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Bihar polls: Case filed against Lalu, Rabri for violating model code | Cases were filed on Monday against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi for allegedly violating the Model Code Of Conduct by taking their security guards inside a booth of the Digha Assembly constituency near Patna. Digha Block Development Officer Ashok Kumar registred the cases at
the Patna Airport Police Station. Earlier, Prasad and Rabri Devi along with their
son Tejpratap and daughter Ragini drove to booth No. 18 at the veterinary college
here and entered with security personnel in tow. Meanwhile, the fourth phase elections
began this morning in 42 constituencies. Nearly 10 percent voting was recorded
in the first two hours, official sources in the Bihar chief electoral officer's
office said. In some places, queues started forming outside polling booths minutes
before voting began. Over one crore voters will decide the fate of 568 candidates
including 58 women in this phase. Prominent contestants include BJP stalwarts
and ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Bhagalpur), Nand Kishore Yadav (Patna Sahib)
Ramnarayan Mandal (Banka), besides JD(U) minister Damodar Raut. Former CPI(M)
MP Subodh Rai, who recently switched over to ruling JD(U), is in the fray from
Sultanganj, while LJP president Ramvilas Paswan's brother and state party president
Pashupati Kumar Paras is contesting from Alauli. While JD(U) is contesting from
25 seats, ally BJP is contesting in the remaining 17. RJD has fielded candidates
in 26 and ally LJP in 16. The Congress is contesting from all 42 constituencies
while the BSP is in the fray from 40 seats. The Communist Party of India -Marxist
Leninist is contesting for 15 seats, CPI for 13 and CPI (M) for six. The first
three phases of Bihar polls passed off peacefully. The fifth and sixth phase of
elections are scheduled on November 9 and 20. The state will elect a new 243-seat
assembly in a staggered month-long polling in six phases in which over 55 million
electorates are expected to cast their franchise. Counting of votes will take
place on November 24.
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