One injured in BJP-Congress workers clash at polling booth in Karnataka
Surpur (Karnataka) (PTI): A 45-year-old BJP worker was injured after workers of the BJP and Congress clashed with each other following a verbal spat at a polling station here, police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at Bdyapur polling station falling under Surpur Assembly segment in Yadgir district on Tuesday.
Bhimanna Mallappa Byali suffered grievous head injury during the stone pelting and was taken to Yadgir district hospital, they said.
According to the police, the BJP and Congress workers got into a heated argument over the voting of migrant workers during the polling at Surpur Assembly by-election along with Raichur Lok Sabha constituency.
Soon the argument escalated into a group clash between workers of both parties who started hurling stones at each other, they said, adding that the police intervened and brought the situation under control.
However, an Election Commission official said the polling process was not affected and it was held peacefully.
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Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.
