Assembly polls: TN records 70 per cent voting till 3 pm
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu recorded 70 per cent voting on Thursday as polling for elections to 234 assembly constituencies was underway across the state.
According to Election Commission of India (EC) figures, voter turnout stood at exactly 70 per cent at 3 pm.
Salem district topped with 75.79 per cent voter turnout.
Chennai registered 68.13 per cent polling, while in Madurai it was 67.15 per cent, Coimbatore saw 71.16 per cent and the centrally located Tiruchirappalli district witnessed 71.05 percent polling.
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Kolathur Assembly constituency in Chennai, where DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin is contesting, saw 70.24 polling till 3 pm.
At Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni here it was 67.68 per cent. Deputy CM and Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi is trying his luck for the second time from this city constituency.
Similarly, Edappadi constituency in Salem recorded 75.84 per cent.
AIADMK general secretary and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is contesting from his traditional turf and is being challenged by the DMK, while actor Vijay's TVK is backing an independent after the party nominee's poll papers were rejected on technical grounds during scrutiny.
In Tiruchirappalli East, where Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay is contesting, 68.02 per cent polling was recorded till 3 pm.
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No govt has shown so much solidarity with 'murderous Israeli regime' as Modi govt: Cong
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of demonstrating "moral cowardice" by his "total silence" on the "continued genocide" by Israel in Gaza and its heavy bombing of Lebanon, and said no government has shown so much solidarity with the "murderous Israeli regime" as his dispensation has.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also alleged that the Modi government has betrayed all human values, apart from traditional Indian principles and positions.
"The Prime Minister has been demonstrating moral cowardice by his total silence on the continued genocide by Israel in Gaza and its heavy bombing of Lebanon. He has also kept completely quiet on the dispossession and displacement of lakhs of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank," Ramesh said on X.
"There has been no government that has shown so much solidarity with the murderous Israeli regime as the Modi government that has betrayed all human values, apart from traditional Indian principles and positions," the Congress leader said.
Last month, the Congress had claimed that Israel is moving ahead on its vision of a "Greater Israel" under the cover of the West Asia war, finishing off any hope for a Palestinian state, and slammed Prime Minister Modi for not raising his voice against its actions in the West Bank.
The Congress had also strongly criticised Prime Minister Modi's visit to Israel in February, despite that country "mercilessly" continuing attacks on civilians in Gaza.
The opposition party had said the Modi government has made cynical and hypocritical statements on its commitment to the cause of Palestinians, but in reality, it has abandoned them.
