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SC issues notice to EC on plea seeking action against PM Modi and Amit Shah, says EC has liberty to pass order as it sees fit

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SC issues notice to EC on plea seeking action against PM Modi and Amit Shah, says EC has liberty to pass order as it sees fit

Hearing a petition filed by Congress MP Sushmita Dev against the alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct by PM Modi and Amit Shah, the apex court directed the Election Commission to take appropriate action that it deems fit. The plea against alleged poll code violation and EC’s supposed inaction was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court by the Congress legislator.


The bench comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph heard the plea filed by Congress legislator and issued a notice to the Election commission. In the notice, the Court mentioned that the poll panel will have full liberty to pass any appropriate orders that it deems fit. The Court has also listed the hearing of the matter on Thursday.

Representing the petitioner Dev, counsel Sunil Fernandes requested the Court to instruct the Election Commission to expeditiously take action against the MCC violators. According to advocate Fernandes, the poll panel has been slow to act on multiple complaints of ‘frequent and habitual’ MCC violations by Modi and Shah. The petitioner in her plea has contended multiple violations of the Representation of People’s Act, 1951 and the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 by Modi and Shah. She has alleged that the Election Commission hasn’t responded to her grievances.

Asserting that the Election Commission’s lack of action and selective censure when it comes to complaints filed against PM Modi and Amit Shah, the petitioner insinuated that such behaviour by the poll panel betrays its tacit endorsement of Modi’s and Shah’s conduct, in effect giving them a clean chit despite alleged MCC violations. The petitioner mentioned in her plea that the Election Commission has two sets of rules-one applies to the PM and the BJP President while the other governs all the other candidates contesting the elections.

Watch: Congress makes kids abuse Narendra Modi in presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

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Watch: Congress makes kids abuse Narendra Modi in presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

The Gandhi family has been showing signs of immense frustration as the 2019 Lok Sabha election progresses. With out-on-bail Rahul Gandhi being forced to apologise by the Supreme Court for attributing the ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ slogan to the SC and its judgement on Rafale, the Congress campaign has just as well come to a halt.

Even with the Supreme Court bringing Congress down to its knees, the arrogance of the Congress party has not been diminished. A video surfaced on Social Media where Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who chickened out of battling PM Modi in Varanasi, was seen watching in amusement as little kids, coached by Congress workers, were abusing Prime Minister Modi.


The kids, who were seemingly coached by Congress functionaries chanted ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ as Priyanka Gandhi watched on in amusement.

It is rather shocking that while parents at home generally teach children basics of respect for the highest chair of the country, Congress has stopped to the level of using children for their own unsubstantiated lies and propaganda. The Rafale got a clean chit in the highest court of the country and Rahul Gandhi today was forced to apologise to the Supreme Court because he lied about the SC endorsing the ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ sentiment. Essentially, Rahul Gandhi has had to admit that the Court never mentioned any wrongdoing by the Modi government in the Rafale deal at all. Yet, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is seen using little children to further the Gandhi family agenda. Interestingly, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra watches children chant ‘chowkidaar chor hai’, her husband, Robert Vadra and her brother, Rahul Gandhi are both out-on-bail on charges of corruption.

Further in the video, one can see the children abuse further. The kinds in unison chant, ‘neem ka patta kadvah hai, Narendra Modi bha**wa hai”. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra smiles sheepishly and reluctantly, as a token gesture tells the children that this is a bad slogan and they should focus on the good slogans. After this, the kids go back to chanting ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ and ‘Rahul Gandhi zindabad’.

The kids are wearing Congress caps and one can, in the video, see people who seem like Congress functionaries with cameras clicking photos and videos of the interaction. It is unfathomable that the children reached that spot on their own, thought of these abusive slogans on their own and chanted the same to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in unison. Obviously, the Congress party got those children there and hence, Congress must own the blame for these slogans as well.

From the courtiers and dynasts of Jawaharlal Nehru who concocted an elaborate lie around the myth of ‘Children’s day’ to glorify Nehru, to Congress workers now who teach little children to abuse Modi just to score political points with the dynasty, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stood there, watching the children repeat the lies ad nauseum, Congress seems to have a way of exploiting children to please their dynastic masters.

Eight Core Industries grew by 4.3% in 2018-19, the growth rate for March 2019 was 4.7%

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Eight Core Industries grew by 4.3% in 2018-19, the growth rate for March 2019 was 4.7%

Ministry of Commerce of Industry has released data on eight core industries as on March 2019. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 145.0 in March, 2019, which was 4.7% higher as compared to the index of March, 2018. Its cumulative growth during April to March, 2018-19 was 4.3%.

