In Bihar polling parties have reached at most of their polling stations under tight security to conduct voting tomorrow for 5th phase of assembly elections.Our correspondent reports in view of the bomb blast by Maoists killing two policemen in Gaya district Ariel surveillance have been intensified in Gaya, Jehenabad and Nawada districts. Security forces are also deployed at the rivers including Punpun, Falgu, Morhar and Daradha in this area to check the movements of miscreants and Maoists. Security forces have conducted flag march in different areas ..Inter district borders have been sealed and barriers are set up at several places and police men are deployed to keep eyes on movements of vehicles. Checking and frisking at hotels and places for community residing is going on in all three districts.About 166 web cameras are being stalled at polling booths for live web streaming in all three districts of Magadh region. In Gaya five segments out of 10 constituencies of the district will go to poll tomorrow. In this district only in Gaya constituency polling will be held till 5 PM while in Wajirganj and Belaganj segments polling will be closed on hour earlier and in Bodhgaya and Atri constituencies voters can exercise their franchise till 3 PM. In Jehenabad all three segments are Naxal hit and 41 candidates are in contest while in Nawada two out of five constituencies are Naxal affected where polling will be concluded two hour earlier at 3 PM to decide political fate of 68 nominees.Meanwhile major political parties have intensified campaigning in the constituencies going for poll on 20th of this month during 6th and last phase of elections. JDU leader senior BJP leader Venkaiahya Naidu addressed an election at Naxal hit Gurua constituency in Gaya district while JDU leader Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and his ally LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan addressed series of meetings today at Rohtas, Buxar and Kaimur districts.AIR correspondent Sunil Shukla reports from Gaya that in three districts of Magadh region of the state including Gaya, Jehenabad, and Nawada Ariel surveillance have been intensified in view of the bomb blast by Maoists killing two policemen in Gaya district. Security forces are also deployed at the rivers including Punpun, Falgu, Morhar and Daradha in this area to check the movements of miscreants and Maoists. Security forces have conducted flag march in different areas to instil sense of security among voters. Inter district borders have been sealed and barriers are set up at several places and police men are deployed to keep eyes on movements of vehicles. Checking and frisking at hotels and places for community residing is going on in all three districts. Web cameras are being stalled at 166 polling booths for live web streaming in all three districts of Magadh region. Meanwhile major political parties have intensified campaigning in the constituencies going for poll in 6th and last phase of elections. Senior BJP leader Venkaiahya Naidu addressed an election at Naxal hit Gurua constituency in Gaya district.
News On AIR | November 8, 2010 8:29 PM
Security tightened for 5th phase Bihar assembly polls Tuesday