Two FIRs were filed after posters will slogans to boycott the Lok Sabha elections in the national capital were found on the walls at multiple points of the sprawling Delhi University campus on Thursday, police said.
Around 1,000 villagers in the Balangir constituency in the state of Odisha have boycotted the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 over their demand for schools and hospitals.
Demonstrators calling for universities to boycott and divest their holdings in Israel have set up tent camps and barricades at numerous American campuses.
Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly boycotted house proceedings on Friday to show solidarity with wheat growers. They also announced plans to launch a protest on Monday against what they termed the poor wheat procurement policy of the incumbent government.
The ECI directed the repoll after polling booth 146 in Indiganatta village of Chamarajanagar Loksabha constituency was vandalized by the villagers who had boycotted voting.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal, the scrutiny of the EVMs will be conducted on Saturday which will eventually help the poll authorities to ascertain the final turnout which is expected to rise.
In the Sadai Mohan Para area of Malda Para, part of the Ganganagar RD block, a significant voter boycott has taken place during the recent elections, with locals protesting inadequate basic amenities.
"The statements made by Choudhary Akram while joining JKNC, he said that there is no difference between Congress and BJP. He said BJP is Congress. He is the same Choudhary Akram whose father (Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam) was part of the Congress party. What worse can he say about Congress? I
As Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the human rights organisation has called on Muslim women to boycott Shein, alleging it is involved in the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China.