In the eight sectors, only crude oil production declined, all other seven sectors saw positive growth in March 2019.

Coal production (weight: 10.33%) increased by 9.1% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 7.3% during April to March, 2018-19over corresponding period of the previous year.

Crude Oil production (weight: 8.98%) declined by 6.2% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index declined by 4.1% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

The Natural Gas production (weight: 6.88%) increased by 1.4% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 0.8% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

Petroleum Refinery production (weight: 28.04%) increased by 4.3% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 3.1% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

Fertilizers production (weight: 2.63%) increased by 4.3% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 0.3% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

Steel production (weight: 17.92%) increased by 6.7% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 4.7% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

Cement production (weight: 5.37%) increased by 15.7% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 13.3% during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.

Electricity generation (weight: 19.85%) increased by 1.4% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by5.1% during April to March, 2018-19over the corresponding period of previous year.

Sri Lanka receives intelligence inputs of attacks planned on Buddhist temples by female bombers posing as devotees

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Sri Lanka receives intelligence inputs of attacks planned on Buddhist temples by female bombers posing as devotees

According to media reports, Sri Lanka’s Intelligence agency has received inputs of possible attacks on Buddhist temples by female bombers of the banned local terror outfit National Thawheeth Jamath (NTJ) posing as devotees.

Such shocking revelations came in the forefront after police found white pairs of skirts and blouses from the house which was raided after the explosion in Sainthamuruthu area in the Eastern province, raising doubts that the attackers might pose as Buddhist devotees.

According to reports, the Muslim women had on April 29th, spent 29,000 Sri Lankan Rupees which is approximately Rs 11496 in Indian currency, to purchase nine sets of such dresses from a textile shop in Giriulla. The CCTV camera in the shop captured visuals of these women who purchased clothes from the shop.

Five sets of such clothes have been recovered from the house raided so far. The intelligence agencies are trying to find the remaining sets of clothes.

Sri Lankan authorities confirmed that amongst the nine bombers who executed the dastardly Easter Sunday attack, there was a female suicide bomber too.

As a security measure in the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings that rocked the island country, the Sri Lankan government has introduced a ban on all types of face coverings including Burqas.

As per reports, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had used his emergency powers and approved the ban and issued a presidential decree stating that all forms of face covering, including the Burqa, will be completely prohibited from April 29th.

Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency after the deadly attacks on Easter Sunday by an ISIS supported organisation. Wide-scale crackdown on radical groups is going on in the country. It was reported that the local terrorist group National Thowheed Jama’ath had carried out the attacks that primarily targeted Churches and hotels. Later, ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Previously, a prominent Muslim organisation All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama had issued a directive to all Muslims, especially women to stop covering their faces so the security forces are not hindered “in their efforts to maintain national security”.

The Sri Lankan government had admitted that there was major security failure on the part of the government and they had received prior warnings from foreign intelligence agencies that such attacked would take place. Reports have stated that the Indian agencies had warned of possible terrorist attacks to the Sri Lankan government.

A total of 106 suspects, including a Tamil medium teacher and a school principal, have been arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday blasts.

BJP delegation approaches Election Commission over poll violence in West Bengal

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BJP delegation approaches Election Commission over poll violence in West Bengal

A BJP delegation led by Kailash Vijayvargiya and Babul Supriyo has approached the Election Commission to register their complaint against the violence allegedly unleashed by the TMC goons in West Bengal during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections that concluded yesterday.


The BJP delegation in its complaint against the TMC has asserted that several booths were captured by its workers and violence was perpetrated against Babul Supriyo and stones pelted on his car. The TMC in its defence had yesterday stated that Babul Supriyo had manhandled some of its workers at poll booths which led to clashes between the workers of the two parties.

BJP MP and Asansol candidate Babul Supriyo had visited a polling booth in Asansol constituency after villagers had threatened to boycott polls following the non-deployment of central forces in some polling booths. Clashes took place between TMC workers and BJP workers over a disagreement on the deployment of Central forces to man the booths. In the ensuing scuffle, Babul Supriyo’s car was vandalised by the TMC goons.

The BJP had also registered a complaint against the violence purportedly carried out by the TMC workers and alleged booth capturing by them in the first three phases of the elections as well. However, an FIR was also filed against Supriyo by TMC for trespassing polling booths.

