Patna: Elaborate security arrangements have
been made in the seven Assembly constituencies in Bihar which
will go to bypolls, in the first phase, on September 10.
"We have made elaborate security arrangements in these
constituencies and all the booths will have regular presence
of para-military and state police personnel," Additional
Director General of Police (hq), Neelmani said today.
The Union Home Ministry has allocated BSF, CRPF, CISF
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sima Surekasha Bal
(SSB) battalions for the bypolls, he said.
There would be intense patrol between polling centres and
close watch would be kept on trouble-makers on the polling
day, he said.
Meanwhile, the dull and drab campaigning for bypolls to
seven assembly constituencies ended today.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar
Modi addressed several election meetings in these seats to
campaign for candidates of JD(U) and its junior ally BJP.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his LJP counterpart Ramvilas
Paswan, during their campaign targeted the chief minister for
his "failure on all fronts".
Several union ministers of Congress, including Salman
Khursheed and Jitin Prasada and the party's incharge of Bihar
affairs Jagdish Tytler sought votes for the party nominees.
The seven constituencies where bypolls are scheduled for
September 10 are: Warisnagar, Kalyanpur, Bochaha, Chenari,
Aurai, Chainpur and Ramgarh.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009, 23:22