India’s second phase of Lok Sabha polls today
Saleh Imran: [২] The second phase of campaigning ended on Wednesday. Polling is being held in 12 constituencies of West Bengal and 89 constituencies of one union territory in this phase. Voting is being held in 20 constituencies in Manipur, 20 in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one each in Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.
[৩] The three constituencies of West Bengal are Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj.
[৪] 272 companies of central forces are being deployed to make the elections fair. Along with that there will be 13 thousand state police. Darjeeling has a staggering 739 booths. Central forces will be deployed there. The number of sensitive booths in Balurghach is 192. Central forces are also deployed here.
[৫] Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha Speaker BJP candidate Om Birla are fighting among the heavyweight candidates across the country in this second phase of polls.
[৬] If you vote, you will get free beer, taxi and many more benefits:
Bangalore, Karnataka has this opportunity to increase voter turnout. This city has been in the headlines many times before due to the presence of voters. This time, starting from hotels, taxi services in this city, many other institutions have taken various steps to increase the presence of voters in the polling stations.
[৭] Apart from providing free beer to voters to bring them to the center, there are no taxi fares and free health check-ups at the center. Some eateries will offer food at a special discount if the voter is inked on the hand. But in this case, the hotels have to follow some rules. In this regard, Pini Rao, president of the hotel association of the city, said that different offers are being given to voters by different hotels. (Bangalore Mirror)
[৮] Modi’s counter attack on Congress: Opposition parties including Congress have called Prime Minister Narendra Modi anti-Muslim. At an election rally in Rajasthan on Monday, Modi called India’s Muslims subversive. Complaints have been filed against him in the Election Commission of the country.
[৯] However, within a day of this incident, the Prime Minister of India turned around with a counter attack on Wednesday. He said that the Center has made the Congress a target of intense attack based on the opinion of a Persian leader. Politics in the country has heated up around a comment made by Congress leader Sam Pitroda. Sam Pitroda was once a confidant of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
[১০] Currently he is also working as Rahul’s advisor. Following this, Pitroda commented that half of a person’s property should be donated to the government after death. Explaining the matter, he also mentioned the American Inheritance Tax. Editing: M Khan