The BJP in its complaint had asked the Election Commission to deploy more Central Forces at each polling booth to ensure smooth functioning of the electoral process and not rely on the local police to guard the booths.

TMC leader Moon Moon Sen asks journalists to ‘go lick BJP’s a$$’ when asked about poll violence in West Bengal

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TMC leader Moon Moon Sen asks journalists to ‘go lick BJP’s a$$’ when asked about poll violence in West Bengal

As Trinamool Congress is facing a serious challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, the Trinamool party leaders have begun to express their frustration out in public either through vandalism or by making slanderous statements against people who question them.

The violence and intimidation are not limited to opposition party cadres alone but also against journalists, who are questioning Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress for unchecked violence in the state during the Lok Sabha elections.

Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen who had advertised her insensitivity and arrogance by saying that she was unaware of the violence as she got up very late because she got her bed tea late, targetted TV9 Bharatvarsh journalist Ajit Anjum for seeking answers for vandalism that TMC had inflicted during the fourth phase of elections in West Bengal.


Moon Moon Sen after taking allegations personally, lost her cool and started threatening the TV Anchor saying she would file a defamation case against the channel and sue the anchor.

She ran away from the interview and began abusing the reporter present at the spot. She was also heard accusing the TV anchor of being a BJP supporter while making a cheap comment “let him lick BJP ass”.

The arrogance of TMC leaders is not just limited to Moon Moon Sen. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader and close aide of Mamata Banerjee has a history of abusing and intimidating journalists and social media users. Soon after 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he had called a journalist as “a** licker right-wing” journalist.


Mahua Moitra, a TMC MLA had shown journalist Arnab Goswami her middle finger when she was questioned after TMC workers had beat up the 25-year-old for slapping Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

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Like TMC leaders, the cadres of the TMC are notoriously known for vandalism and political violence against opposition party workers and journalists. It has also been widely reported in the media on how workers allegedly belonging to TMC were hurling bombs and indulging in proxy voting at polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections.

The TMC workers did not limit their attack to their opponents but also targetted journalists and reporters who were covering their electoral malpractices. Shantashree, a journalist from Republic TV who was reporting from Asansol along with their video journalist were travelling when TMC goons allegedly attacked the car with lathis and broke the window.

India Today’s crew was also allegedly attacked by TMC goons and their journalist Manogya Loiwal manhandled.

West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee has been one of the most intolerant states in the country in the last five years. It continues to remain one of the most violent states when it comes to poll violence under Mamata Banerjee led TMC government.

With TMC’s hegemony taking a huge hit a with the entry of BJP in the state, Mamata Banerjee led TMC will try asserting more power in the state by indulging in furthermore direct violent attacks not only on the opposition camp, especially the BJP but also on others who attempt to hold Mamata Banerjee responsible for actions.

After Uttara Prachand, Arvind Kejriwal coins new state name Maniland, video goes viral

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After Uttara Prachand, Arvind Kejriwal coins new state name Maniland, video goes viral

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seems to have started a habit of coining new names for states in India. In May last year, a video had gone viral where the AAP supremo had coined the name Uttara Prachand, while referring to Uttarakhand. Now another video had become viral on Twitter, where Kejriwal is heard talking about a state called Maniland.

While talking about the demand of full statehood for Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Assam, from Gujarat to Maniland, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala, all states have the status of the full state, except Delhi.


Kejriwal made the comments on 25th April in Delhi, while releasing the manifesto of Aam Aadmi Party for the Lok Sabha elections, but a short clip of the video was circulated on today where he is heard referring to Manipur as Maniland.

As expected, the goof-up by the Delhi CM attracted humorous responses on social media. People got creative, and they started working on establishing the new state named Maniland.


It may be noted that Kejriwal had immediately corrected himself, and mentioned Manipur after saying Maniland. The full video can be watched here.

 

Here is why Home Ministry sent a notice to Rahul Gandhi and it is not ‘political vendetta’

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Here is why Home Ministry sent a notice to Rahul Gandhi and it is not ‘political vendetta’

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi over the matter of his citizenship after a complaint was filed with the ministry by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy. A response has been sought within 15 days.

“It has been further brought out in the complaint that in the Company’s Annual Returns filed on October 10, 2005, and October 31, 2006, your date of birth has been given as June 19, 1970, and that you had declared your nationality as British. Further, in the Dissolution application dated 17/02/2009 of the above-referred company, your nationality has been mentioned as British,” the notice said.

