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Polling officers in Gujarat needed to rob a two-day bus drag back and forth into the Gir forest, the final final natural habitat of the Asiatic lion, to put of dwelling up a voting space in Banej on Tuesday to guarantee the lone voter, a priest, could doubtless doubtless vote.
Reiterating the selection of ‘Every Vote Counts’, the Election Charge, put of dwelling up a determined polling booth for a lone voter in Banej, in the Gir forest on Tuesday (Would possibly perhaps doubtless well 07).
Since 2007, Mahant Haridasji Udasin, the one registered voter in Banej, which comes under the Junagadh Lok Sabha seat, has had a determined polling space for himself. He serves as a priest at a shut by Shiva temple. A booth has been assign up in the forest put of job, come the temple. A polling group used to be assigned to put of dwelling up the booth and fabricate all required preparations for Mahant Udasin to bid his honest to vote.
The ECI promises to attain each and each voter, wherever they are continuously, since India is present process the supreme democratic bid with Lok Sabha elections. Electoral laws stipulate that each and each voter must be no greater than 2 km (1.2 miles) far from a polling put, and about 969 million persons are eligible to vote this year.
Polling officers in Gujarat needed to rob a two-day bus drag back and forth into the Gir forest, the final final natural habitat of the Asiatic lion, to put up a polling space in Banej on Tuesday to guarantee the priest could doubtless doubtless vote. Every polling put will have to comprise two law enforcement officers and at the least six poll workers, fixed with the electoral legislation. The Election Charge of India shared a post-vote image of Mahant Haridasji Udasin with an inked finger on X with the caption, “A lone voter casts his vote at the extraordinary polling space put of dwelling up in the Gir forest, Banej, #Gujarat.”
Gujarat Lok Sabha elections 2024
Over 55% of voters turned out till 5 pm in Gujarat’s 25 parliamentary seats for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on Would possibly perhaps doubtless well 7. There comprise been 265 candidates, including a Minister of Train named Devusinh Chauhan and three Cabinet Ministers: Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Parshottam Rupala. The elections were held in 25 of the Train’s 26 seats for the explanation that incumbent BJP won the Surat seat unchallenged after eight out of 9 licensed contenders withdrew their papers.
(With inputs from agencies)
