At least 17 candidates had been shifted to a hotel in Jaipur and were expected to be in Jaipur till around May 2, when the results are scheduled to be out.
Rural Muslims Produce More Children as they Lack Source of Entertainment: AIUDF Chief
AIUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said that the Muslims in rural India produce more children because they cannot afford alternative sources of entertainment.
| 9 April 2021 12:18 PM GMT
Assam: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, in an interview with a Hindi channel, made a bizarre statement that has gone viral on social media.
Speaking to the Hindi channel, he said that rural Muslims in India produce more kids because they are devoid of any other forms of entertainment. He says in a lamenting tone that poverty is the main cause for population explosion amongst poor rural Muslims in India.
Assam Assembly Election 2021: Third phase of polling begins across 40 constituencies
The polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed. File photo (Source: ANI)
Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:55 AM IST
The polling for the third and final phase of the Assam Assembly elections 2021 began at 7 am on Tuesday. It will continue till 6 pm.
The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed in the constituencies.
The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
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Final phase of Assam Assembly Elections today
The fates of 337 candidates – 312 males and 25 females – will be sealed in EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) in the final phase of the State Assembly poll on Tuesday.
Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: The fates of 337 candidates – 312 males and 25 females – will be sealed in EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) in the final phase of the State Assembly poll on Tuesday.
The polling will be from 7 am to 6 pm. The voting will be under strict COVID-19 protocol. An hour from 5 pm to 6 pm of polling has been extended to let COVID positive and COVID suspect electors to cast their votes. During this extended hour, all polling officials will have to don PPE kits. All polling officials have reached their respective destinations with poll materials.
Tuesday s polling in Assam a litmus test for BJP, Congress, others
Tue, Apr 06 2021 08:19:23 AM
Guwahati, Apr 6 (IANS): Tuesday s third and final phase of polling in 40 of the 126-member Assam Assembly is a litmus test for both the ruling BJP-led alliance and the opposition Congress-led Mahajot (grand alliance).
Of the 40 Assembly segments, bordering Bhutan, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh, at least 13 seats are Muslim majority, six reserved for the tribals and two reserved for the people belonging to the scheduled caste.
Tuesday s electoral battle in 12 districts, according to the political experts, would be decisive for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress as both the parties had won 11 seats each in the 2016 Assembly polls.