The Bihar Election Commissioner’s office is taking no chances with the forthcoming polls in Bihar. A lot of meticulous planning has taken place before finalizing the poll dates which are being held in 5 phases. The Election Commission has ensured that the dates don’t clash with the upcoming festival season and have factored in adequate time to move the paramilitary forces from one area to another, in between poll dates. To ensure free and fair elections, 50,000 paramilitary will be deployed across the state.
Over the years, Bihar has witnessed various illegal activities to win over voters and include circulation of counterfeit currency, distribution of liquor, and increased presence of illegal and legal weapons, in addition to generous handouts of black money. The Election Commission has identified 62 constituencies that are especially vulnerable to black money distribution and measures are being taken to curb it.
Recently, the administration had seized Rs 10 lakh in fake currency from West Champaran district. As a preventive measure, 40 poll monitoring observers drawn from Income Tax, Central Audit Services and Customs shall be deployed at various locations, to ensure strict compliance of election code. Earlier, the Election Commission had organised a one-day workshop to sensitise all concerned officials on Standard Operating Procedures during elections.
In another development aimed at strengthening the voting system, the Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) will carry all candidates’ picture to further assist voters. This was done after it was felt that several voters got confused with similar sounding names. This new facility will further help voters in giving their vote to the candidate of choice.
On Friday, major political leaders attended the Bihar Conclave organised by a media channel. Some of the speakers that drew attention were Nitish Kumar, the always colorful Lalu Prasad Yadav, Ravi Shankar Prasad from the BJP and a Bihari himself and Sushil Kumar Modi of the BJP and a potential CM candidate. Each of them had their take on the opposition.
Lalu Prasad was at his irrepressible best when he took on the Prime Minister criticising his visit to a mosque in Abu Dhabi. Taking a jibe at the PM he asked why the PM had not revealed the caste census findings. He further went on to ask why the PM had to go to UAE to visit a mosque when there were enough mosques in India. Ravi Shankar Prasad, on his part defended PM Modi’s achievements and spoke of what his party would do if it came to power.
The Bihar Election Commissioner’s office is taking no chances with the forthcoming polls in Bihar. A lot of meticulous planning has taken place before finalizing the poll dates which are being held in 5 phases. The Election Commission has ensured that the dates don’t clash with the upcoming festival season and have factored in adequate time to move the paramilitary forces from one area to another, in between poll dates. To ensure free and fair elections, 50,000 paramilitary will be deployed across the state.
Over the years, Bihar has witnessed various illegal activities to win over voters and include circulation of counterfeit currency, distribution of liquor, and increased presence of illegal and legal weapons, in addition to generous handouts of black money. The Election Commission has identified 62 constituencies that are especially vulnerable to black money distribution and measures are being taken to curb it.
Recently, the administration had seized Rs 10 lakh in fake currency from West Champaran district. As a preventive measure, 40 poll monitoring observers drawn from Income Tax, Central Audit Services and Customs shall be deployed at various locations, to ensure strict compliance of election code. Earlier, the Election Commission had organised a one-day workshop to sensitise all concerned officials on Standard Operating Procedures during elections.
In another development aimed at strengthening the voting system, the Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) will carry all candidates’ picture to further assist voters. This was done after it was felt that several voters got confused with similar sounding names. This new facility will further help voters in giving their vote to the candidate of choice.
On Friday, major political leaders attended the Bihar Conclave organised by a media channel. Some of the speakers that drew attention were Nitish Kumar, the always colorful Lalu Prasad Yadav, Ravi Shankar Prasad from the BJP and a Bihari himself and Sushil Kumar Modi of the BJP and a potential CM candidate. Each of them had their take on the opposition.
Lalu Prasad was at his irrepressible best when he took on the Prime Minister criticising his visit to a mosque in Abu Dhabi. Taking a jibe at the PM he asked why the PM had not revealed the caste census findings. He further went on to ask why the PM had to go to UAE to visit a mosque when there were enough mosques in India. Ravi Shankar Prasad, on his part defended PM Modi’s achievements and spoke of what his party would do if it came to power.
