Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 1 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari alleged on Thursday that the BJP does not have the courage to defeat the Congress-led alliance in the Assam polls "democratically" and was resorting to "undemocratic means".
Bengal, Assam record high voter turnout, Mamata s fate sealed
New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) Both West Bengal and Assam registered high voter turnout in the second phase of voting for Assembly elections on Thursday with 80.43 and 73.06 per cent polling recorded till 1800 hrs.
Of the 30 constituencies that went to polls today, included the high-profile Nandigram constituency of Purba Medinipur from where Trinamool chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting the elections. To counter the TMC in its bastion, the saffron party has pitted Mamata s colleague-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the elections.
However, the voting was marred with sporadic violence in Bengal where nine seats of Paschim Medinipur, eight in Bankura, four seats in South 24 Parganas and nine seats in Purba Medinipur, totaling 30 seats, went for the polls.
Assam polls: Congress demands EC to probe disappearance of BPF candidate ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 22:15 IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 1 (ANI): A day after a candidate of Congress ally Bodoland People s Front (BPF) from Tamulpur constituency went untraceable amid Assam assembly elections, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday demanded the Election Commission (EC) to probe the matter.
He further alleged that since the BJP did not have the courage to win the elections democratically, it is using undemocratic means to do so.
Stating that the BJP and the Assam government are answerable for the BPF candidate s sudden disappearance, Tewari demanded the Election Commission (EC) to probe the matter.
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