Nawada: People of Dhania Gorihia from Kauakole region have demanded that a road should be built in their village by the candidate who wins from their constituency in the Bihar Elections 2020.
This comes in the backdrop when people were left with no other option but had to hire a tractor to go the polling booths to cast their votes. The villagers went out of their way, collected money and booked a tractor and travelled 35 km to reach the polling station. There are no proper roads in the village and the people face a lot of connectivity issues. Voters reached polling booth centre (311) to exercise their franchise.
"In a display of remarkable zeal, the voters of Dania village under Kauakola block first collected donations from people to hire a tractor so that they could reach the voting centre. In the tractor, they travelled a distance of 35 km from their village which is located in a forest area. They reached Pachamba to cast their votes," said a local.
“Initially, our booth was Dania. It was shifted to Pachamba and travelling it is really difficult for us. We have covered a distance of 26 km to reach the polling station. We collected donations and reached here by tractor. We are late and do not know how many of us will be able to vote. We want that whoever wins, he or she should get the road constructed in our area because many times when we have to take the patient to the hospital on our shoulders and he dies while being taken to the hospital.” Valmiki Prasad, a local resident.
However, people were standing in close proximity, without masks and social distancing went for a toss.
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The Govindpur assembly constituency witnessed a large number of voters coming to exercise their right to franchise. Despite being a Naxal-affected area, the enthusiasm among the voters of Kauakola block has not diminished. People were seen standing in long queues waiting for their turn to vote at the Polling Station Number-285.
It must be recalled that Purnima Yadav is the JD(U) candidate from Govindpur Assembly seat. Yadav, who had won the seat in 2015, had joined the party prior to the elections. RJD has fielded Mohammad Kamran. The LJP has fielded Ranjit Yadav alias Ranjit Prasad Yadav from this seat.
The votes Yadav, Muslim, Bhumihar, Koiri and Paswan are decisive in this assembly seat. In the 2000 assembly poll, Govindpur had registered the highest voting percentage of 72.2 per cent.
The first phase of Bihar elections started from today and 71 constituencies went to poll. More than 2 crore voters in Bihar will decide the fate of 1,066 candidates today. The fight is between the ruling NDA led by Nitish Kumar and the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance made up of RJD, Congress and Left parties. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is going solo this year. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have addressed election rallies in other parts of Bihar for the second round of campaigning.
According to the state election commission, over 51 percent polling has been recorded in first phase toll 5 pm. The state also saw a good turnout in Maoist-hit areas.