The Congress party and the opposition claim that it is merely an attempt to distract people from the issues that plague the country. Rahul Gandhi’s sister, Priyanka, appeared particularly vicious. “The whole of India knows that Rahul Gandhi is an Indian. People have seen him being born and grow up in India. Kya bakwaas hai yeh?” she told reporters.

Randeep Surjewaala, the spokesperson of the Congress party, echoes similar sentiments. “The entire world knows Rahul Gandhi is Indian citizen by birth. Modi ji has no answer for unemployment, Modi ji has no answer for agrarian distress&black money, that’s why he’s resorting to fake narrative through his govt’s notices to divert attention,” he said.

There appears to a certain unity among the opposition parties in the matter. D Raja of the CPI, which is contesting against the CongressRJD alliance in Bihar, said, “Rahul Gandhi has been issued a voter ID. Then why is there confusion over his citizenship? The timing of issuing this notice to the Congress president is questionable.”

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, however, dismissed such allegations and maintained that the ministry was following the normal course of action. He said, “When a member of Parliament writes to any ministry, action required on their query is taken. It is not a big development, it is a normal process.”


It is telling that Rajnath Singh, the Home Minister of India is calling this a routine process and not a ‘big development’. Rajnath Singh has reiterated that when a member of parliament writes to a ministry, the required action on their query is taken. This would thus make this process a simple procedure that Rahul Gandhi can deal with rather easily by simply explaining the questions raised by Subramanian Swamy.

The citizenship row began in 2015 when Swamy cited documents pertaining to a company Backops Limited where Rahul Gandhi was the Director. In the said documents, the Congress President’s nationality was mentioned as British. Since then, the matter has been a cause of great dispute.

In November 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by lawyer M.L. Sharma demanding a CBI inquiry into the matter. The highest court of the country deemed the petition ‘frivolous’. The following year in January, another BJP MP Maheish Girri filed a complaint with the Lok Sabha speaker, Sumitra Mahajan, regarding Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship. As per the rules, she forwarded it to the Ethics Committee.

Two months later, in March, the Ethics Committee headed by veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi over the matter but nothing much came of it. It was later reported that not a single meeting was held in this regard. Since then, the matter was in a political potboiler until recently when an independent candidate from Amethi filed a complaint with the Election Commission over the matter. The EC, however, found no reason to disqualify the Congress President.

And today, it was reported that a notice has been sent to Rahul Gandhi by the MHA following a complaint by Subramaniam Swamy. It remains to be seen what happens in the future. Thus, it appears quite obvious that the MHA hasn’t really taken any vindictive action but merely sought Rahul Gandhi’s reply considering a complaint was filed by a Member of Parliament regarding his citizenship.

When Aladin, the present day Indian Prince, got hold of the magic lamp and yelled ‘ab hoga insaf’

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When Aladin, the present day Indian Prince, got hold of the magic lamp and yelled ‘ab hoga insaf’

Ever since his father died, Aladin was living a very humble life with his widow mother and his sister who was married to a poor peasant. He had seen extreme hardships in his young life after his ailing mother retired and left all the responsibility on his 50-year-old young shoulders. Sometimes, he lent his hand to labourers in the presence of photographers and sometimes ate only daal – chawal at poor man’s house but always ensured his sister had a bigger helicopter whenever she wanted to fly. He cursed the king who took everything away from him.

Once upon a time, on his incursions to backwaters of Kerala, he stumbled on to an antique magic lamp. Curious, he rubbed it and a Jeanie appeared. “Ask me any 3 wishes and it will be fulfilled.”, he said. Aladin was ecstatic and asked for the throne. The Jeanie immediately removed the king, held an election and hypnotized all coalition partners to elect Aladin as the next Prime Minister of the Country. Aladin took an oath and gave plum posts to his mother, sister, nephew and nieces. Also, he conferred a lot of land to his brother-in-law. He recalled all the sons and daughters of his late father’s friends and awarded them all profitable contracts. Peace, harmony and democracy once again thrived in the country.

But poverty in the countryside was still a cause of concern to Aladin. On consultation with one Uncle Chidu, he came up with an idea. As part of his second wish, He asked the Jeanie to provide 72,000 dinars annually to 20% of the poor, thus causing a surgical strike on poverty once and for all. “Ab hoga insaf”– he exclaimed. Peasants went crazily happy with this decision. Civil society members sang songs in his praise and hailed him and his ancestors. There were long queues to avail the ‘Insaf’ money. Those who did not fall under the bracket of 20% made sure they faked such documents. Even Aladin’s brother-in-law declared himself a poor peasant and received the 72,000 dinars promised, as so did all of his family friends.

