Assembly Elections Live: 69% Voter Turnout In Manipur, 38% In UP Till 1 PM Manipur and uttar Pradesh Elections.
Voting is being held in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur today. People of India’s most populous state are voting in the penultimate phase for 49 seats, while in Manipur, 38 seats are being contested.
Ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh’s Lok Sabha constituency – with 10 assembly seats – remains in focus where voting is being held today. Top politicians including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Congress vice chief Rahul Gandhi and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Maywati are scrambling for public attention in Varanasi today which votes next in UP’s last phase of elections on March 8.
In Manipur, where voting began today in the first of two phases, the ongoing economic blockade led by the United Naga Council has become a key election issue.
PM Modi has vowed to end the blockade which has crippled the state’s transport and supply lines for over 4 months if voted to power. His BJP has criticised the Congress government, which has ruled the state for the last 15 years, over the blockade calling it “handiwork of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh”.