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Bastar division in Chhattisgarh, the ground zero of Maoism, witnessed over 64 percent voter turnout in recently concluded polling on April 19. The defiance of Bastar's people to the Maoist diktat of boycotting elections and ruling dispensation's resolve to make democracy more accessible to the people of Bastar is a step forward towards improving the overall security situation. Also, since …

Desperate to disrupt the recently held Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, the Maoists had to bite the dust in their own guerrilla bases. With the number of polling booths increased and relocated booths decreased in the Bastar range, the challenge for security forces was bigger and that too in the southern districts of Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur where the Maoists claimed …

At 6am on Tuesday, inspector GD Srikanth and his team from the D/206 CoBRA battalion of the CRPF set out in the Tondamarka area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh for patrolling and area domination ahead of polling. In Kanker, a DRG jawan was injured in an IED blast, and a joint team of BSF and Chhattisgarh police repulsed a Naxal …

Voting for a crucial round of assembly elections kicked off in Mizoram and parts of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, heralding the start of a weeks-long polling exercise widely regarded as a weathervane ahead of next year’s national elections. Mizoram recorded a turnout of 77.83% till 9pm, while voting in 20 seats of Chhattisgarh clocked 71.80%, even as stray clashes between security …

The villages of Minpa and Elmagunda are ten kilometres apart, and on the ragged road that connects them, on the morning of November 7 when Bastar voted, there was silence. In this rendition of polls in Bastar, the worst left wing extremism hit region in India, 126 new polling booths across 8 districts were set up by the administration. These …

Mizoram, Chhattisgarh record over 70% polling

November 07, 2023 11:52 pm | Updated November 08, 2023 02:49 pm IST - NEW DELHI Kick-starting crucial State polls perceived to be semi-finals before the 2024 general election, voting took place in all 40 Assembly seats in Mizoram on Tuesday, as well as in the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh, which was marred by sporadic violence. While Mizoram …

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Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Three-layered security cover for over 600 polling booths in Bastar

More than 600 polling booths in sensitive areas of Naxal-hit Bastar division, which will vote on November 7 in the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, will be under three-layered security cover, police said. Due to security reasons, 149 polling stations in five Assembly constituencies of the division have been shifted to the nearest police station and security camps, they …

Chhattisgarh Polls: Around 60,000 security personnel deployed for over 600 polling booths in Naxal-hit Bastar

Naxalites have called upon voters to boycott the polls in Bastar region. More than 600 polling booths in the Naxal-hit Bastar division will be placed under a three-layered security arrangement for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections scheduled for Tuesday, according to police sources. Due to security reasons, 149 polling stations in five assembly constituencies of the division have …

Alleged Maoists stabbed to death a Bharatiya Janata Party office bearer in Narayanpur on Saturday, three days before the scheduled date for the first phase of polling in the Assembly election-bound State. Ratan Dubey, the poll coordinator for Bharatiya Janata Party as well as vice president of its Narayanpur district unit, became the sixth member of the party to be …

Chhattisgarh polls: First-time polling booth set up in naxal-affected Bastar village of Chandmeta

The first phase of voting in Chhattisgarh is going to be held on November 7. A total of 126 polling booths have been built in 40 interior villages of the division where voting is to be held for the first time. Under the alternative system, polling booths were established in safe areas several kilometres away from the village. Now for …

The ordeal of long walk to vote ends for Chhattisgarh villagers as polling station comes closer

Used to walking miles with heavy piles of collected minor forest produce on her head till recently, 80-year-old Kaate Netam of Chhattisgarh struggles to even get up these days. In, or rather till 2018, that’s how she and her fellow villagers exercised their franchise because a security threat didn’t allow polling stations to be set up in the vicinity. Posted …

In the 2018 elections, the Congress registered a landslide victory, winning 68 of the 90 seats. The BJP, which had ruled the state for 15 years, was reduced to five seats, while the JCC and the BSP bagged five and two seats, respectively. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two rallies in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division on Thursday, where polling …