Chopra: Satsakale Voting (Lok Sabha Election 2024)) light-dark game on Wednesday. Because there is no light. The situation is such that the mobile phone torch is relied upon to vote. Such is the situation in Chopra Assembly Constituency under Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency.
Daspara Upper Primary School in Chopra is the polling station. It is alleged that there is not enough light in the polling booth. Voting has to be done by lighting the torch. Yesterday there was no light, after saying that only one tube light was installed, claimed the presiding officer.
Tension was seen early in the morning in Patiram at Balurghat. Sukant Majumdar has complained about multiple places. On the other hand, the environment in Darjeeling is not that hot. As the weather is very cold, so is the polling enthusiasm. Most of the issues that have come up so far are with EVMs.
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Voting started late in Phansidewa assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency. The EVM malfunctioned. Voting started after more than one and a half hours at booth number 163 in Nikargach primary here. There are 1400 voters in this booth. The EVM malfunctioned after 4-5 people voted in the morning. Voters express their frustration by standing in long queues in the sun. Polling started again at 8:40.
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The plain area near Siliguri is hot enough. Therefore, voters stood in line from 5 am to vote in the morning in the scorching heat. But polling started an hour late at 8 am due to a glitch in the EVM. Booth incident at Totaramjot Primary School, Naxalbari, Darjeeling Lok Sabha Constituency. Voters expressed anger as they stood in line for a long time.
On this day, the voting is generally peaceful in the hills. Darjeeling Trinamool candidate Gopal Lama was seen voting in the morning.
Today in the second phase of Darjeeling (Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election), the voting is basically four-way. But at the center of attraction is the battle between BJP’s Raju Bista and Vishnuprasad Sharma. Karshiang’s BJP MLA Bishnuprasad Sharma has stood against the party’s candidate as outgoing MP Raju Bist has been nominated again in Darjeeling. On the other hand, Trinamool has fielded Gopal Lama in the hills. Congress candidate Munish Tamang. BJP has captured this center in the last three Lok Sabha polls. In 2009, Jashwant Singh won the election for BJP. SS Ahluwalia won in 2014 and Raju Bista of BJP won in 2019. The number of booths in Darjeeling is 1 thousand 999. There are 739 touch booths. 88 companies of central forces have been deployed in the hills.
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