Assam: BPF worker detained over rigging accusations at Kokrajhar polling booth

Tensions ran high at a polling booth in the Science College, Kokrajhar town amid the ongoing Lok Sabha polls in Assam. 

A worker from the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) was taken into custody following accusations of rigging at the polling booth. 

The incident occurred after a group of BPF workers, accompanied by Sewly Mohilary, wife of BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary, arrived at the polling booth. 

Sewly Mohilary and some BPF workers were subsequently embroiled in a dispute. 

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Police allegedly also prevented Sewly Mohilary from proceeding further.

Earlier today, Khampha Borgyari, the candidate representing the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) in the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency, exercised his voting privilege at The Basubari Primary School polling station in Chirang on May 7.

Simultaneously, Assam cabinet minister Urkhao Gaura Brahma, along with his family, participated in the voting process at their ancestral village's Batabari ME School polling station.

Amidst this electoral activity, there is a sense of anticipation within the NDA government regarding the outcome of the election. 

The NDA-backed candidate from the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), Jayant Basumatary, is expected to emerge victorious.