Bihar Assembly polls likely to be held in 5 phases, Bihar Assembly Election Schedule , Bihar polls 2015, Bihar Election Schedule
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Bihar Assembly polls likely to be held in 5 phases, Bihar Assembly Election Schedule , Bihar polls 2015, Bihar Election Schedule
According to sources, polls, which may start mid October and continue till mid November, will be held in five phases.The Election Commission is likely to announce dates for Bihar Assembly polls next week. According to sources, polls, which may start mid October and continue till mid November, will be held in five phases. The term of the 243-member Bihar Assembly comes to an end on November 29.
Over 700 companies of paramilitary forces will be deployed in the state to ensure free and fair polls, sources said.
After ruling the state for ten years, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is seeking a third term this time in alliance with RJD and Congress after he walked out of NDA in 2013 snapping 17-year-old ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The BJP, which had almost swept the state in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP and Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP, is hoping to repeat its performance.
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi had earlier described the Bihar polls as the "mother of all elections". The elections, that will see the BJP battle it out against a united Janata Parivar, will see as extensive Central forces and a reworked expenditure monitoring system to curb money and muscle power.
"Abuse of money is a big problem in Bihar. Therefore, this time we are going in for more systematic efforts. Certain legal amendments are yet to come from the law ministry. But within our powers, we have launched expenditure monitoring," Zaidi had said.
src: india today