Maharashtra has a total 8.9 crore voters, including 1 crore in the 18-25 age group. Nearly 6.5 lakh polling personnel were deployed Monday at 96,661 booths.
According to a complaint Congress registered with the Election Commission, several EVMs were selecting a different party symbol than what the voter was choosing.
Just like in 2014, the BJP-Shiv Sena combine is basking in the aftermath of a Lok Sabha decimation of rivals and has consolidated by poaching opposition leaders.
Amit Shah was going to Akole in Ahmednagar district, over 70 km from Nashik, to address a rally on the last day of campaigning for Maharashtra elections.
In exclusive interview to ThePrint, Nitin Gadkari speaks about BJP’s chances in Maharashtra polls, economic slowdown, Savarkar, and farmer suicides, among other things.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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