Patna/New Delhi, November 07:
The third and last part of voting within the Bihar meeting election at the moment will see individuals in 78 constituencies vote to decide on their subsequent authorities. No less than 1,204 candidates are contesting within the last part. Among the outstanding candidates on this part are the BJP’s Niraj Kumar Singh in Chhatapur seat, cousin of actor Sushant Singh Rajput; Congress’s Bihariganj candidate Subhashini Sharad Yadav, daughter of former Union minister Sharad Yadav; Janata Dal United’s Sarairanjan candidate Vijay Kumar Choudhary, who can also be the Bihar meeting Speaker, and BJP’s Suresh Kumar Sharma, the City Improvement Minister contesting from Muzaffarpur. Voting may also be held for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat, the place a by-election was necessitated by the demise of JD(U) MP Baidyanath Mahato.
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The JD(U) bid to retain the Valmiki Nagar parliamentary seat by fielding Baidyanath Mahato’s son Sunil Kumar is dealing with a problem from Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra, a journalist-turned-politician. Like Valmiki Nagar, the 78 meeting segments unfold throughout 19 districts additionally fall in north Bihar, as areas falling north of the Ganges within the state are known as.
Many of those areas fall within the Kosi-Seemanchal area, the place the competition between the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Grand Alliance will likely be held below the shadow of the “Owaisi issue”, on condition that the AIMIM has fielded candidates in lots of the Muslim-dominated seats right here, and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi had carried out a comparatively large marketing campaign.
The Kosi-Seemanchal area additionally occurs to be the principle space of affect for former MP Pappu Yadav, whose Jan Adhikar Social gathering is trying to make its presence felt and show some extent to the Rashtriya Janata Dal as each draw their assist from the state’s most populous group, the Yadavs.
As within the earlier two phases, candidates of Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Social gathering (LJP) are contesting in quite a lot of seats this time, threatening the JD(U). Whereas the NDA seemed surefooted until just a few months in the past, the ruling coalition appeared to have taken a extra cautious be aware as appeals to voters got here from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the direction of the tip of the marketing campaign.
The RJD, as soon as thought of an election-winning machine in Bihar, is hoping for a comeback, enthused by the response its chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav, 31, obtained in his over two dozen rallies. The RJD is a part of an alliance comprising its outdated ally, the Congress, moreover the Left events.
Some 2.34 crore voters unfold throughout the 78 meeting constituencies will vote at the moment. The total power of the Bihar meeting is 243. The voting proportion within the second part on 94 seats was 55.70 per cent. The votes will likely be counted on November 10.
Within the second part held on November three, 94 seats have been up for election, a piece of them have been BJP’s strongholds in north Bihar. The important thing candidates included Tejashwi Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav.
Regardless of warnings by “excessive cynics” about holding the Bihar meeting election amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the scenario to date was fairly good with two phases of voting accomplished, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora stated on Thursday. “There was no dearth of sceptics, no dearth of cynics, no dearth of maximum cynics who have been making doomsday predictions for us… However right here we’re to date in a fairly good condition,” he stated.
As a result of pandemic, practically 60 nations had postponed elections. Later, nations together with Sri Lanka, South Korea, Croatia and Mangolia held elections. The Election Fee does meticulous planning for all polls. However this time, the “new dimension” of coronavirus created extra challenges, the Chief Election Commissioner had stated.
Those that are 80 and above, and people with particular wants, got the choice of utilizing postal poll. However most of them most well-liked to go to the polling sales space to vote, Mr Arora stated.
(Courtesy NDTV)
