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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections took place yesterday in 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and union territories. In many places, up to 60 percent voting took place, while there were some areas where the voting percentage was zero (0). Voting has been boycotted in some areas of Tamil Nadu.
Residents of at least a dozen villages in Tamil Nadu boycotted the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. By doing so he expressed his opposition to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government.
In Eknapuram village of Kanchipuram district, most of the local people did not come to vote. They have been protesting against the state's proposal to build a second airport at Parandur for more than 600 days. RL Elango, who is leading the protest, said, “Out of 1,400 votes cast in Ekannapuram, only 21 people – who are government employees – voted. “No resident and no farmer voted in this election.”
“The government has ignored our concerns for more than 600 days,” he said. Soon after the election dates were announced, we decided to boycott the elections. 18 people (senior citizens and disabled people) who had opted for postal vote. He also refused.” To vote.
The DMK government has proposed to build a second greenfield airport at Parandur along with the Chennai international airport. The project will require land acquisition from Ekanapuram and its surrounding villages. The government had earlier announced that they would compensate each family member affected by land acquisition at the rate of 3.5 times the market rate, besides providing alternative land for housing and government jobs.