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BJP approaches poll panel with an intriguing complaint against Congress

BJP has stated the biometric units placed at the reservation counter of Indore railway station are unwittingly helping its rival party

Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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A BJP supporter with painted body sports the party symbol, lotus, head gear during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at an election campaign for Lok Sabha polls, at Taherpur city of Ranaghat in Nadia, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Photo: PTI

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Palm in glove?

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has approached the Election Commission with an intriguing complaint against the Congress. In its complaint, the BJP has stated the biometric units placed at the reservation counter of Indore railway station are unwittingly helping its rival party. How? People are asked to use their palms to obtain their tokens from these biometric machines. The party said the way the palms must be placed before the machine resembles the election symbol of the Congress. Indore is a BJP stronghold but in this election Sumitra Mahajan (eight-time MP) has been

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