Voting on in Bastar (Lead)

Posted on 10th Apr 2014 03:32 pm by admin

Jagdalpur, April 10 (IANS) Polling began Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, one of India's worst insurgency-hit regions.

Over 1.29 million voters will decide the fate of eight candidates in the constituency where roughly 80 percent of the total 1,797 polling booths have been declared "ultra sensitive". The remaining 10 seats will see polling April 17 and 24.

Bastar, which comprises six assembly segments, has more female voters at 665,290 than 633,681 male voters.

The main contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party nominee and sitting MP Dinesh Kashyap and Congress candidate Deepak Karma, son of late Mahendra Karma, the founder of the controversial Salwa Judum civil militia movement.

Aam Aadmi Party's Soni Sori, a tribal woman from the district now on bail after facing charges of acting as a conduit for Maoists, is also in the fray.

Other news

Dragon's disturbance in the close friendship of India and Bhutan! Buffer zone in danger, know

India's concern has been raised in the virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of Bhutan and Chi

WTC Final: Travis Head made many records with a century, and made the biggest partnership in the final of the ICC tournament

The final match of the 2021-23 cycle of the World Test Championship is being played at The Oval i

Sovereign Rating Depends on Productive Growth: Moody's

Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The sovereign credit rating implications of the first full budget of the

Upset for 'innocent Thakurs' in the Brahmin locality of Boolgadhi, no regret for the victim; Brahmins and Valmiki don't even want to see each other

A potter, a barber, four Valmiki, and about sixty Brahmin and Thakur families. Boolgadhi village

Amitabh raised questions on civil liberties: Mamta said – it takes courage to say so; BJP said – maximum violence took place in Bengal only

Controversy has arisen over a statement by superstar Amitabh Bachchan amidst the ongoing controve

Uttarakhand: Big relief to the government from the High Court, now an unlimited number of pilgrims will be able to travel to Chardham

The Uttarakhand government has got a big relief from the Nainital High Court regarding the number

Vaccination: India has to be saved from Corona, so from August onwards, 90 lakh people will have to apply the vaccine

The outbreak of the second wave of the Coronavirus continues in the country. Efforts are being ma

Tribals in Bengal to use Facebook for Development

Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Taking their friendship from the virtual to the real world, more than

Delhi eyes Singapore water re-use model, says Kejriwal

New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Delhi will soon be a city sans any water problem as Singapore water

India-US Tariff War: India takes tough stand on threats...diplomatic relations may get derailed

India has also adopted a tough stance on repeated threats by US President Donald Trump to buy oil