime Chittorgarh, Sriganganagar, Tuesday night. Bengal; two in Jammu and and machinery expected to that polling parties at some booths have been deployed. A Minister’s National Relief Fund Ajmer, Kota and Pilani In Gujarat, a dust storm Kashmir and one each in reach their respective booths remote areas have already left report for the next of kin of those who received heavy rainfall, damaged part of a tent being Manipur, Tripura and by this evening. Some key for the polling stations. The Meanwhile, electioneering has lost their lives. according to the Met erected for Prime Minister Puducherry. Campaigning for personalities whose fate will be CEO said, adequate security gained momentum for the third “PM @narendramodi has department. “Western Narendra Modi’s April 17 rally this phase ended last evening. decided in this phase include measures are being taken to phase of polling slated to be expressed grief at the loss of Disturbance and winds with in Himmatnagar town in Political parties will resort to BJP’s sitting MP Pritam Munde ensure peaceful polling. Special held for 115 constituencies lives due to unseasonal rains moisture from Arabian sea and Sabarkantha district of door to door campaign today. from Beed, state Congress arrangement will be made for spread across 12 states and 2 and storms in MP, Rajasthan, Bay of Bengal are developing Gujarat. As all the seats in Tamil Nadu president Ashok Chavan from senior citizens and PwD voters. Union Territories on 23rd of this Manipur & various parts of the this kind of weather Some covering material of the are identified as expenditure Nanded, former Chief Minister In Puducherry, 18 candidates month. country. The government is conditions. Gusty winds are structure was either blown sensitive, special measures are Sushil Kumar Shinde from are in the fray for the lone Lok Senior BJP leader and Prime doing its best to provide all causing dust storm mainly in away or torn apart, local BJP being taken by the Election Solapur and Mahagathbandan Sabha seat. ElectionMinister Narendra Modi possible assistance to those Western parts of the state leaders said, adding that the Commission to check money candidate Navneet Rana from Commission has made addressed rallies in Odisha and affected. The situation is because the soil is loose and structure, which is intended to power. The number of sensitive Amravati. elaborate security Chhattisgarh yesterday, while being monitored closely,” the there is lack of moisture provide shade to people and booths in the state has In Uttar Pradesh, polling will arrangements. 1850 police Congress President Rahul PMO tweeted. there,” a Met official said. dignitaries on stage, remained escalated to 8293, where take place for Agra, Fatehpur personnel and 10 companies of Gandhi campaigned in Kerala. In Rajasthan, gusty winds Thunderstorm also occurred largely intact. polling would be web- Sikri, Amroha, Bulandshaher, central forces have been Star campaigners of different streamed or video-graphed. Nagina, Hathras, Aligarh and deployed. 222 polling booths political parties are holding The state also faces bye- Mathura Lok Sabha have been identified as rallies and roadshows across elections for 18 Assembly constituencies. vulnerable and 25 as critical the country to woo the voters. Nagaland Peren instates district EC cancels polling in task force for plastic ban Agency The task force is composed of Jalukie/Tening Town Women Vellore constituency on EC issues notice to Kohima, April 17, representatives from a number Organization; and Peren/ of government servants and Jalukie/Tening Town youth grounds of misuse of money Azam Khan, seeks The district administration of community organisations: Organisation; and Agency lakh police, central Peren has instated a task force The district’s deputy representatives from New Delhi April 17, paramilitary forces and ex- to restrict the use of plastic in commissioner, police churches in the district, the servicemen. reply within 24 hours the district. The action was superintendent, district forest IPR stated. Tamil Nadu goes to the In polling booths, officials Agency statements, the stated to be in compliance officer; additional deputy ‘The task force will function polling for 38 out of the 39 have made elaborate New Delhi April 17, Commission said, prima with the National Green commissioners of Peren and as squads for vigilance Lok Sabha seats tomorrow, arrangements for smooth facie, Mr Khan has violated Tribunal’s order concerning Jalukie, Tening; administrator purpose and ensure ban on as elections in Vellore has polling including web Election Commission has the provisions of Model implementation of the Plastic of Jalukie Town Council; all stocking, distribution, selling been rescinded following streaming or videography issued a notice to Code of Conduct and Waste Management Rules of “outpost administrative and use of any carry bags reports of the large-scale of the polling process. Samajwadi Party leader willfully disobeyed the 2016. officers”; urban development 50mm thickness and plastic illegal flow of cash. 18 Control rooms have been Azam Khan for his alleged Supreme Court’s earlier The government publicity officer; and representatives sachets/pouches usage of Assembly seats also go to established in Chennai to objectionable remarks order by making highly agency, Information and from the Zeliang Mipui packaging, storing or selling the bye-elections tomorrow. coordinate the statewide during his campaigning in objectionable and Public Relations (IPR), issued Organization, of gutkha, tobacco and pan Vellore is considered the polling and to monitor it. various parts of Rampur provocative comments. updates on Tuesday ZeliangrongBaudi, masala with immediate effect,’ first Parliamentary Tomorrow has been Parliamentary Earlier, the Commission had informing about the task force. Progressive Peren, Peren/ the IPR added. constituency where an declared a holiday for all Constituency in Uttar banned the Samajwadi Party election has been cancelled offices