<span style="color: #222222;">In Bihar, the deadline for withdrawal of candidature for the Second Phase of State Assembly Elections in 94 constituencies ended today.<br />'' <br />'' But, the electoral picture in case of these constituencies will be clear only after the detailed report of withdrawal.<br />'' <br />'' The polling would be held on 3rd of November for this phase.<br />'' <br />'' The Chief Electoral Office said, after scrutiny of nomination papers 1,510 nominations were found valid.<br />'' <br />'' <br />'' The process of filing nominations for the Third and Final Phase of elections in 78 constituencies will end tomorrow.<br />'' <br />'' So far, 337 nominations have been submitted by candidates for this phase.<br />'' <br />'' Many prominent candidates today filed their nominations for this phase. Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary filed his nomination from Sarairanjan seat as JD(U) candidate.<br />'' <br />'' JD(U) nominee and State Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav filed his nomination from from Supaul constituency.<br />'' <br />'' Another Minister and BJP nominee Vinod Narayan Jha submitted his nomination from Benipatti &nbsp;seat in Madhubani district.<br />'' <br />'' The Panchayati Raj national award winning Mukhiya Ritu Jaiswal filed her nomination from Parihar seat as RJD nominee in Sitamarhi district.<br />'' <br />'' The bye-poll for Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency will be held simultaneously with the Third Phase of Assembly elections.<br />'' <br />'' So far, three nominees have been filed.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, senior BJP leader Bhupendra Yadav held rallies in Darbhanga. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said in Katihar that people of Bihar will never believe in false promises of RJD leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav.<br />'' <br />'' In Khagaria, LJP President Chirag Paswan said that corruption is prevalent in the state and real power lies in bureaucracy. He said, this election will witness the downfall of Nitish Kumar.<br />'' <br />'' CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar addressed a public meeting at Ucchaith in Madhubani district in support of the Grand Alliance candidate.<br />'' <br />'' CPI-ML leader Dipankar Bhattacharya addressed rallies in Ghoshi and Modanganj in Jehanabad district.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, after intelligence input about disruption and attack during the poll campaigns the police headquarter has ed all SPs of districts.<br />'' It has been directed to beef up security arrangements during public meetings of Star Campaigners.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 19, 2020 8:50 PM
Deadline ends for withdrawal of candidature for 2nd Phase of Bihar Assembly Elections in 94 constituencies