INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bhopal: Incidents of firing and booth capturing marked the Assembly by-elections in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.However, the by-elections in
where 16 Assembly seats went to by-elections on Tuesday however witnessed low turnout of voters.Gwalior-Chambal is considered the stronghold
of senior BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.Official reports reaching here said miscreants opened fire outside polling booths at Jatabar and
Pura under Sumawali Assembly constituency in Morena district.Four people were arrested in connection with the incident of firing at Jatabar
miscreants stormed the polling booth in Lolai village under Mehgaon Assembly constituency in Bhind district and tried to snatch away the
electronic voting machine.However, the polling officials in the booth foiled their attempt to capture the booth
Later, the miscreants fled the spot.The incident disrupted polling in the booth for some time
Polling resumed after police took control of the situation.Workers of Congress and BJP clashed at Malroad polling booth in Gwalior Assembly
a FIR against state minister Gopal Bhargav for campaigning in Bajna on Monday night in violation of model code of conduct.Meanwhile, former
chief minister and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh demanded re-polling in Sumawali Assembly constituency for alleged denial of voting
by women electorates by some people in several polling booths.By-elections to 28 Assembly constituencies in the state necessitated the
resignation of 25 Congress MLAs and demise of 3 other legislators.Results of the Assembly by-polls are scheduled to be declared on November
