BJP leadership under fire for poll debacle
The Hindu
Meet discusses decline in vote share
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State and district leadership has come under severe criticism for the shoddy performance of the party in Kozhikode in the Assembly polls. An online meeting attended by State president K. Surendran, former president Kummanam Rajashekaran, State organising secretary M. Ganesh and district president V.K. Sajeevan to review the performance of the party saw participants putting the blame squarely on the leadership for the lack of coordination and ineffectiveness in the elections.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.