The BJP alleges that polling agents are organizing the vote in favor of Kalpana Soren in Jharkhand’s Gandey seat.
Voting is taking place today in 38 seats of 12 districts in the last and second phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections. This will continue until 5 p.m. Until 1 p.m., 47.92% of votes have been cast. Voting will end at 4 p.m. in 31 booths out of 14,218 polling stations. 1.23 crore people will vote.
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The BJP has accused polling agents at booths 282 and 338 of Kundalwadah of Gandey Assembly of organizing the vote in favor of the JMM. After receiving the information, the district election officer took notice of the matter. The BJP also released CCTV footage. CM Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana is in the fray from Gandey seat.
Earlier, BJP MP from Godda Nishikant Dubey had posted on his Instagram account claiming that an officer was arrested for voting in favor of the JMM at the Madhupur booth. Following his complaint, the Electoral Commission published a press release. Apart from this, MP Dubey released a video in the morning and claimed that Jharkhand government minister Hafizul Hasan’s brother was openly distributing money. The Electoral Commission is paralyzed.
Out of 38 seats in this phase, the BJP is contesting for 32 seats, against the NDA and AJSU for 6 seats. While in the INDIA bloc, the JMM is contesting for 20 seats, the Congress for 12, the RJD for 2 and the ML for 4 seats.
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