UP, Gujarat, UT, Punjab- Election 2007

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<b>Liquor fest makes EC fume</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hours before the elections, Crates of whiskey were brought out and distributed to villages in proportion to the votes the party is likely to get.

“The thekas (liquor shops) have closed but that makes no difference to us because liquor is being supplied freely by political parties,” a voter, Lakhwinder Singh said.
When CNN-IBN went to Sialba Majra village, just outside Chandigarh, <b>posing as Congress supporters and asked for a drink, crates of alcohol were shown hidden under bales of hay.</b>
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