Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Campaign ends for 7 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar

Campaign ends for 7 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar

Loudspeakers fell silent this evening
with campaigning coming to an end for the second phase voting
to seven Lok Sabha seats in Bihar on April 17.
     Tight security arrangements have been put in place as
many of the constituencies fall in Maoist-hit areas.
     Voting in Patna and nearby districts would decide the
fate of 117 candidates, including actor-politician Shatrughan
Sinha, former Home Secretary R K Singh, Lalu Prasad's eldest
daughter Misa Bharti and her two uncles Ramkripal Yadav and
Ranjan Yadav.
A total of 11,85,07,86 electors would exercise their
franchise in 11,846 polling stations in Patna Sahib, Nalanda,
Patliputra, Jehanabad, Munger, Ara and Buxar Parliamentary
Constituencies.
     Keeping up the BJP momentum, its Prime Ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi addressed rallies at Jehanabad, Ara
and Bikram in Patliputra seats on April 10.
     BJP veteran L K Advani made his maidan poll campaign in
Bihar by addressing rallies at Banka and Katihar on April 14.
     Cinestar Shatrughan Sinha, seeking re-election from Patna
Sahib on BJP ticket, mainly campaigned for himself conducting
a large number of rallies and road shows.
His Congress rival and Bhojpuri actor Kunal Singh worked
hard to give him a challenge on the seat in the state capital.
     Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Ramvilas Paswan
and former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi criss
crossed constituencies to garner support for their parties.
     Chief Secretary A K Sinha told reporters that a total of
42,600 security personnel would be deployed for smooth conduct
of the polls.
    As in the first phase of polls in six seats in naxal-hit
areas on April 10, two helicopters would be in service in the
second phase of voting also.
     Accompanied by Director General of Police Abhyanand,
Sinha said 152 companies of central forces and 74 Bihar
Military police would be on duty on April 17 polling.
     As per Election Commission decision, voting in seven
Maoist-hit Assembly constituencies would end at 4 pm while in
the rest it would be conducted till 6 pm.
     The seven Assembly constituencies that would witness
curtailed voting time are in naxal-affected Munger,
Lakhisarai, Jehanabad and in rural Patna comprising areas in
Patliputra Parliamentary constituency. 

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