Patna: Voting is going on in 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar in the first phase of 3-phase election amid tight security and guidelines of Kovid-19. The fate of more than one thousand candidates in these constituencies will be decided by more than two crore voters on Wednesday. Out of about 2.15 crore voters eligible to exercise the franchise, 1.12 crore are male, 1.01 crore are female and 599 are trans gender.
The campaign for the first phase of the high-stakes election came to an end on Monday. On the final day, major contenders including JDU leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and LJP’s Chirag Paswan witnessed the election rallies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several cabinet ministers were also seen.
In the first phase of Bihar Assembly Election 2020, two have died in two different places amid the ongoing voting under strict security. At the same time, EVMs are getting bad in large numbers. The voters are also expressing their displeasure because of this. Meanwhile, security forces have recovered two improvised explosive devices from Dhibra area of Aurangabad district amid heavy security. At the same time, PM Narendra Modi has appealed to vote in this festival of democracy keeping in mind the Corona Guideline. Meanwhile, Union Minister Giriraj Singh also reached the temple during the voting.
A BJP polling agent died of a heart attack in Nawada during the first phase of voting in the Bihar assembly elections. At the same time, in Sasaram, a middle-aged man who came to vote in Udaipur village of Karakat Assembly died at the polling station. Virakhana (Udaipur Tola) resident Hiralal Sih Kushwaha came to the polling station for 65 years at polling station number 151. Were in line to vote. Achanak fell as he went towards the polling room where he died.
On the other hand, a large number of EVM malfunctions are being reported in Jamui district. So far, about 200 machines in 4 assembly seats of the district are being said to be defective. The DM has admitted that EVM machine malfunction at 41 polling stations of Jamui assembly seat. In many places, voters are creating ruckus at polling booths due to machine malfunction.
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