Dalit voters in Bihar protest.Byline: ANI Chapra (Bihar), Apr 17 (ANI): Voters belonging to Dalit community in Bihar took to the streets as a mark of protest against certain persons preventing them from casting their votes at one of the booths in Lal Bazar near Chapra. The Lal Bazar is a part of the Saran constituency from where Lalu Prasad Prasāda (Sanskrit: प्रसाद), prasād/prashad (Hindi), Prasāda in (Kannada), prasādam (Tamil), or prasadam of Rashtriya Janata Dal "RJD" redirects here. For the heavy metal singer, see Ronnie James Dio. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD- "National People's Party") is a political party in India. It is led by Laloo Prasad Yadav. is facing Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Pratap Rudy (1962-) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party. Early Life He served as commerce minister and later as civil aviation minister in the Vajpayee government. and Bahujan Samaj Party's Salim Pervez. The irate protestors alleged that the hooligans from certain political parties tried to prevent them from casting votes on the candidates of their choice and were later attacked with knives. "When we went to vote and as soon as we entered the polling booth they told me to vote on their candidate. They tried to force me when I opposed them. They then attacked me with knives. Around ten to fifteen persons attacked me at the same time and stabbed me with knives all over," said Pintu, a Dalit voter, Lal Bazar booth. Infuriated in·fu·ri·ate tr.v. in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing, in·fu·ri·ates To make furious; enrage. adj. Archaic Furious. , the Dalits blocked roads and raised slogans until the police personnel arrived and pacified the protestors. Meanwhile, in Patna, Lalu Prasad accused his political rivals of indulging in electoral malpractice. He termed the incident as a sheer failure of the State Government and demanded action against all those who were involved in preventing people from casting their votes. "A lot was tried to disrupt the electoral process and I believe it might have happened in different places. People from weaker sections of society especially the Dalits were attacked in Chapra's Lal Bazaar by men of Awadhpura with knives. They are now suffering and fighting for their lives. This is a complete failure by the Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumār (Hindi: नितीश कुमार) (born 1 March 1951, Bakhtiarpur, Bihar, India) is the Chief Minister of the north Indian state of Bihar. Government," he said. As a part of the multi-phased elections, the first phase of polling was held in 124 Lok Sabha The Lok Sabhha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The Lok Sabha also stands for the term of the lower house between consecutive parliamentary general elections in India. constituencies spread across 17 states and Centrally administered territories on Thursday. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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