The feeble response of the organisers was a reflection of the sad state of affairs. It is symptomatic of the same syndrome that defeats the purpose of free speech
In the school calendar, a note could well be seen which requests the parents to “vote (for) BJP” in the BMC polls in order to “save Mumbai”
With a city inhabiting over 2.2 crore people, only 46 lakhs votes were cast in 2012 BMC civic polls, the average voter turn out was 44%.
Narendra Modi may well have been trying to tailor the message of equitable development to suit the economic demography of Fatehpur.
Ravi Kishan was earlier a member of Congress party who also contested Loksabha election in the year 2014 from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh but lost the seat.
The voting was halted for hours as the O Panneerselvam-led AIADMK, opposition DMK and Congress demanded secret voting but was denied by the Speaker already.
Kamal Haasan, through a tweet, asked the MLAs to show some respect and termed them as people of "Tamizhnadu".
O Panneerselvam accused the MLA's of betraying late Jayalalithaa and asserted that Amma's traitors have subverted the democracy.