Rajasthan Election: Boycott of elections and voters on stretchers
During voting for the assembly elections in rajasthan on saturday (25 November), while villagers in one village
boycotted the voting, minor clashes took place between supporters of the candidates at some places. However,
overall voting has been peaceful so far. people of Charwali village of Pindwara Abu constituency of Sirohi
district boycotted the voting.
An official said that the demand of the villagers is to change their Gram panchayat and construction of a service
road along the highway near their village. He says that many road accidents have happened on the road
connecting the village to the highway, hence there is a need for a service road. There are 890 voters in the village.
Officials tried to persuade them to vote.
Political agent dies at polling booth
An agent of a political party died on saturday (25 November) in Pali district of Rajasthan. According to officials,
Agent Shanti Lal probably died due to heart failure. An official said that Shanti Lal was a political party agent at
booth number 47 in Sumerpur constituency and he collapsed there. He was taken to the nearest hospital. From
there he was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The officer said, perhaps this
happened due to heart failure.
Clash between two groups in Fatehpur
62 year old Satyendra Arora died of a heart attack at a polling booth in Udaipur. An official said that Arora
collapsed at the polling booth. Family members took him to the nearest hospital, where doctors declared him
dead. On the other hand, stone pelting took place after a clash between two groups in Fatehpur, Sikar. police said
that this incident happened near a polling booth. police Officer Indraj Singh said that a policeman was injured in
stone pelting between two parties at booth number 128. A clash has been reported between two groups of
supporters of two candidates in bari seat of Dholpur.