Amid the ongoing phase 1 elections of the Bihar assembly, multiple women at Darbhanga's 140, 141, 142 number polling booths at Madhya Vidhyalaya, Zirat cast their vote earlier today. After exercising their rights, multiple women said that the ID confirmation is a welcome step by the ECI.<
Condemning the opposition, the BJP leader later said that the claims made by the opposition party are baseless and "don't believe such misleading rhetoric".
Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) national president and candidate from Mahua assembly constituency, Tej Pratap Yadav, visited various polling booths in the constituency as polling is underway in the 121 constituencies in the first phase of the election on Thursday.
Bihar had recorded a voter turnout of 13.1% till 9 AM across the 121 constituencies in the first phase. The Bihar elections are being held in two phases across the state, with the second phase happening on November 6.
"I have full faith that NDA will win. The people of Bihar are celebrating this festival of democracy for development and voting to reject 'jungle raj'. I request everyone to go to polling booths and cast their votes, Bihar has been the mother of democracy," he told ANI.
Speaking to reporters, CM Sarma highlighted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and the public tuned in to the programme at approximately 26,000 polling booths across Assam.
Speaking to ANI on Monday, Gopalan announced that the official Gazette notification for the by-election has been published, formally initiating the electoral process.
However, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram-Vilas) urged the poll panel to conduct elections in two phases and requested the availability of basic amenities at all polling booths, said the party's National General Secretary Shahnawaz Ahmed Kaifee.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the Election Commission of failing to prevent irregularities during polls, alleging that police personnel in civilian clothes at polling booths worked to secure votes in favour of the BJP.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) successfully implemented several new electoral initiatives during bye-polls in five Assembly Constituencies across Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal. Key reforms included mobile deposit facilities at polling booths, faster voter turnout reporting
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called upon the Election Commission to publish consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the most recent elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states, including Maharashtra, saying that "telling the truth" will protect poll panel's
Speaking to ANI, Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, "I have cast my vote in Delhi for the first time, earlier I used to go to Jodhpur. It felt good as all the procedures went smoothly and the management was good at polling booths. People are aware and they know whom to vote for the development..