Rajasthan: Sakli villagers boycott Anta by-election over lack of basic infrastructure

Baran (Rajasthan) [India], November 11 (ANI): Voting for the Anta Assembly by-election in Rajasthan is underway on Tuesday, but residents of Sakli village in Baran district have boycotted the polling process.
Meanwhile, all 736 registered voters in the village chose not to vote, sticking to their earlier announcement to boycott the election.
The villagers said they were protesting against the lack of basic infrastructure, particularly the absence of a proper road and a crematorium.
Speaking to ANI, a resident, Sonu, said, "The condition of roads in our village is very bad. There is no proper way to go anywhere."

Another villager, Vinod Meena, added, "There is no road to the cremation ground or the fields. There is only one route for the entire village. Around 700-750 voters live here."

The bypoll to the Anta assembly constituency in the Baran district of Rajasthan was necessitated after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kanwar Lal Meena was disqualified after being convicted in a 2005 case.
As voting for the bye-elections on eight seats of six States and one Union Territory is underway, in JK, a turnout of 34.47 per cent was recorded in Nagrota, while Budgam recorded a turnout of 21.74 per cent upto 11 am on Tuesday.
Odisha's Nuapada assembly constituency recorded a turnout of 32.51 per cent, while Anta in Rajasthan also recorded a healthy turnout of 28.74 per cent.
Punjab's Tarn Taran recorded 23.35 per cent voter turnout, while Telangana's Jubilee Hills constituency recorded a voter turnout of 20.76 per cent.
The counting of votes is set to take place on November 14, along with the Bihar Assembly Elections.
In Jammu and Kashmir, polling for the bye-elections was held in Budgam following Omar Abdullah's resignation from the constituency. Abdullah chose to retain the Ganderbal constituency and vacate Budgam after winning both the seats in the 2024 assembly elections.
Nagrota seat fell vacant after the demise of BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana last year. Rana passed away within a fortnight of taking the oath.
The bypoll to the Anta assembly constituency in the Baran district of Rajasthan was necessitated after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kanwar Lal Meena was disqualified after being convicted in a 2005 case.
The bypoll in Jharkhand's Ghatsila was necessitated after the demise of Ramdas Soren, who was the JMM MLA. Jharkhand Minister Ramdas Soren passed away in August after being treated in Delhi for injuries from a fall.
The death of the sitting MLA and BRS leader, Maganti Gopinath, prompted the Jubilee Hills by-election in Telangana.
In Tarn Taran in Punjab, the seat fell vacant after the death of the sitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA, Kashmir Singh Sohal, in June this year. (ANI)