Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed at a polling booth in Chennai’s Mylapore Assembly constituency on Thursday after a confrontation broke out between BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan and DMK polling agents over alleged voting irregularities.The incident occurred at a polling station located in Alwarpet, where Tamilisai raised objections, alleging that certain individuals were allowed to cast their votes without proper identification.Her claims were immediately contested by DMK age…
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Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Actor and political party leader Vijay, who exercised his right to vote at the Neelankarai polling station in Chennai, on Thursday appealed to the Election Commission to direct state transport authorities and district election officers to immediately press additional government buses into service exclusively for ferrying stranded voters from bus terminals to polling stations. In a letter to the Election Commission, Vijay claimed that that thousands of voters were strande…
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu recorded a mixed voter turnout in the early hours of polling on Thursday, with the Kongu region leading the state at close to 20 per cent participation, while Chennai and several southern districts lagged behind.Within the first two hours of voting, districts in the Kongu belt reported comparatively higher turnout figures. Tiruppur led with 20.38 per cent, followed by Namakkal at 19.83 per cent, Erode at 19.55 per cent, and Salem at 19.46 per cent, indicating …