Cong-BJP fracas as students prevented from voting at Capitanio booth

Cong-BJP fracas as students prevented from voting at Capitanio booth

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, May 5, 2013: Chaos prevailed at a polling booth at Capitanio on May 5, Sunday when BJP workers reportedly prevented a few students residing in a hostel at Kankanady from voting.

It is learnt, when the students arrived the BJP workers prevented them saying they were not from the city and should vote in their hometown. This despite the names of the students enlisted in the voters’ list.

 

When news spread, Congress workers arrived leading to a heated altercation. Security forces including BSF personnel and paramilitary forces had to rush to the spot when things seemed to be going from bad to worse.

Though Congress leaders including JR Lobo, the Congress candidate from Mangalore South requested the police to ensure that the students were allowed to vote, the police reportedly said they couldn’t do anything much.

Even a teacher from Tirthahalli who arrived to vote was prevented from voting despite her name in the voters’ list. Even the student group returned without voting. Police maintained tight security in the area following the incident.