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Former Union Minister and MP Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said that he was "surprised" to receive the BJP's show cause notice asking him why he didn't vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections and did not take part in election campaigning. Jayant Sinha In response to BJP's Jharkhand general secretary Aditya Sahu's letter, Mr Sinha said that he voted through the postal ballot process as he was overseas for "personal commitments".  "I was very surprised to receive your letter and discover that you have released it to the media as well," Mr Sinha, who is the sitting MP from the Hazaribagh seat in Jharkhand, said in a two-page letter to Mr Sahu. Responding to Mr Sahu's charge that he has not been taking part in "organisational work and election campaigning" ever since Manish Jaiswal was declared a candidate from the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat, Mr Sinha said that he was not invited for "any party events, rallies or organizational me...

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the poor and the middle classes in India were faced with a double whammy of inflation and rising unemployment. Police remove Mahila Congress workers protesting against inflation outside the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.  NEW DELHI: Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “Mehngaai-Man,” the Congress on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP government for its “failure to curb the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities”. Addressing the media in the capital, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the poor and the middle classes in India were faced with a double whammy. On one side, they have to face backbreaking inflation and on the other, there is a rise in unemployment, she said. “Unemployment rate was the highest right now. Till now, we had heard of Superman, the Spiderman and the He-Man and now we have the Mehngaai-Man,” said Shrinate. Prices of vegetables like tomatoes, which were selling between Rs 10 and Rs 15...

  A polling agent of the BJP was removed from a polling booth in Madurai on Saturday after he objected to a woman wearing a hijab while voting. In a video that was shared widely on social media, the man claimed that the woman’s face was not visible while voting. The incident disrupted polling for some time at ward no. 8 in Al Ameen High School, Melur municipality. The booth in-charge of the BJP who raised the objection was identified as Girirajan. Officials in the video are seen informing him that they were able to verify the identity of the woman and that there was no need to question her. However, the man refused to pay heed. “I cannot accept this. How can I cross verify the person wearing hijab with the photos in this (voters) list? I will definitely raise this issue, irregularity is taking place here,” the man was heard shouting in the video. For More : https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-urban-polls-bjp-agent-woman-voter-hijab-madurai-7781245/