Satish Aditya
Motihari /Bettiah : In East Champaran District where six assembly constituencies (ACs) : Motihari, Sugauli, Raxaul, Narkatia, Dhaka, and Chiraiya, went to polls, the enthusiastic voters including women arrived much before the polling time at 2,569 polling booths on November 7, 2020, in the 3rd and final phase of Bihar Assembly elections, covering their faces with masks and ‘Gamachha’. The polling was over 55% in East Champaran.
Large number of women of different age group turned up in rural areas to exercise their franchise. The made a beeline for polling booths Covid pandemic notwithstanding. At village Parsauni Kapoor under Chiraiya assembly constituency (AC), a voter Pramila Sah said,’Pahle Matdan Tab Jalpan’.
East Champaran DM cum Returning Officer Shirshat Kapil Ashok said that election passed off peacefully in the district and the voters maintained the COVID protocol at each polling booth. No untoward incident was reported from any corner in the district, he said.
A group of more than 20 first time voters cast their votes at Bangala School booth in Srikrishna Nagar locality, motihari. These voters said in chorus that employment and development were the main issues. Dr Shobha Kant Chaudhary, a retired university professor, said it is our prime duty to go to booth and cast our vote to elect a representative. He also praised the arrangements made by the administration.
In West Champaran District, the polling was held peaceful, fair, and fair and in the six assembly constituencies that went to polls in the third and final phase.The Bypoll to Valmikinagar parliamentary constituency also passed off peacefully. The voters appeared quite enthusiastic at the polling booths. The
DM cum Returning Officer of West Champaran Kundan Kumar said that Covid pandemic did not dampen the spirit of voters in these in
the six ACs: Valmikinagar, Bagaha, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Lauriya, and Sikta. The district recorded 52.85% polling.