BIHAR SET FOR FIRST PHASE OF POLLING IN ASSEMBLY ELECTION AS CAMPAIGN ENDS TODAY Hindustan Times, Patna | ByAnirban Guha Roy Oct 26, 2020 11:45 AM IST THE RJD IS CONTESTING 42 SEATS - THE

MOST NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE FIRST PHASE OF POLLING BY ANY PARTY IN THE BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTION. Top politicians in Bihar are busy with their last rallies as the campaign for 71

constituencies across 16 districts that will vote on October 28 in the first phase of the assembly elections ends Monday evening. The second and third phases of polling will take place on

November 3 and November 7. The results will be declared on November 10. The opposition RJD is contesting 42 seats - the most number of seats in the first phase of polling by any party. The

whirlwind tour on Monday. Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will be holding a rally at Hasanpur to canvas for his elder brother and former minister Tej Pratap Yadav, who is

contesting from the Hasanpur assembly seat in Samastipur district this time. Tej Pratap is pitted against JD(U)’s sitting MLA Raj Kumar Ray in the seat. Later in the day, Tejashwi is also

scheduled to hold a rally in his Raghopur assembly constituency in Vaishali on Monday to address voters of his constituency from where he is seeking re-election for the second time. Tejashwi

is pitted against BJP’s Satish Kumar and LJP’s Rakesh Roshan, in a triangular contest. The war of words between Nitish Kumar and opposition leader Tejashwi has already become acrimonious in

the last few days with the two rivals exchanging barbs over employment, law and order and development issues. Kumar has become aggressive in his attacks against the RJD by accusing it of

taking the state backwards and failing to maintain law and order by exhorting people not to bring back the old days when kidnappings, murders and massacres were commonplace. CLICK HERE FOR

FULL COVERAGE OF BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2020. On the other hand, Tejashwi has become more vocal in his diatribe against the JD (U) boss over failing to provide employment to youths,

checking migration and ushering in industrialization in the state. In a tweet on Sunday, Tejashwi took a swipe at the chief minister saying “ Nitish Kumar has no more energy left and people

are tired of listening to his hackneyed and boring speeches. A tired Nitish is running away from reality, reasoning and facts. He is now looking at the stale pages of history by ruining the

present and future of millions of youths,”. “Nitish Kumar has worked overtime to usher in development in the state in the last 15 years and clearing the muck spread by the previous rule. He

has put his energy in the state’s development,” said water resources minister and senior JD (U) leader Sanjay Jha. Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti party chief Chiraj Paswan said his party’s agenda

of ‘Bihar First, Bihari First’ was getting encouraging support in the election campaign with youths coming in big numbers at his rallies. FACTS AT A GLANCE FOR FIRST PHASE OF POLLING: TOTAL

NUMBER OF SEATS GOING TO POLLS: 71 constituencies in 16 districts. TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES IN FRAY: 1066. Male: 952 : Female: 114. TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS: 2,14,84,787 . Male:

1,12,76,396: Female: 1,01,29,101. Third gender: 599: Service votes: 78,691 NO OF POLLING STATIONS: 31380 SEATS BEING CONTESTED BY MAJOR PARTIES: JD(U) - 35, BJP - 29, RJD - 42, Congress -

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