West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that the "wheelchair" government in the state would not work.
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday (March 24) wrote to Election Commission requesting it to stop deployment of police force from Uttar Pradesh in West Bengal.
Before the first round of polls in West Bengal, the state security adviser was removed by the Election Commission. On Wednesday (March 24), Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay ordered the removal of security adviser Surajit Kar Purakayastha.
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh mocked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for highlighting her leg injury and said that she should wear bermudas if she wanted to display her legs.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said all polling stations will be on the ground floor, and there will be arrangements for wheelchairs, drinking water, electricity, and ramps for the specially-abled.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah claiming postulants (applicants seeking to join a congregation) and nuns were subjected to harassment by Bajrang Dal members and the police while they were travelling in a train from New Delhi to Rourkela.
The other prayers of the DMK, represented by its Organisation Secretary R S Bharathi, were to provide CCTV live coverage/web-stream during voting in all the polling booths and voting centers, to install jammers at the strong rooms, where EVMs are stored and at the counting centres.
Addressing a poll rally at Bihpuria in Assam, PM Modi said, “Congress can do anything for votes. This is not ‘Mahajot’, it’s a ‘Mahajhoot’ which neither has a representative nor policy. Such an alliance can only guarantee infiltration and corruption.”
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday (March 24) wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India accusing the BJP of violating the model code of conduct.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar released NDA manifesto for Kerala Elections 2021 in Thiruvananthapuram.
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