Over 6000 polling booths seen as sensitive in first phase of Bihar polls

Patna, Oct 27 : Around 6,000 polling booths are being perceived as sensitive and highly-sensitive in Bihar where elections are scheduled for the first phase of assembly polls on October 28.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar said that of the total 31,380 booths, as manyas 6,000 are sensitive or highly sensitive.
Polling will start from Wednesday morning at 7 am and is scheduled to continue till 6 PM.
“We have deployed teams of para military forces at every booth to conduct peaceful elections. The EVM machines and VVPATs are already reached at every booth in the region,” Singh said.
The first phase of polling for 71 constituencies and includes sensitive and Naxal-hit areas such as Rohtas, Kaimur, Jahanabad, Bhojpur, Gaya, Nawada, Nalanda and Munger.
“In a bid to conduct smooth and peaceful election, we have seized 1277 illegal weapons in these areas. Besides, 65404 arms licences are verified by police of respective districts. There are 23521 licence weapons also deposited with local police,” Singh said.