Lok Sabha Polls: PM Modi To Cast Vote At Nishan Higher Secondary School In Ahmedabad Tomorrow

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by Hemanta Pande

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahemdabad in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday.

Ahmedabad, May 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahemdabad in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday.

Preparations for polling arrangements are underway at the school which has been designated as a polling booth.

Earlier, a 'Run for Vote' marathon was organised in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday morning to create awareness among youth to cast their votes in the third phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

The marathon was organised as part of the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) drive to promote the importance of 100 per cent voting.

Joint CEO, SVEEP, Ashok B Patel said, "Today, 'Run for Vote' marathon was organised to create awareness among youth to cast their votes on May 7 for the Lok Sabha Elections."

The Election Commission is running a voting awareness campaign to encourage people to vote more in this Lok Sabha election.
BJP in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls swept all 26 seats on offer.

The Congress is in alliance with the AAP in Gujarat where it will contest from 24 seats while the AAP will contest in Bhavnagar and Bharuch constituencies.

Voting for 25 out of 26 seats in Gujarat is set to take place in the third phase of the ongoing general elections on May 7.

The third phase will include constituencies from Kutch, Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Navsari, and Valsad.

However, voting will not take place in Surat as BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed last week. This decision came after the nomination of Congress' Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected, and other candidates withdrew from the contest. The election results will be announced on June 4. (ANI)

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SC To Hear PIL Against Three New Criminal Laws Tomorrow

by Hemanta Pande

New Delhi, May 19: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a public interest litigation (PIL) against the three criminal laws replacing the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.

As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a vacation bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal will hear the matter on May 20.

The plea said that Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita suffer from “many defects and discrepancies”.

“All three criminal laws were passed and enacted without any parliamentary debate as unfortunately most of the members were under suspension during the period,” said the plea filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari.

Further, the petitioner-in-person claimed that the title of the three laws is not accurate as per the Interpretation of Statutes and does not speak about the statute and its motive but is ambiguous in nature.

In a recent judgment, the top court urged the legislature to consider making necessary changes in the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 providing punishment to the husband and his family for inflicting any cruelty on a married woman.

It said that Sections 85 and 86 of the new penal code, which is to come into force with effect from July 1, are nothing but verbatim reproduction of Section 498A of the IPC, 1860 and the issue requires a relook by the legislature taking into consideration the pragmatic realities.(IANS)

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Elections 2024: Five Top BJP Leaders Demonstrate 'Collective Leadership' In Odisha

by Hemanta Pande

Bhubaneswar, May 19: The Odisha unit of the BJP on Saturday demonstrated 'collective leadership' and held roadshows in Balasore and Kendrapara Lok Sabha seats, attended by the state’s top five leaders.

The BJP's Odisha president Manmohan Samal, Union Minister and Sambalpur LS candidate Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, party’s national vice-president Baijayant Panda and Balasore MP and party candidate Pratap Sarangi participated in the roadshows.

The top BJP leaders highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for development and 24 years of alleged “misgovernance” of Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government. They also showed people they were fighting the elections to oust the "corrupt and inefficient" BJD government.

The five leaders came down heavily on the BJD government and accused it of pushing the state’s development 50 years back.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the wave of change has picked up pace in Odisha.

"People of the state have made up their minds for a major change in the state. Due to the failure of those who have been in power for 25 years - they disappointed the Odia people - there is huge resentment. The issue is the development and self-respect of Odisha. People of Odisha are going to vote as per that," Pradhan said.

After the roadshows, the senior BJP leaders held discussions and chalked out strategies with party leaders, candidates and workers on how to win both the Balasore and Kendrapara Lok Sabha seats, besides winning in all the assembly seats under their segments.

Earlier on May 13, the five top leaders of the BJP held a joint media conference in Bhubaneswar and slammed the Naveen Patnaik government for its failure to bring prosperity to the state despite being in power for 24 years, rising rate of unemployment, atrocities on women, missing keys of 'Ratna Bhandar' of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s over-reliance on bureaucrats to run the administration etc.

The assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Odisha are being held across four phases--from May 13 to June 1.

Polling for the first phase was conducted in 28 Assembly seats and four Lok Sabha constituencies on May 13. In the fifth phase, 35 Assembly seats and five Lok Sabha constituencies will vote on May 20, 42 Assembly segments and six Lok Sabha seats on May 25 and the remaining 42 Assembly seats and six Lok Sabha constituencies in the last phase on June 1.

The results will be out on June 4.

Lok Sabha Polls: PM Modi To Cast Vote At Nishan Higher Secondary School In Ahmedabad Tomorrow

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