Around 62% voter turnout was recorded till 5pm in the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand on Monday, as per data by the Election Commission.
Till 5 pm, Chatra recorded a voter turnout of 60.26%, Hazaribagh 63.66%, and Koderma 61.60%. The overall turnout in the state was 61.90%. Barring a
Residents of Gudiapatna village in Ganjam district's Sanakhemundi block boycott elections over unfulfilled demand for solving drinking water problem. Women protest by placing empty pots near polling booth. Villagers refuse to vote despite assurance of resolving issue in a month.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that the Hazaribag MP Jayant Sinha stopped taking interest in organisational work and election campaigning ever since the party declared Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribag LS seat. It has also been revealed that hours before the announcement that Jaiswal would be the candidate for Hazaribagh, Sinha had requested party leadership to relieve him from electoral politics.
Sinha is required to respond to the notice within two days with an explanation. Failing to do so would lead to further actions being taken against the leader