Rahul drama in Amethi, high turnout mark Phase 8 of polls Cong V-P scraps with voter, greeted with ‘Har Har Modi’ slogans on his turf; Smriti locks horns with Priyanka aide
Amethi, the most watched of the 64 seats that voted in Phase 8 of the
elections on Tuesday, witnessed high drama as sitting MP Rahul Gandhi
was greeted with slogans of ‘Har Har Modi’, got into a verbal scrap with
a voter and was less than pleased after seeing a “lotus election symbol
on a black board” at one polling booth.
That wasn’t all. The BJP also accused the Congress vice-president of violating election rules by entering the voting compartment of a booth while his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s aide, Priti Sahai, was asked to leave Amethi following a heated argument with BJP candidate Smriti Irani. Irani claimed Sahai didn’t have the authority to be there and the district magistrate asked Sahai to leave.
The Gandhi family bastion saw 55.56% of the electorate come out to vote — almost 10% higher than in 2009. This was the trend overall as turnouts in all seven states going to polls went past 2009 figures. The voting percentage for the 502 Lok Sabha seats covered in eight rounds thus far stands at 66.27%, a big improvement from 57.94% in 2009. If the trend continues in the final phase on May 12, it would be the highest ever polling India has seen in a general elections — breaking the 64% record set in 1984-85.
A photograph of Rahul standing in a voting compartment with a voter was uploaded by AAP, which demanded action against him. It was one of 60 complaints filed by AAP regarding polls in Amethi and most were found to be false by the EC.
But deputy election commission Vinod Zutshi said entering a voting
compartment was a violation of election rules and a complaint in this
regard would be examined.
That wasn’t all. The BJP also accused the Congress vice-president of violating election rules by entering the voting compartment of a booth while his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s aide, Priti Sahai, was asked to leave Amethi following a heated argument with BJP candidate Smriti Irani. Irani claimed Sahai didn’t have the authority to be there and the district magistrate asked Sahai to leave.
The Gandhi family bastion saw 55.56% of the electorate come out to vote — almost 10% higher than in 2009. This was the trend overall as turnouts in all seven states going to polls went past 2009 figures. The voting percentage for the 502 Lok Sabha seats covered in eight rounds thus far stands at 66.27%, a big improvement from 57.94% in 2009. If the trend continues in the final phase on May 12, it would be the highest ever polling India has seen in a general elections — breaking the 64% record set in 1984-85.
A photograph of Rahul standing in a voting compartment with a voter was uploaded by AAP, which demanded action against him. It was one of 60 complaints filed by AAP regarding polls in Amethi and most were found to be false by the EC.
T he Cong ress, in tur n, accused Irani of breaking the rules by campaigning inside a polling station. She left soon after the EC intervened.
On his tour of polling booths, Rahul was asked aggressively by a youth in a saffron scarf, “What is the point of coming to the village on polling day after 10 years?” To this, Rahul retorted, “Go and work for the BJP,” sensing the man was leading a group of locals working for the saffron party. The group started shouting ‘Har Har Modi’ and continued to do so till the Congress vice-president left.
NAME-RAJ GAURAVPGDM
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