POLL BUZZ
FARRUKHABAD (UP): Congress leader Salman Khurshid has borrowed a movie dialogue to call himself UP CM Yogi Adityanath's 'baap' and challenged him to a debate on the 2008 Batla House encounter, preferably at a cowshed. Adityanath had said cases like the Batla House encounter happened during the Congress rule. PTI
Giriraj Singh demands ban on use of green flags
Begusarai: Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Tuesday said the EC should ban the use of green flags, linked to political and religious bodies associated with Muslims, alleging that they spread hate and create a perception of being used in Pakistan. He said his fight from this constituency is against a ‘gang’ working to ‘break up’ India. PTI
POLL NOTES
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh casts his vote in Assam
Guwahati: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday cast his vote at a polling booth here during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Assam. He was here along with his wife Gursharan Kaur. He arrived in Guwahati in a commercial flight on Tuesday afternoon and went to Dispur Government Higher Secondary School to exercise his franchise. He was accompanied by Congress candidate from Guwahati Bobbeeta Sharma, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora, and the leader of the opposition in Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia. PTI
Youth booked for raising ‘false’ EVM complaint
Thiruvananthapuram: A 21-year-old youth was booked by police after he allegedly made a false complaint about a voting machine in a booth where he cast his vote in the Lok Sabha elections here on Tuesday. The case was registered against the voter, identified as Ebin Babu, under IPC section 177 (furnishing false information) after a test voting conducted by polling officials showed his complaint to be false, police said. Election officials said the polling officials at the booths have been directed to collect complaints in writing. PTI
POLL PUNCH
‘Modi misleading country’
He (Modi) will talk about cows, Ram temple and patriotism. Are we all sitting here are not patriots? Modi’s name will be recorded in history as the first prime minister who misled the entire country Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan CM
‘Polls planned to suit BJP’
Polls have been planned in such a way that the BJP leaders can move from one state to another for campaigning… The General Election has been planned in a manner to suit BJP leaders Mamata Banerjee, TMC Supremo
‘BJP did Pak a favour’
PM Modi has done great favour to Pakistan and JeM chief Masood Azhar by fielding Pragya Thakur, a terror accused, from Bhopal. On one hand you are trying to build pressure on Pak and seeking support to take action against Azhar, on the other you are fielding a terror accused Manish Tewari, Congress Leader
‘Why let Rahul contest?’
Rahul Gandhi says he will not abolish Article 370... I want to tell Congress and NCP leaders that this country is yours as well. Why does Rahul Gandhi want to repeal the law of sedition. Those who say this law will be repealed should not be allowed to contest polls Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief
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