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Campaigning ends for fourth phase of Bihar polls
Satur day, October
30, 2010 07:43:34 PM, IANS
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Patna:
Campaigning ended Saturday for the 42 constituencies, nearly a
dozen of them Maoist-affected, in Bihar's drought-hit districts
that go to polls Monday in the fourth round of the six-phased
state assembly elections.
Though campaigning ended peacefully with no major incidents of
violence reported the polling in this phase will be a challenging
task for the Election Commission as well as the state government
in view of the Maoist threat. The first three rounds of the polls
- Oct 21, Oct 24 and Oct 28 - passed off peacefully. They were
held for 47, 45 and 48 seats, respectively, of the total 243 Bihar
assembly seats.
The over week-long canvassing saw top leaders of the ruling
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Lok
Janshakti Party (LJP) combine as well as the Congress, Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) hitting the campaign trail.
The period witnessed a war of words and was occasionally marred by
personal attacks. The run-up to the elections saw spirited
campaigning even by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, senior leaders
like L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh, Congress president Sonia
Gandhi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, and RJD chief
Lalu Prasad besides Nitish Kumar. All of them addressed large
election rallies to woo voters.
About 10.04 million voters are eligible to vote to determine the
electoral fate of 568 candidates in the fray in Begusarai,
Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Munger, Jamui, and Patna districts.
The heavyweights in the fray in this phase include state ministers
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Nand Kishore Yadav and Ramnarayan Mandal,
besides LJP president Ramvilas Paswan's brother and state party
president Pashupati Kumar Paras.
After Nov 1, the next rounds of the elections will be held Nov 9
and Nov 20. Votes will be counted Nov 24.
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