A group of five people, including candidates but excluding security personnel, is allowed to take part in door-to-door campaigning.
During the first phase of voting on November 12 for 18 seats in the Naxal-affected areas of the state, a total of 76.42 per cent polling was recorded.
'He won't be able to migrate; he must survive in that environment.' 'He will go back after the election to becoming invisible.'
While some criticise the government, others, despite the inconvenience, hail demonetisation as revolutionary.
Complaints of electronic voting machine malfunctioning poured in from several booths on Tuesday during the third and largest phase of Lok Sabha polls which saw voters turning out in large numbers to cast their vote in 116 seats, including all constituencies of Gujarat and Kerala.
Polling in Madhya Pradesh was marred by complaints of faulty EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail machines.
Barring Maharashtra, the poll percentage in rest of the states was in excess of 60 per cent while in Puducherry it was 80.47 per cent.
The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday, officials said.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
The government has also announced a slew of measures to ease cash flow for the rural sector.
'India does not have the wherewithal to successfully manage a full blown covid-19 crisis,' warns Vivek Gumaste.
'Slowly, but surely, India will move towards a low-cash economy.'
From corruption to communalism, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Rs 70 lakh Hublot watch to United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, the electoral potboiler had it all.
'GST had to come close on the heels of demonetisation as part of the same package.'
This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.
'The cash part is the lower hanging fruit compared to the other sources.' 'To attack the cash part of black money, I can't think of anything else but demonetisation.'
Two persons were injured in a clash which took place between AAP and Congress workers at Sultanpur village in Sangrur district.
Just in case the NDA is unable to reach 272 seats and is in the low range of 220 seats, then some novel ideas may spring up. Like a 'national government'. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports on the various scenarios that are being considered by the political parties, and by the President of India.
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Despite a strong anti-corruption mood, where election costs are seen as the driver for graft, politicians don't change their spots. Unsurprisingly, this trend of unleashing cash can be expected to continue in this Lok Sabha elections too, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
'Look East' policy was first coined by the Narasimha Rao government in the 1990s and has been followed by the successive governments.
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