Clash between BJP, Congress workers in B’luru, FIR lodged
Bengaluru: Police have lodged FIR, following a clash here, between workers of the BJP and the Congress, where many workers and even police staff members were injured.
The clash broke out on Friday at a ground in Govindrajnagar in the city, where the Congress workers were erecting banners and posters of their leaders for a women’s convention to be held on Sunday, and the BJP workers opposed it.
The workers attacked each others with stones and sticks, forcing the police to resort to lathicharge to bring the situation under control.
DCP Laxman Nimbargi said, both groups pelted stones at each other. “Police personnel were also injured. Three FIRs have been registered in connection with the incident,” he added.
Karnataka | A clash broke out between Congress and BJP workers after BJP workers allegedly protested against the banners put up by Congress workers for a Women convention event at a ground in Govindrajnagar constituency in Bengaluru yesterday pic.twitter.com/k2SxAA8crZ
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Crossing river, trekking hill voters reach polling booths to cast vote in Surguja LS constituency
Balrampur/Chhattisgarh (PTI): Enthusiastic voters reached polling booths trekking steep hilly paths, crossing a river and even on a horse to cast their votes in remote areas of the tribal-dominated Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
Balrampur district falls under the Surguja Lok Sabha constituency which was among seven seats where polling was held in third and last phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state. The Surguja Lok Sabha recorded 74.59 per cent voting, as per the Turnout application.
Voters, belonging to Pahadi Korva, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, including Rajesh, Madan, Sukhu, Gopal and Nandlal, crossed a river to exercise their franchise at a polling booth in village panchayat Amera under the Samri assembly constituency, a government official said.
Similarly, electors, including Lakhan Nagesia, Sahu, Phulsai and Kalesh of Bachwar village under the Ramanujganj assembly constituency walked through hilly terrain for about two hours covering 8 kms to reach a polling booth and cast their vote, he said. A voter, Parimal Dey, reached a polling booth in Sagarpur village under the Ramanujganj assembly seat on a horse, the official said. Dey is a cattle rearer who owns 150 goats.
Two hyper sensitive polling booths -- Chunchuna and Pundag -- located in a Naxal-affected area of the district which shares border with Jharkhand, also recorded significant turnout, he said. The two booths are located in the Samri assembly constituency.
"Special security arrangements were put in place in this area to ensure peaceful voting. Voters of Chunchuna and Pudang ensured their participation in the great festival of democracy braving Naxalite threat," he said. The Chunchuna polling booth has 767 voters and it recorded 84.35 per cent turnout, while Pundag has 595 electors and it registered a turnout of 72.44 per cent till 5 pm, the official added.
