Bihar 2020 election: 78 Assembly constituencies will vote today in the third and final phase of the ballot
Patna:
All eyes are now on the ballot for the third and final phase of Assembly elections in Bihar today, in which the stakes are high enough for the ruling NDA, trying to avoid the anti-out factor, and the Great Opposition Alliance led by Lalu Yadav’s RJD. .
About 2.34 million voters, spread across 78 segments of the 243-member assembly, will decide the fate of 1,204 candidates, including the president and 12 members of the state cabinet.
In addition, a ballot will also be held for the seat of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha where a by-election has been made necessary by the death of MP JD (U) Baidyanath Mahato.
JD (U) ‘s attempt to retain the seat of parliament by lining up its son Sunil Kumar faces the main challenge of Congress candidate Pravesh Kumar Mishra, journalist turned politician.
Like Valmiki Nagar, all of the 78 poll-related assembly segments spread across 19 districts are in northern Bihar, as the areas north of the Ganges in the state are called in common parlance.
Many of them fall in the Kosi-Seemanchal region where the contest between the NDA and the Grand Alliance will take place under the shadow of the factor Asaduddin Owaisi as AIMIM has fielded candidates in many Muslim-dominated seats. here and the member for Hyderabad. also ran an eventful campaign.
The Kosi-Seemanchal region also happens to be the main area of influence for former MP Pappu Yadav, whose Jan Adhikar party is determined to make its presence felt and prove a point to the RJD as both derive their support. of the most populous community in the states. Yadavs.
As in the previous two phases, Chirag Paswans LJP is also in the fray in a number of seats this time around, threatening to play the spoilsport for the NDA, especially the JD (U) with his repeated calls that “every vote expressed in favor of the The party of chief ministers will be a loss for the future of Bihar ”.
While the NDA appeared to be on its feet until a few months ago, poll experts began to predict “winds of change” and the ruling coalition appears to have taken note of the emotional appeals made to voters by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Prime Minister Modi, who attended 12 rallies during the campaign, issued an open letter to the people of the state on Thursday saying he “needed” Nitish Kumar in the state for the development of Bihar continues unhindered.
Nitish Kumar, for his part, surprised everything by closing his last electoral meeting in the district of Purnea with the remark “this is my last election. And all is well that ends well”.
The chief minister, who appears to be carrying the brunt of perceived anti-incumbency with public anger seemingly directed less at BJP, his alliance partner, has taken his JD (U) base by surprise.
His former associate and chairman of state unit, Vashishtha Narayan Singh, insisted the chief minister himself was not in the fray, having been a member of the legislative council since taking the post. highest in the state, and he must have meant to say so. was the “last rally he addressed for the current elections.”
The RJD, once considered invincible, is sparing no effort to make a comeback, excited by its leading candidate’s response to Minister Tejashwi Yadav. All 31 years, received. T
The party has forged a rainbow coalition that includes its former ally, Congress, in addition to the left-wing parties, though none of these have remained a force to be reckoned with in the state since. the rise of “Mandal” and “Mandir”.
Among the main contenders are Vijay Kumar Chaudhary of JD (U), the outgoing chairman, famous for his ability to win over hostile opponents with a disarming smile, who is looking to give Sarairanjan a hat trick.
The JD (U) ministers in the fray are Bijendra Prasad Yadav (Supaul), Narendra Narayan Yadav (Alamnagar), Maheshwar Hazari (Kalyanpur), Ramesh Rishideo (Singheshwar), Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmed (Sikta), Lakshmeshwar (Laukaha), Bakshmeshwar (Laukaha) Bharti (Rupauli) and Madan Sahni (Bahadurpur).
Four ministers are in the fray of BJP Pramod Kumar (Motihari), Suresh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), Binod Narayan Jha (Benipatti) and Krishnakumar Rishi (Banmankhi).
In addition, the wife and daughter-in-law of recently deceased ministers Vinod Kumar Singh (BJP) and Kapil Deo Kamat (JDU) respectively are in the fray for the respective seats of the late lawmakers Pranpur and Babubarhi respectively.
Another much-regarded candidate is Subhashini Yadav of Bihariganj, whose father, veteran socialist leader and former Union Minister Sharad Yadav, had served on several terms for Madhepura under which the segment of the assembly falls.
She is competing on a Congress ticket.
Today will be the final stage of voting in the current polls in Bihar, where elections are taking place amid a raging COVID pandemic.
The counting of the votes is scheduled for November 10.
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