in view of elections. Pradesh in past few days. leader from election on grounds of misuse of The state transport In the notice which was campaigning for 72 hours EC deferred polling schedule of Tripura money. For the polling in 38 department operates 1500 issued on Tuesday, the poll for his objectionable other seats, five-tier special buses to facilitate panel has asked the SP remarks against BJP East Lok Sabha seat to 3rd Phase security arrangements have voters to go to their native leader to submit his reply candidate Jaya Prada. The been made, with the places and exercise their within 24 hours. ban is effective from 10 AM Agency security reasons. had feared that miscreant deployment of nearly 1.39 franchise. While citing his different yesterday. New Delhi April 17, The Commission said, the elements may thwart the law and order situation polling process in the The Election Commission prevailing, is not conducive constituency. The poll has deferred the polling to the holding of free and panel said, based on the Rs 1.48 crore cash seized from TTV Dhinakaran’s schedule of the Tripura fair poll, citing reports of ground and intelligence East Lok Sabha seat to the state chief electoral officer reports, he had requested party worker in Tamil Nadu’s Theni third phase on April 23 from and special police observer. for additional central police the second phase, due to It said, the returning officer force. Agency New Delhi April 17, Elephant dies after hitting train in Hojai Income Tax department officials seized Rs 1.48 crore of Agency around 1.10 a.m. damaging Relations Officer of NFR. unaccounted cash from a Guwahati April 17, the train engine, officials However, no caution orders worker of TTV Dhinakaran’s said, adding that the forest had been issued for the spot party AMMK in Tamil Nadu’s An elephant died in department confirmed the where the collision Theni district on Wednesday Assam’s Hojai district in the elephant to be dead. occurred. night. wee hours of Tuesday after The accident took place In 2018, train drivers had The raids were conducted at the being hit by a train, said between two areas where avoided 115 such incidents premises of an AMMK leader Northeast Frontier Railway elephant movements were of collision and saved the in Theni where assembly (NFR) officials. detected earlier and elephants by stopping the bypolls are scheduled The elephant collided with Permanent Caution Orders train on noticing the tomorrow. All the 39 Lok Sabha the 15603 Guwahati-Ledo were issued to the train movement of elephant herds seats of Tamil Nadu also go to Intercity Express between drivers, said Pranav Jyoti near or over the railway polls tomorrow. Patharkhola and Lumding at Sharma, Chief Public tracks. The I-T department’s director which is going to bypoll cash there. disperse the party’s supporters, The figure for avoiding general (investigations) B tomorrow,” the officer was The raiding team comprised who objected to the action collisions was 119 in 2017, Murali Kumar said the money quoted as saying by PTI. officials of the Election being taken Thursday is Last day for 145 in 2016 and 118 in 2015. was found in a shop in The tax official said the “sworn Commission-appointed No one was injured in the firing, In 2019 till date, six such Andipatti in Theni district after statement of the person present surveillance squad and the a senior official said. Seven incidents have been the overnight raids, which in the premises was recorded income tax department. people were detained in filing of nomination for averted. ended at 5:30am, according to and he said that Rs 2 crore in When the team, comprised connection with the incident The NFR has installed Laser news agency PTI. It was neatly cash was brought in there for officials of the Election and police have filed an FIR Speed Radar Guns to detect packed in 94 packets and distribution to voters in Commission-appointed against a number of people, 5th phase in Bihar over speeding of trains in envelops on which the ward Andipatti panchayat union area surveillance squad and the I-T officials said. Agency and Chandrika Rai of RJD filed elephant zones. All train number, number of voters and on April 16.” department, arrived at the store, The Election Commission on New Delhi April 17, nomination from Saran. drivers and trackmen were the amount of Rs 300 per voter The department will send a believed to be run by a Tuesday cancelled the Lok Tomorrow is the last day for counselled to observe all was written, PTI reported. report on the operation to the supporter of the Amma Makkal Sabha election to the Vellore In Bihar, 32 candidates filed filing of nomination for this permanent and temporary Kumar said the premises belong Central Board of Direct Taxes Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), constituency in the southern nominations for the fifth phase. Five Lok Sabha speed restrictions. Fixing of to a functionary of the TTV and the Election Commission in the shopkeeper fled the spot state on Tuesday after officials phase of elections so far. With constituencies of the state buzzers letting off the sound Dhinakaran-led AMMK and New Delhi, a senior official said. after downing the shutter. recovered huge amounts of this 69 candidates have filed will go to polls in this phase of buzzing honey bees at that the party’s office functions The tax department had An argument broke out between cash from a building allegedly nomination so far. on 6th May. These are level crossing gates at from the ground floor. launched a search at a store on AMMK workers and the linked to a Dravida Munnetra Shakeel Ahmad has filed Sitamarhi, Madhubani, vulnerable locations had “All these wards are within the Tuesday night following inputs officials and police had to open Kazhagam (DMK) leader last nomination from Madhubani Muzaffarpur, Saran and proved to be effective in Andipatti assembly segment about the presence of suspected fire in the air during the raids to week. parliamentary constituency Hajipur. chasing away elephants.