80 pc polling stations in Bastar 'highly sensitive'
Nearly 80 per cent polling stations
in Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh
have been designated as "highly sensitive", leading to the
deployment of more than 25,000 security personnel to ensure
peaceful polling tomorrow.
Security forces are keeping strict vigil over Bastar
constituency as Maoists have planted hundreds of landmines
to disturb the election process, a Home Ministry official
said.
"Of the 1,797 polling booths in Bastar, 1,407 are deemed
highly sensitive," the official said, adding, "We have
deployed more than 25,000 securitymen to ensure peaceful
polling."
Altogether 238 polling booths have been relocated for
security reasons.
There are 12,98,971 voters in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency
and the geographical area of the undivided Bastar district is
similar to Kerala.
Home Ministry has given special instructions for strict
vigil during the polling as there were 190 violent incidents
on the polling days in Naxal affected states during 2009
general elections.
24 people, including some security personnel, were killed
on the polling days in Naxal-hit areas in 2009.
Six helicopters are being used to ferry 153 polling teams
in Bastar due to security reasons.
Eight candidates including AAP's Soni Sori, who was
arrested for her alleged links with Naxals, are in the fray.
BJP has fielded Dinesh Kashyap, while the Congress
candidate is Deepak Karma, whose father Mahendra Karma was
killed in a Maoist attack, which also claimed lives of nearly
30 others, before Chhattisgarh Assembly polls in May 2013.
Nearly 80 per cent polling stations
in Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh
have been designated as "highly sensitive", leading to the
deployment of more than 25,000 security personnel to ensure
peaceful polling tomorrow.
Security forces are keeping strict vigil over Bastar
constituency as Maoists have planted hundreds of landmines
to disturb the election process, a Home Ministry official
said.
"Of the 1,797 polling booths in Bastar, 1,407 are deemed
highly sensitive," the official said, adding, "We have
deployed more than 25,000 securitymen to ensure peaceful
polling."
Altogether 238 polling booths have been relocated for
security reasons.
There are 12,98,971 voters in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency
and the geographical area of the undivided Bastar district is
similar to Kerala.
Home Ministry has given special instructions for strict
vigil during the polling as there were 190 violent incidents
on the polling days in Naxal affected states during 2009
general elections.
24 people, including some security personnel, were killed
on the polling days in Naxal-hit areas in 2009.
Six helicopters are being used to ferry 153 polling teams
in Bastar due to security reasons.
Eight candidates including AAP's Soni Sori, who was
arrested for her alleged links with Naxals, are in the fray.
BJP has fielded Dinesh Kashyap, while the Congress
candidate is Deepak Karma, whose father Mahendra Karma was
killed in a Maoist attack, which also claimed lives of nearly
30 others, before Chhattisgarh Assembly polls in May 2013.
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