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After the incident, NCPCR issued a letter to the Election Commission, stating: “The children could be seen making derogatory remarks and using abusive languages in the presence of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi"

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu has requested the Election Commission to conduct elections using ballot paper.
 

According to the new guidelines, the state police were relegated only to the middle of the three-cordon set up at polling booths. The outer and the inner would be manned by central forces. 

The decision was taken after sporadic incidents of violence and disruption marred the past phases in 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bengal. The BJP too had complained to the EC in this regard on numerous occasions. 
 

PM Modi in his speech slammed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Wayanad and had "indicated" that the Kerala constituency had more voters from the minority community

On Monday, a total of Seventy-two Lok Sabha seats across these nine states went to vote. More than 12 crore voters were eligible to exercise their rights to seal the fate of 961 candidates in this phase, according to the Election Commission.

Union minister Babul Supriyo caught an official of the election commission away from his desk during his visits to polling booths.

Earlier, Trinamool's Dinesh Trivedi had lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, taking strong exception to the fact that "BJP" was written under its symbol.

The district election officer has requested the Delhi Police to file an FIR against Gambhir for violating model Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Allegedly, Gambhir held a public meeting and a road show without police or EC permission on Friday in Delhi’s Jangpura area.

Karnataka state BJP president Yeddyurappa has urged the Election Commission not to relax its model code of conduct. He feels that the relaxation will give the state government licence to take up projects related to infrastructure, and that it will have an impact on the other states which will go to polls.

In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the chief electoral officer of Andhra Pradesh is spreading misinformation and exceeding his jurisdiction. He also said that the CEO warned ADG (Intelligence) not to report to the chief minister.

Earlier, the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was banned from being released during the elections. The matter is sub judice with the Supreme Court as the commission has submitted its report to the SC after watching the movie and had made its recommendations. 

The EC also ordered three websites to pull down the trailer of the movie that releases on May 3.

The Election Commission (EC) submitted its report in a sealed cover on the biopic "PM Narendra Modi" starring Vivek Oberoi to the Supreme Court on Monday.