Punjab Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Any Possible Link Between Terrorists, Parties Not to be Taken Lightly, Says Amit Shah on Kumar Vishwas' Charges

“Any possible association between terrorists and political parties is not to be taken lightly,” Amit Shah reacts to Kumar Vishwas’ allegations against AAP convenor Avind Kejriwal’s links with Khalistan Terrorists.

Voters of Basiala village in the Garhshankar Assembly segment boycotted the polling on Sunday in protest against the closing of a railroad crossing. They refused to vote despite efforts by the administration, demanding that first the railroad on the Jalandhar-SBS Nagar-Jaijon rail track near their village be reopened. Basiala village sarpanch Hardev Singh said the crossing was closed three years ago for the reasons best known to the railway authorities. He said it caused difficulties to the inhabitants of Basiala, Bakapur Guru, Rasoolpur, Chauhra, Denowal Kalan and Dogarpur villages falling under Anandpur Lok Sabha constituency.

votes in Amritsar for Punjab assembly polls. Special arrangements were made by the Returning Officer as the two were provided with goggles to keep the secrecy of votes between them. Officials said that, in order to maintain the secrecy between the two separate voters special arrangements were made at the polling booth. “It is a very unique case. The Election Commission told us to do proper videography. They’re icons of PWD voters. They’re conjoined but two separate voters. Arrangements were made by the RO of giving them goggles so that secrecy of voting is maintained,” Gaurav Kumar, PRO told ANI.

“I’m winning with a good margin from both the regions I’m contesting from… Arvind Kejriwal is a lying man, he speaks big lies and either flips on his statements or sometimes apologizes,” Punjab CM and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi said.

Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate and two-time MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann has denied any possibility of a hung assembly, and said AAP will win “more than 80 seats” in the 117 assembly constituencies. As he visited a gurdwara in Mohali before casting vote after which he headed to Dhuri, the constituency from where he is contesting this time, News18 spoke with Mann in Ranike village after he offered prayers at the Rankeshwara Mahadev Temple.

As Punjab voted today in all 117 assembly constituencies, News18 spoke with incumbent chief minister and Congress’ CM face Charanjit Singh Channi as he was going through a story in the newspaper that mentioned Dera Sacha Sauda’s support to the BJP and Akalis. Dera’s support for the BJP brings mixed reactions for Channi who said he’s “not at all worried”. He told News18, “I am used to everyone targeting me whether it’s the BJP or the Kejriwal.” READ MORE

Nearly 70 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in the assembly elections in Punjab, according to official data. Polling was held in the state from 8 am to 6 pm, but both have released voting data only till 5 pm. The average voter turnout for the single-phase elections to the 117-member assembly in Punjab was 69.65 percent.