Assembly polls: Six BJP workers injured in clash in Haryana; brisk voting in Maharashtra

Mangalore Today News Network

Maharashtra, Oct 15, 2014: The voting for Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections 2014 began on Wednesday morning. With Maharashtra having never seen a four-cornered battle before, the collapse of the alliances may set off new dynamics. Meanwhile, in Haryana, it’s two-term incumbent vs jailed challenger vs biggest national player seeking to run the state.

Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife cast vote

Sensitive poll booth in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar in Maharashtra sees high voter turnout

Polling was marred by rains in some parts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra. A policeman on election duty was killed after being struck by lightning in Avdeghat polling station of Savner constituency.

Voting will continue till 6 PM. Counting of votes is on October 19.

Moderate to brisk polling recorded in the first couple of hours in Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly polls.

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Actor Amol Palekar whose name had “disappeared” from voters’ list during Lok Sabha, voted for assembly

Six BJP workers have been injured in a clash with INLD members in Narnaund, Haryana

Minor incidents of clash between INLD and BJP workers were witnessed at Dighal polling booth this morning. However, both the sides were pacified with the intervention of security forces.

Till 9 am, 7.7 polling has taken place across Haryana. There are over 1.61 crore registered voters in Haryana.# Till 9 am, Kurukshetra assembly constituency recorded 13 per cent polls, followed by Yamunanagar (10 per cent).


Gurgaon and neighbouring assembly constituencies witnessed the lowest turnouts till 9 am.

Several stalwarts including Geeta Bhukkal, Gopal Kanda, Ashok Tanwar, Savitri Jindal, Capt Abhimanyu, Shruti Choudhary and her mother Kiran Choudhary, Naina Chautala, her sons Digvijay and Dushyant Chautala have cast their votes till now.

Polling was marred by rains in some parts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra. A policeman on election duty was killed after being struck by lightning in Avdeghat polling station of Savner constituency.

BJP state president Devendra Fadnavis says he is confident that BJP will form the majority

Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde casts his vote in Solapur, Maharashtra

Actor Abhishek Bachchan casts his vote, says if you want change in the society, come out and cast your vote

NCP leader Supriya Sule casts her vote in Baramati, Maharashtra.

Actors Rekha and Rahul Bose have been among the early voters in Mumbai.

Urging the people of Haryana & Maharashtra to go out & cast their votes. Youngsters must show the way & ensure record turnout.

 

Courtesy: Indian Express