My Vote 2019: Phase 4 Polls, Violence in West Bengal & More

The election season is in full swing as we move on to the fourth phase. Hey guys, I’m Sonal and you’re listening to the My Vote 2019 Podcast, your one stop shop for daily election related developments.

A total of 72 constituencies spread over nine states voted today in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. One of the most interesting battles of this phase is in Begusarai, where Union Minister Giriraj Singh, former JNU Student Union President and CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar are at loggerheads. For Maharashtra, it was the final phase of polling and saw the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Sachin Tendulkar come out and vote.

West Bengal again saw a violent day of polling as TMC workers clashed with security forces at the polling booth in Asansol. BJP’s Babul Supriyo’s car was also vandalized, allegedly by TMC. The TMC had also filed a complaint with the Election Commission, against Supriyo for violating the model code of conduct during an election rally in West Bengal. The TMC alleged that the BJP theme which was banned by poll authorities, was played out in public.

In another alleged violation of the model code of conduct, East Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party candidate, Atishi filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Gautam Gambhir on 28th April. Atishi has sought a 72-hour campaign ban on Gambhir for carrying out a rally in Jangpura on 25th April without permission.

The Election Commission strongly condemned Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for threatening Muslim voters during her speech in Sultanpur, earlier this month. She was warned against repeating such conduct. If you remember, she was also banned for 48 hours after she made these remarks on 15th April.

And in the last update for today, a 50 year old poll officer at the Lodhikheda polling booth Madhya Pradesh died of cardiac arrest after she arrived at the booth. In another incident, an assistant sub-inspector deployed on poll security duty died after suffering a heart attack in Sidhi district.

That was your quick 2019 My Vote Elections wrap for the day. For other podcasts, log on to The Quint’s website and check out our podcast section!

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Release date

Lydbog: 29. april 2019