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Congress MP Nakul Nath, who is former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's son, was allegedly stopped from entering a polling booth in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Friday morning.
In a video posted by news agency ANI, some workers, allegedly belonging to the BJP, can be seen stopping Nath from entering the booth, while a Congress party worker can be seen defending him, saying “it is not right”.
#WATCH | Congress MP Nakul Nath, who is also the son of former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath was allegedly stopped from entering a polling booth in Bararipura, Chhindwara by BJP workers. pic.twitter.com/SwS4RClW7D
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2023
Violence was also reported at polling booths 147 and 148 of the Dimani Assembly constituency in Mirghan earlier in the day, where people resorted to stone pelting. One person also sustained injuries in the violence, reported ANI.
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According to the police, the situation is now under control and heavy security has been deployed.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh Elections | Heavy security deployed outside polling booths 147-148 of Dimani Assembly constituency, in Mirghan, Morena where one person was injured in an incident of stone pelting. The situation is now under control. https://t.co/2Fc0HRQwV3 pic.twitter.com/4BywZtlUrE
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2023
On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anupam Rajan said that the polling is underway in a “peaceful manner”.
"Voting is being held peacefully across the state. There is no report of any issue from anywhere. We are continuously tracking the situation. All the collectors, sector officers are on the field," Rajan told reporters.
On Friday, Madhya Pradesh went to polls to decide the electoral fate of 2,533 candidates in 230 Assembly seats, including political top guns like state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his predecessor and rival Kamal Nath.
Polling will be held till 6 pm in all the Assembly segments except in Baihar, Lanjhi and Paraswada seats in Balaghat district, 55 booths in Mandla district's Bichhiya and Mandla seats, and 40 polling stations in Dindori district, all Naxalite affected, where voting time is till 3 pm.
