Voting for the Lok Sabha at 5 Thongju, 31 Khongman zones of Imphal was stopped after some women alleged irregularities in the polling process and created a ruckus.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the migrant voters who had come to the state not to leave without voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, alleging that if they don't exercise their right, the Bharatiya Janata Party will take away their citizenship.
Madhya Pradesh recorded a robust 53.40 per cent voter turnout till 3 am in the first phase of polling for six parliamentary seats in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission on Friday.
Tripura is leading the voter turnout charts after it recorded a 68.35 voting percentage in the state till 3 pm as per the data released by the Election Commission of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the Congress and INDIA bloc are busy insulting the Hindu faith and beliefs adding that these were the same people who called the worship of Lord Ram a "paakhand" (hyprocrisy).
CM Yadav also said that he was happy that over 1.09 crore voters would be voting in six Lok Sabha seats in the state which include Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara in the first phase of LS polls.
The Kerala Police have reported the registration of 42 cases in the state concerning cyber attacks, dissemination of fake news, derogatory remarks against women, and the spreading of false information regarding electronic voting machines.
As the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections began today across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories, there's a lot of excitement among the people throughout the country.
Amidst the first phase of voting in Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate from West Bengal's Cooch Behar, Piya Roy Chowdhury, cast her vote and claimed that the BJP and TMC party are threatening people on the polling booths.
Along with Saharanpur, eight seats in western Uttar Pradesh, including Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, and Rampur, are witnessing voting today in the first phase of the parliamentary elections.