Separatists continue poll boycott efforts in KashmirMay 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference or APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have again urged voters to boycott the fifthnd last phase of general elections. Addressing a large gathering at the Jama Masjid on Friday, he urged the people of north Kashmir, who will be casting their votes on May 13, in the last and final phase, to stay away from the polling process.
Re-polling underway in Chhattisgarh amid Maoist threatApril 27th, 2009 RAIPUR - Re-polling was underway Monday in 25 booths in three Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh where Maoists had disrupted the electoral process Thursday. Polling began at 7 a.m.
Re-polling held in Chhattisgarh amid Maoist boycottApril 27th, 2009 RAIPUR - Re-polling at 25 polling booths spread over three Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh was carried out largely peacefully Monday, barring incidents of firing by Maoist rebels in two booths in the Bastar constituency, election officials said. No polling officials or securitymen were injured in the firing by Maoists guerrillas who tried to terrorise the voters in Dantewada district, officials said.
Maoists blow up school building in JharkhandApril 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Maoists blasted a school building in Giridih district of Jharkhand as it was used as a makeshift camp by security forces, the police said Monday. No one was injured in the incident.
Maoist threat keeps hundreds in Orissa away from pollsApril 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of villagers in two Orissa districts Thursday stayed away from the elections due to the poll-boycott threat by Maoists who attacked four polling stations and burnt several voting machines during the first phase of ballotting in the state, officials said. Maoists gave a call to boycott polls across the state and even threatened to chop off the hands of people who go to cast their votes.
Maoists block roads in Orissa, call for poll boycottApril 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists Wednesday felled trees, dug up roads in three districts of Orissa to create hurdles for the poll officials in the run-up to the first phase of elections Thursday, police said. The Maoists have called for a complete boycott of the polls.
Maoists burn JD-U candidate's campaign vehicleApril 14th, 2009 PATNA - Suspected Maoists set on fire the election campaign vehicle of Mahabali Singh, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) candidate from Bihar's Karakat constituency, early Tuesday, police said. The vehicle was burnt in Aurangabad district, about 150 km from here, on the last day of the campaign for the seat.
Dam affected villagers threaten to boycott pollsApril 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - Over 30,000 villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district - where many villages have submerged due to a dam project - have decided to boycott the polls in protest against the power plant on the Pench river. 'People of 32 villages who have been effected due to the Pench project will Tuesday take a pledge at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal to boycott the polls,' Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Aradhana Bhargava told IANS.
Displaced farmers in Maharashtra to boycott pollsApril 10th, 2009 PAITHAN - Farmers in Maharashtra, displaced by Jaikwadi Dam, have decided to boycott the polls, as they are yet to receive their dues. Residents of about 118 villages displaced by Jaikwadi Dam, 50 kilometers from Aurangabad, have been long demanding their dues from the authorities but without any success.
Fearing Maoist violence, Bihar seeks four IAF choppersMarch 26th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar has sought four Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters from the central government for aerial surveillance, particlarly in areas hit by Maoist insurgency, during the Lok Sabha elections in April-May. 'The government has sought four helicopters from the centre for aerial surveillance in Maoist affected districts during the polls,' said an official in the state home department.
Four tribals killed by Maoists in ChhattisgarhMarch 24th, 2009 RAIPUR - The police Monday recovered the bodies of four tribals allegedly kidnapped by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said. 'The rebels had abducted four men, all aged around 30, late Sunday from Tarlaguda village.
CPI-Maoist calls for boycott of general elections, warns people not to voteMarch 19th, 2009 PATNA/RANCHI - The Bihar-Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh special area committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a boycott of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday. The Maoists issued a press release, which said that the coming Lok Sabha elections would give an opportunity to the political parties to misrule the country for another five years.
Maoists in Bihar call for boycott of general electionsMarch 18th, 2009 PATNA - Maoists in Bihar have given a call for boycott of the general elections scheduled in April and May and have decided to intensify their struggle, said a statement issued by the banned outfit Wednesday. 'We have urged people to boycott the general elections in 2009 to strengthen our struggle for them,' Maoist spokesman Gopal said here in a press release issued Wednesday.
Jharkhand Maoists call poll boycottMarch 17th, 2009 LATEHAR/CHATRA - Maoists in Jharkhand call for boycott of the general elections, which is scheduled to be held next month. In Latehar and Chatra district of Jharkhand, the Maoists have painted the walls with writings, threatening villagers from casting votes and with dire consequences if they take part in the polls.
Maoists threaten to attack politicians ahead of pollsMarch 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists rebels in Orissa's Malkangiri district have distributed hundreds of leaflets and posters asking people to boycott the general elections and threatening politicians who canvass for votes. Rebels of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have also said they would burn vehicles used in campaigning.
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