Aladin’s Government had not accounted for the additional liability on the Jeanie. So, to mitigate, he increased taxes. Eventually the rich became the middle class and the middle class became poor and became eligible for the Insaf money, thereby creating a further burden on Jeanie. People stopped working because they knew the Jeanie was getting them free money anyway. Slowly, autos and rickshaws in the cities disappeared. Farmers stopped working in farms and maids stopped sweeping. There was an acute shortage of labour in factories and production in the country of all essential commodities dropped.

Surplus of money and a shortage of labour and goods, however, created another problem. The merchants who used to sell grocery at a few dinars now increased the prices manifold. Even a bottle of water started selling 1000 dinars. But even with their 72000 dinars, people found themselves so deprived that the number of beggars increased considerably as people had already lost their appetite to work and earn. The problem of poverty thus increased manifold. A mutiny and revolt against Aladin’s Government seemed inevitable.

Aladin’s advisers advised him to make use of the third and last wish to alleviate this dangerous issue. “Ask Jeanie to get us a lifetime to stay on an exotic island of Italy” suggested his mother. “Let’s demand a machine which can convert potatoes to gold” advised his sister. But Aladin was committed to resolving the issue rather than running away from it. He summoned the Jeanie and asked, “O Jeanie, for my third and final wish, I want you to remove poverty once and for all”. The Jeanie obliged and immediately passed an ordinance – “Any person who is earning more than one dinar per year would not be considered poor from this day until the end of days. Poverty is now declared to be only a state of mind”. And thus with a masterstroke, Aladin was able to reduce poverty to 0% first time in the history of the country.

LDF members were involved in bogus voting in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer

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LDF members were involved in bogus voting in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer

In a startling revelation made by the Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala, Teeka Ram Meena on Monday, days after Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala went to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23, it was revealed that bogus voting was done by LDF members in the elections. The officer disclosed that three ladies affiliated to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) were involved in “bogus voting” in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

The accused have been identified as Padmini, Saleena NP, and Sumayya KP.

The development came into the forefront two days after Teeka Ram Meena directed returning officers to submit a report following complaints by Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) regarding bogus voting by the Left cadres across Kasaragod district in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Congress Leader Ramesh Chennithala had alleged that the CPI(M) has resorted to bogus voting fearing defeat in the elections. “From video evidence, it could be seen that the Left has cast around 5,000 bogus votes in Kasargod constituency,” PTI quoted Chennithala as saying. “We will take appropriate legal steps. We have warned the poll officials of such unlawful practices much before the polling day, but the authorities failed to take any action.”

On April 26, a video was aired by Mathrubhumi, a local news channel, which showed several people involved in bogus voting at polling booth number 19 in Kannur district. The visuals show a woman casting her vote twice, while another person is seen casting a bogus vote. Visuals also showed purported use of fake identity cards. Moreover, some political leaders can also be seen standing inside the polling booth while the voting took place.

Meanwhile, ANI quoted Meena as saying, “After receiving a factual report from the collector officers we have found that three ladies, affiliated to the Left party, voted twice in polling booth 19 of Payyannur in Kasargod parliamentary constituency. Particularly, two of them were not voters of that booth. It is an offence under Sections 171 C, F and D of Indian Penal Code.”

On being asked whether polling agents were also guilty of the crime, Meena said, “If the polling agents knew about it then they are also guilty of the offence. Also, polling agents have failed to conduct free and fair elections. On their part, it was a breach of election duty. We have directed the collector to conduct a detailed inquiry and take action against them accordingly.”

“One of the ladies was, in fact, the relieving agent for the LDF polling agent. So there was no doubt about the affiliation of the accused,” he added.

Kerala police have been asked to file an FIR and investigate the matter.

However, the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala Sunday rejected allegations of bogus voting at various polling booths in the Kasargod Lok Sabha constituency during elections on April 23 and welcomed any probe into the charges.

The Kasargod seat is considered to be the stronghold of the CPI(M). The Left was defeated from the seat the last time in 1984.

Voting for the 20 seats in Kerala concluded in the third phase of the election on April 23. A total voter turnout of 77.68 per cent was registered across the state, which was the highest in the last 30 years. Results of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections will be announced on May 23.

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