Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi address rallies in Chhattisgarh
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were on Thursday headed to Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, where elections are to be held on November 11.
Bastar sets political fortunes in the tribal-dominated state: it has 12 seats and for the last few years has been a stronghold of the BJP that currently holds all but one seat. Gandhi will speak at Kondagaon in north Bastar and Modi is slated to attend three rallies: two in Bastar's Jagdalpur and Kanker and third in Dongargarh.
Security forces recovered three powerful explosives in Sukma and Narayanpur districts of Bastar, a vast and Maoist-affected region in south Chhattisgarh,
hours ahead of the rallies. Two improvised explosive devices (IED) of 25 kg each were found buried along the Dornapal-Chintalnar road in Sukma district and another explosive of 20 kg was found near the Orcha state highway in Narayanpur district. All the explosives were defused, said a police official.
"Owing to enhanced security operations, it is quite usual to trace one or two IEDs daily now. Across Bastar the Maoists have planted huge number of IEDs," Bastar inspector general of police Arun Gautam told Hindustan Times.
Chhattisgarh director general of police Ram Niwas said the state police has followed every security measure for political leaders visiting the state for election campaigning. "Specialised forces have been deployed besides the usual troopers in higher strength and more officials been assigned the responsibility to maintain close supervision", Niwas told HT.
As many as 18 constituencies spread over eight districts in south Chhattisgarh will witness voting on November 11 while the remaining 72 segments will go into polls on November 19. As many as 985 candidates are in the fray for 90 seats.
Bastar sets political fortunes in the tribal-dominated state: it has 12 seats and for the last few years has been a stronghold of the BJP that currently holds all but one seat. Gandhi will speak at Kondagaon in north Bastar and Modi is slated to attend three rallies: two in Bastar's Jagdalpur and Kanker and third in Dongargarh.
Security forces recovered three powerful explosives in Sukma and Narayanpur districts of Bastar, a vast and Maoist-affected region in south Chhattisgarh,
"Owing to enhanced security operations, it is quite usual to trace one or two IEDs daily now. Across Bastar the Maoists have planted huge number of IEDs," Bastar inspector general of police Arun Gautam told Hindustan Times.
Chhattisgarh director general of police Ram Niwas said the state police has followed every security measure for political leaders visiting the state for election campaigning. "Specialised forces have been deployed besides the usual troopers in higher strength and more officials been assigned the responsibility to maintain close supervision", Niwas told HT.
As many as 18 constituencies spread over eight districts in south Chhattisgarh will witness voting on November 11 while the remaining 72 segments will go into polls on November 19. As many as 985 candidates are in the fray for 90 seats.
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