Around 13 percent turnout was recorded in the first two hours of polling in 49 Assembly constituencies of Bihar in a peaceful atmosphere.
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The fate of 583 candidates will be sealed on Monday, including 54 women.
Elaborated safety preparations have been made to make sure free and truthful polling.
According to reports, most of the areas are naxal infested where the polling is underway and in view of this, central paramilitary forces have been deployed at every booth. The BJP has fielded 27 candidates – the rest of the seats will be contested by its allies, including 13 seats for Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party.
“I am sure that the arrogance of Lalu Prasad Yadav is going to take a fall”. Further, drones shall be utilized by safety forces for air surveillance for the primary time within the state’s electoral historical past.
Besides them, the Left entrance – comprising six events CPI, CPM, CPI-ML, Forward Block, SUCI © and RSP – is collectively looking for to make main inroads in Bihar.
“We are voting so that we can obtain good roads, water, electricity and employment”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kumar have led several rallies in the run-up to the polling of the first phase.
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All parties have tried their utmost to woo voters ahead of the first round of polling. The districts that will go to the polls in the first phase are Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Nawada and Jamui.
