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Stalwart Hero Username: Stalwart Post Number: 17662 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 27.34.251.116 Rating: N/A |
Modi set for rallies' record in Bihar polls PATNA: Acknowledged as a master orator by both followers and political adversaries alike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to set a record ahead of the Bihar assembly elections: He is likely to end up addressing around 40 rallies as the star campaigner of the BJP-led NDA. No prime minister before Modi has ever visited Bihar more than two-three times during assembly elections in the past. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed a few rallies in the 2000 Bihar assembly polls while another former PM Manmohan Singh addressed two or three rallies in the 2005 assembly elections. Similar was the case in the 2010 polls. Modi is scheduled to stay at the Raj Bhavan here on Thursday night after addressing four rallies in Begusarai, Nawada, Samastipur and Munger districts. The prime minister will address two more rallies in Sasaram and Aurangabad on Friday. Modi addressed four rallies in the state even before the announcement of the assembly polls in July and August, with two official visits during the same period. After the Election Commission announced the dates for the assembly polls, Modi addressed his first formal election rally in Banka district on September 2. "Even during campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, when stakes were high for Modi, he returned to Gujarat by late evenings or night after addressing rallies in different parts of the country. He has never stayed back in the state where assembly polls have been held in the last one year. It would be interesting to know why Modi is so much desperate for Bihar polls," said Anis Ankur, a socio-political analyst. "Modi is taking no chances in the Bihar polls as his own credibility and the myth surrounding his charisma will be in doubt if the BJP suffers defeat," pointed out Jai Prakash, a theatre activist. Modi is not alone in trying to garner votes for the National Democratic Alliance. Half of his cabinet colleagues are camping in Bihar for campaigning. According to BJP leaders here, 13 of the 26 union ministers are in the state for campaigning. Besides the BJP leaders, its sister organisations like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini are actively campaigning in the polls to mobilise votes for the BJP, if not its allies. BJP leaders said it was for the first time that three RSS 'pracharaks' are among its 40 star campaigners for the elections. An RSS leader from Jharkhand, Rajendra Singh, is even in the fray as a BJP candidate in Dina assembly constituency. The BJP is contesting 160 assembly seats, its allies Lok Janshakti Party 40 seats, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party 23 seats and Hindustani Awami Morcha 20 seats. The polling for the 243-member Bihar assembly will take place in five phases between October 12 and November 5, with the counting slated for November 8. ECEC jabbu mudhirithe http://i.imgur.com/1AR1m1H.gif | ||
Stalwart Hero Username: Stalwart Post Number: 17661 Registered: 07-2008 Posted From: 27.34.251.116 Rating: N/A |
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-has-4-lead-ove r-Nitish-Lalu-in-votes-Poll/articleshow/49280819.cms The BJP-led alliance has a sizeable four percentage point lead over the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in the upcoming Bihar state election - a largely bipolar contest - according to an exclusive opinion poll for The Times of India. Interestingly, there is this healthy lead for the challenger despite the survey showing respondents expressing a higher level of satisfaction with the performance of the state government led by Nitish Kumar than with the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. The survey shows that 44% of those polled said they would vote for the NDA while 40% said they would back the JD(U)-RJD-Congress combine. Smaller parties and independents were backed by 10%, which left a small chunk of about 6% who were undecided on who they would vote for. The poll had a sample size of 2,046, out of which 80% were rural voters. The NDA had significantly higher support among female respondents as well as among the young (those aged between 20 and 30) while the Mahagathbandhan found stronger support among older voters aged between 46 and 60. The 30-45 year age group had a higher proportion of undecided voters, about one in 10, than other age groups. ECEC jabbu mudhirithe http://i.imgur.com/1AR1m1H.gif |