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Maha Vikas Aghadi will form govt in Maharashtra”: Congress leader Sachin Pilot

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 20 (ANI): As the voting for the single-phase assembly polls in Maharashtra is underway, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday exuded confidence in winning the elections and said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will form government in the state. “The election trends are nice. People are voting in large numbers. Voting will conclude peacefully. MVA will form a government,” Pilot told ANI. After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up, reaching 45.53 per cent by 3.00 pm in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. A naxal hit Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra

“BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously,” says SP MP Dimple Yadav

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 20 (ANI): Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said that the BJP has been losing in the Uttar Pradesh by-polls. She added that the BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously wherever elections are taking place. “The Bharatiya Janata Party is losing, and the kind of rumours they are constantly spreading show that they are losing badly. BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously, and wherever elections are taking place, we have seen that the entire administration is working like an agent of the BJP. If such incidents are happening

Assembly polls: Maharashtra records 45.53 pc voter turnout by 3 pm; 61.47 pc polling in Jharkhand

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 20 (ANI): After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up, reaching 45.53 per cent by 3.00 pm in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jharkhand recorded comparatively a higher voter turnout of 61.47 per cent in the second phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand as of 3 pm, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). A naxal hit Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra recorded the highest voter turnout of 62.99 per cent, while the district of Thane recorded the lowest voter turnout of 38.94 per cent and Mumbai city recorded 39.34

UP bypolls: EC orders suspension of policemen violating guidelines

New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Acting on complaints, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered suspension of police personnel violating its guidelines on checking of voters and stopping them from casting votes in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, officials said. This comes after SP president Akhilesh Yadav urged the EC to suspend all police officers who are checking voter cards and Aadhaar IDs on basis of video evidence. Acting on the Commission’s directions, district election officers and superintendents of police, after verifying the complaints, have suspended the police personnel for their conduct. Taking cognisance of the complaints on social media by the

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