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[00:00:10] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama.
[00:00:14] I am your host Meenu and these are the major news stories of Saturday May 25, 2024.
[00:00:23] As the Lok Sabha elections near its conclusion, an analysis by the Pol-Rights-Bodi Association
[00:00:28] for Democratic Reforms reveals that the ruling Bharatiya Senadar Party feels most number
[00:00:33] of candidates with criminal charges.
[00:00:39] Pune court remanded grandfather of juvenile involved in Porsche crash in police custody
[00:00:44] till May 28.
[00:00:46] He was arrested for the wrongful confinement of family tribal.
[00:00:53] Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward
[00:00:57] classes of reservations by the India Bloc, which he accused of enslavement and performing
[00:01:03] mishra for the Muslim World Bank.
[00:01:08] Sixth phase of the general election was held today with 58 constituencies in six
[00:01:13] states and two union territories going to pause.
[00:01:19] A special team of the crime branch will probe into the alleged bar bribery allegations
[00:01:23] in Kerala.
[00:01:24] The crime branch would carry out a preliminary investigation without registering a case.
[00:01:30] Let's get into the details.
[00:01:35] As the Lok Sabha elections nears its conclusion, an analysis by the Pol-Rights-Bodi
[00:01:39] Association for Democratic Reforms reveals that of the 8,337 candidates in the fray,
[00:01:47] 644 have criminal cases registered against them.
[00:01:52] Among the major political parties, the ruling Bharatiya Senadar Party stands out as it
[00:01:57] has fielded the most number of candidates facing criminal charges.
[00:02:02] A staggering 41.5% of BJP's candidates, 183 out of 440 have criminal cases against
[00:02:09] them.
[00:02:10] In comparison, 39.75% of Congress candidates have similar charges.
[00:02:17] Other notable parties with candidates facing criminal cases include the Samajwadi Party,
[00:02:23] 39 candidates, BSP 24 candidates, Trinamore Congress 19 candidates and CPM 19 candidates.
[00:02:32] Pune caught on Saturday romantic the grandfather of the journal involved in the Porsche
[00:02:37] crash in police custody till May 28.
[00:02:41] Police arrested the grandfather for alleged wrongful confinement of the driver and
[00:02:45] to claim that he was driving the car at the time of the accident on May 19, police said.
[00:02:52] The police said that the father and grandfather of the 17-year-old minor offered cash and
[00:02:57] gift to the family driver and later threatened him to take the blame for the accident.
[00:03:03] According to Cops, the driver and his family will be given police protection.
[00:03:08] After the accident, the driver gave a statement at the police station that he
[00:03:12] was at the wheel when the accident took place, but it was revealed that a teen was
[00:03:17] driving the car, police added.
[00:03:19] The Porsche, allegedly driven by the teenager, who the police claim was drunk at that time,
[00:03:25] killed two motorbike-born software engineers in the Kalyaninagar area of the city in
[00:03:29] the early hours of Sunday, May 19.
[00:03:35] Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to thwart alleged attempts to
[00:03:38] rob Dalit and backward classes of reservations by the Interbloc, which he accused of
[00:03:43] end slavment and performing musraaf for the Muslim World Bank.
[00:03:47] Addressing back-to-back rallies in Bihar, the Prime Minister also charged the opposition
[00:03:52] coalition with indulging in scaremongering and claimed that he had been working without
[00:03:57] fear to wipe out terrorism and root out corruption.
[00:04:01] Modi claimed that the opposition alliance has decided that if they are voted to power,
[00:04:06] the first thing they would do is to change the constitution so that even the court
[00:04:10] is unable to overrule their attempts to divert reservations to Muslims.
[00:04:17] Sixth phase of the general election was held today with 58 constituencies in six states
[00:04:23] and two union territories going to polls.
[00:04:26] In the national capital, President Draupadi Murmur, Union Ministers S.J.Shankar and
[00:04:30] Hardeep Singh Puri, Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal, Delhi Minister Adish Shri,
[00:04:35] Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and outgoing East Delhi MP Gautam
[00:04:40] Gandhi were among those who cast their votes.
[00:04:43] Voting began at 7 a.m. and people were seen queuing up at polling stations.
[00:04:48] Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kejriwal and Congress President Mallikarjun Kargi urged
[00:04:54] voters to exercise their right to franchise in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha
[00:04:59] elections in large numbers.
[00:05:01] 11.13 crore voters, 5.84 crore male, 5.29 crore female and 5,120 third gender are
[00:05:11] eligible to exercise their franchise in the sixth phase.
[00:05:15] The EC has deployed around 11.4 lakh polling officials at 1.14 lakh polling stations.
[00:05:25] A special team of the crime branch led by DYSP Binnu Kumar will probe into the alleged
[00:05:30] bar bribery allegations in the state. Manorama News reported that the crime
[00:05:34] branch would carry out a preliminary investigation without registering a case.
[00:05:39] The alleged bar bribery row made headlines after an audio clip,
[00:05:43] reportedly of a bar association member allegedly asking other members to pay
[00:05:47] money for a favourable liquor policy, was aired on TV channels.
[00:05:52] The audio clip triggered a political storm in the state as reports claimed that the
[00:05:56] Kerala government was planning to withdraw the dry day norm.
[00:05:59] In the leaked message, Ani Mohan, the president of the Idugi district chapter, is heard demanding
[00:06:05] Rs 2.5 lakh from each member. The probe team is expected to interrogate
[00:06:10] Ani Mohan to clarify the allegations.
[00:06:15] That brings us to the end of this episode. Thanks for listening to Daily News,
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