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PM Modi says Pakistan meddling in Gujarat polls

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by BJP workers during an election rally in Sanand on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Archis MohanPTI New Delhi/Ahmedabad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged Pakistan was interfering in the Gujarat Assembly polls, even as Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi continued attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments at the Centre and in Gujarat for benefitting only a handful of industrialists.
 
The Election Commission, in the meanwhile, said the final voter turnout in the first phase of the Gujarat elections for 89 seats on Saturday stood at 66.75 per cent. The poll panel had on Saturday declared an estimated 68 per cent voter turnout, which it corrected on Sunday. In the 2012 elections, 71.32 per cent voter turnout

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