The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided 17 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with illegal Bangladesh infiltration and recovered fake Aadhaar cards, forged passports, and illegal arms.
Ahead of the voting in the first phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand on Wednesday, Returning Officer for Ranchi Assembly constituency, Utkarsh Kumar said that the mock poll will begin at 5.30 am after which polling will commence.
The first phase of elections in Jharkhand is scheduled to take place on Wednesday and the second phase is scheduled for November 20. The votes will be counted on November 23.
Jharkhand BJP president and BJP candidate from Dhanwar assembly constituency Babu Lal Marandi took a jibe at Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) manifesto and said that it is a bundle of lies.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Manoj Pandey on Tuesday criticised the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) recent raids in Jharkhand and West Bengal, which are part of an investigation into money laundering linked to suspected Bangladeshi infiltration
Ahead of the first phase of polling in Jharkhand, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K. Ravi Kumar said that all political workers including political leaders who are not the voters will not be present at the voting constituency during the polling process.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday labeled Godda, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's constituency, as the "biggest center of corruption," alleging that land and forest resources in the area have been exploited through illegal deals.
"PM Modi has changed the direction of politics. Earlier, politics was done by making false promises, now Modi ji has changed it into the politics of development," Vij said.
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Chief Director General S Paramesh visited Sri Lanka on Monday and met with India's High Commissioner, Santosh Jha, to discuss ways to strengthen regional maritime security.
Referring to the foiling of a conspiracy by the INDIA Alliance, Yogi said that the people of Jharkhand would neither tolerate nor accept the current government and would work together to change the state's corrupt administration.
Campaign ended on Monday for the first phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand and bypolls in Wayanad parliamentary seat and assembly seats across several states with leaders making strong efforts to woo the electorate