EC gears up for the sixth and final phase of polls in Bihar

In this phase, around 90.5 lakh voters will decide the fate of 90 candidates.  Gopalganj (SC) has the maximum number of voters at 16.51 lakh, while Vaishali has the maximum number of 22 candidates.

EC officials said two helicopters, seven companies of mounted police, 36 motorboats and 370 motorcycle borne security personnel will be pressed into service on the poll day to facilitate free, fair and peaceful polling.  Of the 36 assembly segments that make the six parliamentary constituencies, five are affected by Maoist violence. Some of the constituencies have vast expanse of ‘diara' (riverine) land and the security arrangements will take special care of such areas.

In its efforts to ensure peaceful elections, the flying squads, static surveillance teams, as well as, police and excise teams constituted by the EC have seized over Rs 6.34 crore unaccounted cash, 3.22 lakh litres of illicit liquor and 206 kilograms of ganja.

Altogether 731 firearms, 2,364 cartridges, 276 bombs, and 1,311 kilograms of explosives have been recovered from the six poll bound constituencies.