At the end of Phase V polling, 70% of India would have voted. Will BJP be able to retain its 2014 tally? Or is Congress set to make new gains? On today's episode of "Daily Dispatch," we analyse this question with Sanjay Pugalia, Editorial Director, Quintillion Media.
LS Polls Phase 5
Polling was held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar, four in Jharkhand and two seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Poll-related violence has been reported in J&K’s Pulwama and WB’s Barrackporre. The BJP had bagged 12 of the 14 seats in UP in 2014; Sonia Gandhi won in Raebareli for Congress and Rahul won Amethi
In the second grenade attack during polling in Pulwama, terrorists hurled a second grenade at a polling booth on Monday, 6 May, CNN-News18 reported. The grenade reportedly exploded outside the booth. In a separate incident, a petrol bomb was hurled at a polling booth in Shopian. No injuries were reported. Read more here.
Here’s the press conference held by the Election Commission of India after the fifth phase of polling concluded.
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