LDF, UDF each declare help of Lord Ayyappa as Kerala sees 55% polling by 3 pm
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Over 55% of the citizens within the state had forged their votes by 3 pm within the Assembly election and the byelection to Malappuram Lok Sabha seat, being held on Tuesday.
The Sabarimala difficulty dominated the political discourse on voting day as effectively. While Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan opined that Lord Ayyappa and different deities had been with the LDF, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala stated the LDF authorities would face the wrath of Lord Ayyappa and in addition of the individuals.
Minor clashes between BJP and CPM staff had been reported from Kazhakkoottam constituency. Several individuals, together with ladies, sustained accidents within the conflict at Kattayikonam. BJP staff alleged that the CPM males unleashed violence on them once they had been distributing slips to voters.
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Bogus voting was reported from Parassala constituency. The votes of two electors above the age of 80 had been discovered to be polled in postal ballots regardless that they didn’t apply for it.
A 60-year-old man collapsed and died in the course of the LDF-UDF conflict at Pathiyankara close to Haripad in Alappuzha district. The deceased was recognized as Sharngadharan of Meenatheril, Ward 7 at Thrikunnapuzha. Police stated he collapsed when LDF activists attacked the home of a Congress activist close to his home. The physique was shifted to Alappuzha Medical College.
Karthiyayani, 70, collapsed after casting her vote close to the gate of the Vithunassery sales space at Nenmara in Palakkad district. She was rushed to the Nenmara hospital had been she died later.
