Over 16 lakh votes polled after 5 pm in Guj polls second phase, says data; netizens express concerns
Ahmedabad: In what has come as a surprising stats, the Election Commission of India’s data has revealed that over 16 lakh votes were polled in Gujarat Election’s phase 2 after 5 pm.
Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar also reported the story on December 7 and added that over 16 lakh voters had polled their votes in phase 2 of the election after 5 pm.
Social media users expressed concerns and shock over the reports while also adding that the numbers were abnormal and something looks fishy about the statistics.
On Thursday, the ruling BJP recorded a historic win in Gujarat, winning 156 seats. The BJP's 7th consecutive Assembly poll win in Gujarat is also its biggest since the founding of this state in 1960.
1600000+ voted after 5 pm in Gujarat election's phase 2.
— Achal Shah (@achalshah06) December 7, 2022
Abnormal figure?#Gujarat #GujaratElections
Today's namaste Divya Bhaskar also reported on it. pic.twitter.com/aOnr0ktVCQ
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
