A voter displays his inked finger and thumb at a polling station during the first phase of voting for national elections in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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May 06, 2019
Catch all live updates on the fifth phase of India's 2019 general elections here! Voting has begun for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election in 51 constituencies spread across seven states with many political bigwigs, including Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani, being in the fray.
She also tagged a video in which an elderly women is seen alleging that her hand was forcibly put on the 'panja' (hand) election symbol of the Congress though she wanted to vote for the 'kamal' (lotus), the BJP's symbol.
There is no written complaint on the matter.
Irani also questioned the absence of the Gandhi scion from Amethi. He is expected to arrive here later in the afternoon.
In his stead, local Congress leaders moved around the constituency.
Jharkhand: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hazaribagh, Jayant Sinha arrives at a polling booth to cast his vote. Sinha is contesting against Congress' Gopal Sahu & CPI's Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta from the constituency. #LokSabhaElections2019pic.twitter.com/o7tsnfiw9F
West Bengal: Arjun Singh, BJP candidate from Barrackpore alleges that he was attacked by TMC workers, says,"I was attacked by TMC goons who have been brought from outside. Those people were scaring away our voters. I am injured." pic.twitter.com/lWXY3mbbZZ
Polling was underway on Monday in seven Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh with minor electronic voting machine glitches being reported at some booths, an official told PTI.
Long queues were seen at some booths after the polling began at 7 a.m., he said.
This is the second phase of polling in Madhya Pradesh, the first phase having been held on April 29.
"Polling is going on peacefully across the seven constituencies. Minor issues related to EVMs were reported at some places but they were sorted out," state's chief electoral officer VL Kantha Rao told PTI.