Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Ghaziabad votes tomorrow; V K Singh, Ilmi, Raj Babbar in fray

Ghaziabad votes tomorrow; V K Singh, Ilmi, Raj Babbar in fray

Over 22 lakh voters of Ghaziabad
are expected to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha
elections tomorrow with the hope to erase the stained image of
the area and ensure its development.
The district administration has made elaborate security
arrangements to ensure free and fair polling in the Lok Sabha
constituency, where a multi-corner contest is in the offing.
Prominent among the total 15 candidates from the seat are
former Army chief V K Singh (BJP), actor-turned-politician Raj
Babbar (Congress), Shazia Ilmi of the Aam Aadmi Party and
BSP's Mukul Upadhyay.
Ilmi is the only woman candidate from the constituency,
which has an almost even mix of rural and urban voters.
Polling will start at 7 AM and continue till 6 PM,
District Magistrate SVS Rangarao told PTI.
Of the total 2,172 polling stations, 177 have been
identified as "critical" and around 21,600 civil and
paramilitary forces personnel have been deployed to ensure
smooth polling, Rangarao said.
He said arrangements for web-casting of polling has been
made and a number of photographers and videographers will be
visiting the constituency to record the proceedings.
During the high-decibel campaigning for over a fortnight,
the candidates, majority of whom do not reside here,
highlighted their plans of development for the area, hoping
that the 22.64 lakh voters of the constituency would deviate
from the earlier caste and religious considerations and cast
their votes on development lines.
Leaders of all major parties -- BJP's prime ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi,
BSP supremo Mayawati and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal -- had
canvassed for their party nominees.
BJP president Rajnath Singh won the seat in 2009. The
constituency, adjoining to Delhi, consists of five Assembly
seats - Ghaziabad, Sahibabad, Loni, Muradnagar and Dhaulana.

No comments:

Post a Comment