Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu and Kerala will be held on April 6.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be crisscrossing between Kerala and Tamil Nadu today to campaign in support of NDA candidates ahead of April 6 polls. PM Modi will first address a public rally at Tamil Nadu’s Amma Thidal Ground in Madurai (11.30 am) and then he will move to Kerala where he will address a public meeting at RG Indoor Stadium in Pathanamthitta. He will then return to Tamil Nadu to address a public meeting at Vivekananda College Ground in Kanyakumari (4.15 pm). He will then return to Kerala’s Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram to address a public meeting at 6.15 pm. BJP President JP Nadda will campaign in Assam today for the third and the last phase of the poll. He will address rallies in Patacharkuchi, Boko and Chandmari in East Guwahati. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in West Bengal where he will address two rallies – in Sitalkuchi and Kalchini and will hold two roadshows – in Baruipur Paschim and Arambag. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will hold three public rallies in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar today for third phase polls.
For Congress, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be in Assam to campaign for the Mahajot alliance. AIMIM leader Waris Pathan will be in Tamil Nadu for two days starting today to campaign for the AMMK-AIMIM alliance. Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and his rival MK Stalin will also be campaigning across the state today. In Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan will lead the LDF’s campaign. Yesterday, second phase polls were held in Assam and West Bengal. While Assam recorded around 78 per cent polling, West Bengal recorded around 84 per cent voter turnout.
Highlights
Tamil Nadu: Income Tax department search underway at the premises of Sabareesan, son-in-law of DMK president MK Stalin. Apart from his residence, several other places connected to him are also being searched. Details awaited.
Last night a polled EVM machine was being taken in Patharkandi Vidhan Sabha, Assam when a crowd intercepted it as car didn't belong to EC. As per sources, EC car had broken down & officials took a lift in a passing car that was later identified as belonging to a BJP candidate. Sources inform that an FIR has been lodged on unknown persons who attacked the car carrying the polled EVM. Further investigations are on about the sequence of events, the EVM was not tampered with during the crowd attack & is in the custody of the administration.
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Kochi: A Youth Congress worker painted his house in Vypin with faces of party leaders incl Rahul Gandhi, Oommen Chandy, R Chennithala & promises from UDF manifesto "Took 8 days to complete, shows love for party. It'll be here until next polls," he said.
TMC's Dibyendu Adhikari writes to East Midnapore DM over Nandigram. His letter reads, "Considering present political situation in the area, I personally apprehend that existing communal harmony may be blatantly disrupted...I request you to take precautionary measures in advance."