Patna: The first phase of Bihar assembly elections 2020 has started. Voting is going on in 71 seats in 16 districts amid tight security. Till 10 pm, 7.35% turnout has been done. There is tight security but meanwhile, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been recovered by security forces from Dhibra area of Aurangabad district. PM Narendra Modi has appealed to the voters to vote in this festival of democracy keeping in mind the Corona Guideline.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh also went to the temple during the vote and wished his victory. More than two crore voters in 71 seats in Bihar elections are going to change the fate of 1066 candidates today. Among the candidates, there are 952 male and 114 female candidates, including eight ministers. The 8 ministers whose fate is to be decided in the first phase, among them are Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar, Education Minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma, Rural Affairs Minister Shailesh Kumar, Science and Technology Minister Jayakumar Singh, Land Reforms and Revenue Minister. Ram Narayan Mandal, Labor Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, Mining Minister Brijkishore Bind, Transport Minister Santosh Kumar Nirala.
According to the information, during the first phase of polling, BJP's polling agent in Nawada died of a heart attack. Apart from this, in Sasaram too, a middle-aged man who came to vote in Udaipur village of Karakat Assembly died at the polling station itself. It is being told that BJP candidate Shreyasi Singh from Jamui in Bihar has cast his vote at a polling station in Naya village of the district.
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