Raipur

Rajnandgaon strongroom turns into fortress

Staff Reporter

Strongroom in CIT College in Chief Minister Raman Singh’s constituency, Rajnandgaon, has become a fortress as security has been in and around the strongroom where EVMs have been kept after May 11 voting.

Rajnandgaon constituency has witnessed a battle of royal as Raman Singh is locked in a serious battle against Congress nominee Alka Mudliar, wife of Uday Mudliyar who was killed in deadly Maoist attack on the Congress convoy on May 25 in Bastar.

Election data shows that as many as 59 candidates are in in the fray for six Assembly seats of Rajnandgaon district.

In the first phase of the Assembly election on November 11, around 82 per cent voting was registered in Khairagarh, 82.24 per cent in Dongargarh, 81.96 per cent in Rajnandgaon, 84.82 percent in Dongargaon, 84.58 per cent in Khujji and 79.96 per cent in Mohla-Manpur.