Congress alleges 19 poll violations in Gujarat

The Congress has registered 19 complaints of poll irregularities during the voting for the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat on Tuesday.

Gujarat Congress President Shaktisinh Gohil filed a complaint with the Election Commission, accusing the BJP's booth representatives across all polling stations in the state of violating the law by allegedly carrying pens bearing a lotus symbol and a photo of PM Narendra Modi.

Gohil said that when he arrived at the Sector-19 polling booth to cast his vote, he found a BJP polling agent seated inside with a pen bearing a lotus symbol.

In another incident, Ganiben Thakor, the Congress candidate from Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, has alleged that youths from outside the district used fake police plates on their vehicles outside the polling station in Siawada village of Danta taluka to coerce voters into supporting the BJP.