Polling begins in high-stake UP bypolls
Lucknow, May 28: Voting for the Kairana parliamentary seat and Noorpur assembly constituency began amid tight security at 7 a.m. on Monday, officials said. It will continue till 6 p.m.
In all there are 160,962,8 voters in Kairana of which 873,120 men, 736,431 women and 77 of the third gender.
In Noorpur there are 306,226 voters here of which are men, 141,924 women and 10 this gender voters.
A total of 2,651 EVM control units, 2,651 ballot units and 2,596 VVPAT's are being used in the polling process, an official told IANS.
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J&K polls: Amit Shah arrives in Jammu ahead of Saturday's hectic campaigning
Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.
Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.
Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.
He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.
